Listed below are some of the traditional techniques that are practised in our dojo. There are many more variants on these techniques. Many techniques can be done in kotai level (static), juntai level (leading or intermediate) and ryutai level (moving). Some techniques can also be practised both in omote (appears) and/or ura (hidden). Omote and ura are positions slightly off the centre line of uke’s attack. Nage moves to uke’s front or open side for omote. For the ura position, nage moves to uke’s outside. Both omote and ura can end in irimi (entering) and tenkan (turning).
Following are some of the basic techniques with their translations:
| Kokyunage – breath power projection
Shihonage – four direction turn and projection Kotegaeshi – outward wrist turn Zenponage – forward projection Kirikaeshi – cut and return Kaitennage – wheel/spiral projection Iriminage – entering projection |
Sumi otoshi – corner drop
Tenchi nage – heaven & earth projection Ikkyo – no. 1 wrist technique Nikyo – no. 2 wrist technique Sankyo – no. 3 wrist technique Yonkyo – no. 4 wrist technique Gokyo – no. 5 wrist technique |
Please note that there exists a multitude of other techniques, which are not listed. Some of them are however included in the following table.