Hiki-te, another of those Japanese terms that means more than it says. Hiki-te: the pulling hand. Firstly, the hand that is the counter-piece, of any given hand technique is not just pulled back per se. The difference from most hand striking (punching for the most part, but taking in all other striking and blocking) from the various fighting arts - and for the moment we’ll take boxing as an example - is, instead of using a shoulder and or a lean in or swing, making the wei