tenkan
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{{Infobox Judo technique
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|romaji =Tenkan
|japanese =転換
|english =convert / divert
}}{{Nihongo|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 the rear, on the lead foot.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzETBAAAQBAJ&dq=tenkan&pg=PA36|isbn = 9781257962334|title = AIKI GOSHIN HO JUJUTSU: Practical Self-Defense|date = 4 August 2011|publisher = Lulu.com}} That is, if the left foot is forward, the pivot is clockwise, and if the right foot is forward, the pivot is counter-clockwise.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62oQEAAAQBAJ&dq=tenkan&pg=PT154|isbn = 9781893765252|title = Aikido: O-Sensei's Sublime Synthesis, Vol. 1|date = 25 January 2016|publisher = Via Media}}
Aikido
Tenkan is a very common foot move in aikido.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zathYcL-as0C&dq=tenkan&pg=PA190|isbn=9781583942178|title=Aikido Exercises for Teaching and Training: Revised Edition|date=24 March 2009|publisher=Blue Snake Books}} 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) movements, of which tenkan is one.
Those six basic stepping techniques are:
- Tsugi-ashi (shuffle step)
- Ayumi-ashi (crossing step)
- Kaiten (hip shift to avoid attack)
- Tenshin (step and pivot to avoid attack)
- Tenkan (180 degree pivot to avoid attack)
- Ude-furi (spin step)
Judo
Tenkan is a foot move used in judo.
See also
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