Testes / groin

Central lower-body target

The groin and testes are preserved as the lower-body target named in the self-defence and jujutsu kata tradition. The point is placed on the front-view midline as a broad anatomical region, not as a claim that the historical manuals give a single coordinate. It is included with an explicit warning tag for historical classification and safety awareness.

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

Point 10 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, Goshin-jutsu (primary_canonical)

The Goshin-jutsu technical specification, in its lower-body unarmed attack-and-defence series, documents the groin target represented here; the mapped point is an anatomical projection, not a source coordinate.

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.

Kenji Tomiki, Judo: The Japanese Physical Culture (secondary)

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