is the
Japanese name of a movement practiced in several
martial arts
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. It is a 180 degree pivot to the rear, on the lead foot. That is, if the left foot is forward, the pivot is clockwise, and if the right foot is forward, the pivot is counter-clockwise.
Aikido
Tenkan is a very common foot move in
aikido.
Strategically, tenkan is most often used to place ''
tori'' back-to-back with ''
uke''. A few
attacks -
techniques
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that commonly begin by executing tenkan include: ''shōmen'uchi'' - ''kaitennage''; ''katate-dori'' - ''shihōnage''; and ''morote-dori'' - ''kokyūnage''.
Some styles of aikido practice six basic ''
ashi sabaki
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'' (stepping/footwork) movements, of which tenkan is one.
Those six basic stepping techniques are:
*Tsugi-ashi (shuffle step)
*Ayumi-ashi (crossing step)
*Kaiten (hip shift to avoid attack)
*Tenshin (step and pivot to avoid attack)
*Tenkan (180 degree pivot to avoid attack)
*Ude-furi (spin step)
Judo
Tenkan is a foot move used in
judo
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.
See also
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Aiki
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Irimi
In Japanese martial arts, is the act of entering straight into a technique, as opposed to the more indirect entrance into technique called ''tenkan''. In basic training, irimi usually looks like a step forward, straight or at an angle but usually ...
*
Uke
*
Tori
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References
Stances
Japanese martial arts terminology
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