Blade96
Senior Master
Maybe someone who can actually speak Japanese can give us a better/more accurate translation of the terms, like "jodan uke". I suspect that we simply have translated it as "upward block" or "rising block"... but doesn't uke really mean something more like "receiving?"
i dont speak japanese but I am good with languages (I studied russian for 4 years) and quickly tend to pick up japanese phrases and what they mean (one of my senseis speaks it and he said to me in a joke He could call for a taxi in tokyo, go get loaded in a bar downtown, and come back home again LOL!)
I think I know the meaning 'jodan uke' jodan mean upper, age mean 'rising' and uke mean the person in a relationship who is generally submissive (in ma that would be the one taking the attack) and blocking, therefore 'jodan age uke' or 'upper rising block'
I think my explanation is generally right.
I hope.