Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq202HyVrrQ

The proper translation of “uke-waza” is not Blocking but Receiving. You may receive an attack by striking it, deflecting it, baiting it, or avoiding it altogether. The skill of your receiving technique will determine the possibilities for your counter. Most systems take receiving for granted or clai that there are no real receptions, only blows, but without a reception of some sort, a martial artist must either be hit or hit first. For pure self-defense, one does not want to attack first and certainly one does not to be hit. Therefore, a martial artist should develop skills that convert Receptions into Counters as quickly as possible. Using examples from both Karate and Aiki, Hanshi Annesi explains the richness of this category of skills and its vlaue in the serious study of advanced budo.