猿臂打ち
Empi uchi
Reading: えんぴうち
Elbow strike
JapaneseKarate
Meaning
Close-range strike with the elbow (empi, literally “monkey arm”), delivered forward, upward, sideways, backward or downward. Also called hiji ate.
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