User talk:Tomas.pluskal

Shōmen hajiki
How I always heard it, but texts refer to the move as just "finger strikes" without the addition of "front" (shōmen). So I included both.TheDoctorX (talk) 07:56, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi, not sure what texts you are referring to, I always saw 正面弾き in the Japanese texts: http://uechiryukaratedoja.blogspot.com/2013/04/blog-post.html http://okibukan.over-blog.com/article-hojo-undo-100400633.html Tomas.pluskal (talk) 08:07, 27 June 2021 (UTC) _____ Hi as well. You will find a picture in the Talk portion of the article which lists it as just 弾き. That was published by Okikukai a long time ago. There are also other Okinawan texts, including the sort up updated Kihon by Takamiyagi who sort of wrote most of the actual Kihon.

I think the relevant difference is if you want to stress moving forward in the execution of the technique you add the shōmen. Of course, we also move backward in the exercise. No one, I am aware of, calls that part "ushiro hajiki!"

Beyond being overly persnickety on terminology, the technique – waza – is hajiki and where you do it to, as in direction, can be shōmen. I figured including both removes any ambiguity. TheDoctorX (talk) 07:42, 28 June 2021 (UTC)