shuton.
/ˈʃuːtəʊ/ Karate.
A sharp, chopping blow delivered with the forward edge of the hand; = karate chop n. at karate n.
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1959 E. J. Harrison Man. Karate ii. 17 Tegatana, sometimes called shuto (handsword)... In this method the thumb is bent.
1972 Austin Morris Express (Oxford) July 8/3 Dave Smith in action with the Shuto blow, that devastating blow with the forward edge of the hand.
1981 Best of Karate Spring 9/3 President Marcos put his karate training to good use by using a well-aimed kick and a shuto to stop the attack, thus saving the Pope's life and narrowly averting a world-wide tragedy.
1988 Black Belt Internat. 1 v. 51/1 The second technique is a composite technique which combines shuto or knife hand strikes with a reverse heel kick to the kidneys and an O-soto-gari to take your partner down to the floor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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