Karate Moves Gyaku zuki 3 Karate Moves in 1

Gyaku tsuki or reverse punch is one of the basic karate moves, but contained within gyaku tsuki are two other powerful strikes, they are 1. ura tsuki (upper cut) and 2 tate tsuki (vertical punch). if you are practicing gyaku tsuki correctly, these two extra karate techniques will come easily.

Learn Karate Online - Gyaku zuki or Reverse Punch

This basic karate technique, starts from the back leg, if you are punching with the right arm, drive the right leg, back and into the floor, transferring the driving force through the back leg, to the hip. The hip then teams up with the back leg and they both drive the right side of the body around and forward. You should also use the right side of the body to push and the left side of the body to pull. Just before the rotation completes, the left arm (hikite), starts to pull back and the right arm starts to execute the punch. Everything should stop at the same time, as the punch completes, kime (focus) the mind and body on the point of contact. The whole body focuses for a split second, the obvious muscles to tighten are the arm and stomach muscles, but more important are the tightening of the muscles, thigh, inner thigh, back of the thigh and gluteus maximus (buttocks), because without these being strong the karate reverse punch, will be weak. More karate articles.