Chuden is the word for mid body for us, Jodan is higher and Gedan lower on the body. We also have nukite plus shuto and haito plus hiraken which I quite like using.
For knife hands we use a cat stance, for blocks mostly a back stance. We do have a short 'front' stance, either migishizentai or hidarishizentai, a stance often used in Aikido and Kendo. And we have a Sanchin stance! (Sanchin Dachi) as well as a couple of Seishan Dachi.
There's 13 kicks without the jumping ones, 15 blocks, 5 natural stances, 11 uneven stances, 6 even and 5 other stances. 15 'fist' strikes, 6 body movements such as junzuki and gyakuzuki. Sounds a lot on paper but every one just about is very useful. Gives me an edge over the MMA guys sometimes, especially the kicks and the backfist.
For knife hands we use a cat stance, for blocks mostly a back stance. We do have a short 'front' stance, either migishizentai or hidarishizentai, a stance often used in Aikido and Kendo. And we have a Sanchin stance! (Sanchin Dachi) as well as a couple of Seishan Dachi.
There's 13 kicks without the jumping ones, 15 blocks, 5 natural stances, 11 uneven stances, 6 even and 5 other stances. 15 'fist' strikes, 6 body movements such as junzuki and gyakuzuki. Sounds a lot on paper but every one just about is very useful. Gives me an edge over the MMA guys sometimes, especially the kicks and the backfist.