Japanese in Karate 23 “other punches”

★  Jun zuki
“Jun” means ‘follow, not oppose’ and “zuki” is “tsuki”= punch.
When you are standing with either side leg front, if you punch with the same side hand as the front leg it’s called “jun-zuki”. If you punch with the opposite side hand from the front leg, it’s called “gyaku-zuki”.  “Jun-zuki” and “oi-zuki”(I explained in No.22) sound the same punch, but “oi-zuki” means ‘a chasing punch’ so only when the back leg step forward and punch with the same side hand, it’s called “oi-zuki”.

In the training, we normally use it when stepping into kiba dachi. We punch jun-zuki in the direction we face (with the same side hand as the leg) and then do successive jun-zuki each time facing a different direction or in “idou geiko”,each time towards the proceeding leg.      

★  San-bon zuki / Go-hon geri
In Japanese, when we count something, we add a certain word after the number.
When we count punches or kicks, we add “hon”.
1   ippon (it should be “ichi-hon” but we say “ippon” for the convenience of pronunciation)
2   ni-hon
3   san-bon (it should be “san-hon” but we say “san-bon”)
4   yon-hon
5   go-hon
So “san-bon zuki” is ‘3 continuous punches’ and “go-hon geri” is ‘5 continuous kicks’

★  Morote zuki
“Morote” means ‘both hands’. “Morote-zuki” is ‘both hands punch’.