Jaw / mandibular angle (uke)

Bilateral lower-face target; right representative

The jaw or mandibular angle is recorded as a lower-face uke (receiver) target in the practical atemi vocabulary associated with judo-jujutsu kata. Because the manuals do not supply a normalized front diagram, this bilateral entry uses an anatomical-right representative at x < 0.5 and a widened uncertainty radius. It documents a target name and region only, not a method of attack.

Philtrum (jōdan)Temple (anatomical-right)Temple (anatomical-left)Jaw / mandibular angle (uke)Jaw / mandibular angle (uke)Carotid side of neck (anatomical-right)Carotid side of neck (anatomical-left)Heart / precordiumEpigastrium (chūdan)Floating ribsTestes / groinOuter thigh nerve lineKnee joint

Point 4 of 12 in Atemi-waza — Judo-Jujutsu Vital Strikes

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Kodokan Judo Institute, Kime-no-kata (primary_canonical)

The Kime-no-kata technical specification, in its jōdan face-attack sequence, documents the lower-face/jaw target line represented here; the normalized coordinate is editorial.

Jigoro Kano, Kodokan Judo (primary_canonical)

Kano’s Kodokan Judo, in its discussions of kata and self-defence, documents atemi as an auxiliary striking element within judo’s broader throwing and control curriculum; it does not supply the normalized body coordinate used here.

Zen Nihon Jujutsu technical manuals (secondary)

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