Kakiwake-uke 掻き分け受け
Wedge block, parting block
The technique, and its job.
Both forearms start crossed at the centre and drive outward, parting a two-handed grab or forcing an opening between two arms. It is a release as much as a block.
Application. Breaking a two-handed grab to the chest or lapels and opening the centre for a counter.
Mechanics
What each part of the body does, in the order it does it.
- Stance
- Often hangetsu-dachi or zenkutsu-dachi.
- Starting position
- Both arms crossed in front of the chest, palms inward.
- Hips
- Square, with the body sinking into the stance to add force.
- Trajectory
- Both forearms rotate and drive outward and slightly downward, ending about shoulder-width apart with the elbows bent.
- Contact surface
- The outer forearms.
- Kime
- Both arms and the sinking of the stance on one beat.
What survives when the name is forgotten.
- It answers a grab, not a strike. The problem it solves is being held.
- The power comes from the body sinking and the back opening, not from the arms pushing apart.
Common errors, and how to fix them.
Naming a fault teaches nobody. Each one below carries why it happens and what corrects it.
Why it happens. Treating it as an arm action.
The fix. Sink into the stance and open the back; the arms travel as a consequence.
Drills
- Partner takes a two-handed lapel grip; release with kakiwake-uke and follow immediately with a counter.
Where it appears.
Kihon is the vocabulary, kata is the literature, kumite is the conversation. Every link below was written down deliberately; none of it was inferred from a name matching.
- Heian Yondan Peaceful mind, fourth level
- Hangetsu Half moon
- Defensive kumite Defence and counter
- Age-uke Rising block
- Soto-uke Outside block
- Uchi-uke Inside block
- Gedan-barai Downward sweep, low-level block
- Shuto-uke Knife-hand block
- Morote-uke Augmented block, two-hand block
- Juji-uke Cross block, X block
The Japanese, explained.
- Kakiwake-uke 掻き分け受け
- Wedge block. Both forearms driving outward from a crossed position to part a two-handed grab.
Video
No recording in the register is tagged to Kakiwake-uke. MMAKF has not filmed this technique, and the discovery pass did not find an external recording specific enough to attribute to it without guessing.
Nothing is shown here rather than a search link dressed up as a demonstration. What has been found, checked and registered is listed in full on the source register.
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