What is the name for an uppercut (scooping punch) in Japanese?


Ura-zuki is more linear. Age Ura-zuki is rising but still linear. What about
Sukui ura-zuki? Any martial artists know this one? I am hoping for an official
karate term, but I will settle for a gramatically correct term that describes
a scooping punch (western boxing uppercut). Thank you in advance!!




I don't do karate or any other martial arts, but the basic term for this is
katakana
[アッパーカット](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88),
which should be understood by almost everyone who is fluent in Japanese.

[裏拳 (ura-
ken)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A3%8F%E6%8B%B3%E6%89%93%E3%81%A1) is
more a like backhand blow, or a blow using the back of one's hand. This is
well-known, too.

[裏突き (ura-zuki)](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%A3%8F%E7%AA%81%E3%81%8D-1460597)
is a straight punch with the palm facing upward. I think it's a karate-
specific term.

According to this [list of karate
突き](http://www.ichiyukai.com/lesson/lesson-c.html), it appears
[鉤【かぎ】突【づ】き](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%89%A4%E7%AA%81%E3%81%8D) (kagi-zuki,
鉤 means 'hook') clearly says it's a 弧を描くような (=curved, arc-like) punch, but
it's a punch blown horizontally. It looks like a karate jargon rather than a
generic term, but I don't know the awareness of this term even among karate
fans.

I haven't heard age ura-zuki (上げ裏突き?) or sukui ura-zuki (すくい裏突き?) and they're
not listed in the linked list, either (these names look reasonable at least to
me, though).

