as part of the name of numerous thrusting techniques with the jō. With the student standing in hidari katate-gamae, the weapon is lifted to the right hand, which slides to the bottom end of the weapon. The student shuffle steps forward (suri-ashi) and the right hand pushes the weapon for the strike, allowing it to slide in the left hand, and coming to rest with the left hand gripping the jō one third the distance from the bottom end. Picture striking a billiard ball with a cue stick, except both hands grip the jō with palms down, and thumbs forward. Tsuki in Kendo Tsuki is one of the five target areas (datotsu-bui) in kendo (along with men, do, hidari kote and migi kote). It is a thrust of the point of the shinai to the throat. The target area (datotsu-bui) for tsuki is the tsuki-bu, a multi-layered set of flaps, attached to the men (helmet) that protects the throat. Tsuki is most often done with a two handed grip () and less often with only the left hand (). Tsuki is often disallowed for younger and lower graded players in free practice and in competition (shiai). While variants of tsuki exist in other martial arts, in kendo it has no variants—the target is always the same. Unlike most other martial arts that use this term, in kendo, tsuki is a comprehensive term for both the movement and the target. Unlike with other strikes in kendo, the kiai for this strike is not the name of the target (the neck, or kubi) but rather the name of the attack (tsuki). See also Strike (attack) External links A discussions of the hikite (pullback) in karate and martial arts References Japanese martial arts terminology Strikes (martial arts)