Atemi waza (当て身技) or body-striking techniques were the strikes from the several ancient traditional Japanese jujitsu styles that were adopted in judo by its designer Jigorō Kanō in 1882 after a comprehensive study, accompanied by uke waza or defending blocks and parries. When judo further developed as a sports discipline, these techniques were excluded from its competition repertoire, which limits itself mainly to throws (nage waza) and holds (katame waza): although taught within self-defense, kata and sometimes used within informal randori, striking techniques are forbidden in the sport judo competitions rules.
Kanō thought deeply of atemi waza and its relationship with nage waza. Since he wanted to keep its practical character of martial art as well as its nature of physical and moral education, when compiling the nage nokata or randori-no-kata, his classical repertoire of 40 throws in the gokyo no waza (five sets of techniques), the standard syllabus of throwing techniques, he introduced four counterattack techniques against atemi waza: seoi nage, uki goshi, ura nage and yoko guruma.
He distinguished a number or 23 body-striking techniques:
Ude-Ate-waza: arm striking techniques
Empi-uchi: Elbow blow
Kami-ate: Upward blow
Kirioroshi: Downward knife hand blow
Naname-ate: Front crossing blow
Naname-uchi: Slanting knife hand blow
Ryogan-tsuki: throat strike - Strike both eyes with fingertips
Shimo-tsuki: Downward blow
Tsukiage: Uppercut
Tsukidashi: Stomach punch with fingertips
Tsukkake: Straight punch
Uchioroshi: Downward strike
Ushiro-ate: Rear elbow strike
Ushiro-sumi-tsuki: Rear corner blow
Ushiro-tsuki: Rear blow
Ushiro-uchi: Rear blow
Yoko-ate: Side blow
Yoko-uchi: Side blow
Ashi-Ate-waza: Leg striking techniques
Mae-ate: Front knee
Mae-jury: Front kick
Naname-jury: Roundhouse kick
Taka-jury: High Front kick
Ushiro-jury: Backward kick
Yoko-jury: Side kick
References
Japanese martial arts terminology
Strikes (martial arts) Judo technique