Tenkan

Tenkan

Step diagram of Tenkan technique

Step diagram of technique
Technique name
Rōmaji Tenkan
Japanese 転換
English convert / divert

Tenkan (転換, lit. convert or divert) is the Japanese name of a movement practiced in several martial arts. It is a 180 degree pivot to one's rear, on the lead foot. That is, if the left foot is forward, the pivot is clockwise, and if the right foot is forward, the pivot is counter-clockwise.

Judo

Tenkan is a technique used in judo.

Aikido

Tenkan is a very common technique in aikido. Strategically, tenkan is most often used to place tori back-to-back with uke. A few attacks - techniques that commonly begin by executing tenkan include: shōmen'uchi - kaitennage; katate-dori - shihōnage; and morote-dori - kokyūnage.

Some styles of aikido practice six basic ashi sabaki (stepping/footwork) techniques, of which tenkan is one.

Those six basic stepping techniques are:

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