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What Enoeda sensei was saying is not easy to understand. It requires some thought, and more. The karateka who wants to grasp Enoeda’s advice must be prepared to put some time in on the dojo floor, thinking about this advice with his body. “Unique uke-waza” tells us that karate’s receiving methods may be special to karate. “Offensive uke” hints that there might be something more to uke-waza than just passively anticipating an attack and then responding. True mastery of uke is the ability to deal with any kind of attack, at any stage of the attack. The adept of uke-waza has a feel for what shape his opponent’s strike will take, from what angle and so on. He can nullify it or let it come, already prepared for an appropriate counter. This approach to karate is only one half of a complete strategy. The other half is kakari-waza, or “attacking methods.” But no matter how strong one develops his kakari-waza, he must always work to polish his receiving techniques. This is a skill absolutely essential to karate competition, where one must cope with all sorts of spirited attacks.