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What (who) is uke - definition
Uke (martial arts)
IN JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS THE PERSON WHO "RECEIVES" A TECHNIQUE
Ukemi; Breakfalls; Breakfall; Break fall; Break falls
() is in Japanese martial arts the person who "receives" a technique. The exact role of uke varies between the different arts and often within the art itself depending on the situation.
breakfall
IN JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS THE PERSON WHO "RECEIVES" A TECHNIQUE
Ukemi; Breakfalls; Breakfall; Break fall; Break falls
¦ noun (in martial arts) a controlled fall in which most of the impact is absorbed by the arms or legs.
Age-uke
, which translates to "rising block", or "upward block" is the Japanese term for a technique used in martial arts. There numerous variations in how the technique might be executed, and nothing implicit in the term itself restricts its use to unarmed techniques.
Examples of use of uke
1. The A‘s in "Nevada" are like the A in "cat," and the area where the state‘s residents don‘t want nuclear waste dumped is Yucca Mountain, said like "yuck" rather than "uke." Lamenting that Kerry mispronounced both in his 2004 campaign stops, Goodman said, "By the time I got him straightened out, the election was over." Goodman is only one part of the unusual political situation that is Nevada.