Editing Tenkan

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{{Infobox Judo technique
|name           = Tenkan
|image          = Irimi tenkan.jpg
|image_size     = 190px
|alt            = Step diagram of Tenkan technique
|caption        = Step diagram of technique
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|sub_class      = 
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|back_up        = 
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|targets        = 
|counter        = 
|kodokan        = 
|romaji         =Tenkan
|japanese       =転換
|english        =convert / divert
}}{{Nihongo|'''Tenkan'''|転換||lit. convert or divert}} is the [[Japanese language|Japanese]] name of a movement practiced in several [[martial arts]]. It is a 180 degree pivot to the rear, on the lead foot.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzETBAAAQBAJ&dq=tenkan&pg=PA36|isbn = 9781257962334|title = AIKI GOSHIN HO JUJUTSU: Practical Self-Defense|date = 4 August 2011|publisher = Lulu.com}}</ref>  That is, if the left foot is forward, the pivot is clockwise, and if the right foot is forward, the pivot is counter-clockwise.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=62oQEAAAQBAJ&dq=tenkan&pg=PT154|isbn = 9781893765252|title = Aikido: O-Sensei's Sublime Synthesis, Vol. 1|date = 25 January 2016|publisher = Via Media}}</ref>

==Aikido==
Tenkan is a very common foot move in [[aikido]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zathYcL-as0C&dq=tenkan&pg=PA190|isbn=9781583942178|title=Aikido Exercises for Teaching and Training: Revised Edition|date=24 March 2009|publisher=Blue Snake Books}}</ref> Strategically, tenkan is most often used to place ''[[tori (martial arts)|tori]]'' back-to-back with ''[[uke (martial arts)|uke]]''.  A few [[aikido#Initial attacks|attacks]] - [[aikido#Basic techniques|techniques]] that commonly begin by executing tenkan include: ''shōmen'uchi'' - ''kaitennage''; ''katate-dori'' - ''shihōnage''; and ''morote-dori'' - ''kokyūnage''.

Some styles of aikido practice six basic ''[[ashi sabaki]]'' (stepping/footwork) movements, of which tenkan is one.

Those six basic stepping techniques are:

*Tsugi-ashi (shuffle step)
*Ayumi-ashi (crossing step)
*Kaiten (hip shift to avoid attack)
*Tenshin (step and pivot to avoid attack)
*Tenkan (180 degree pivot to avoid attack)
*Ude-furi (spin step)

==Judo==
Tenkan is a foot move used in [[judo]].

==See also==
*[[Aiki (martial arts principle)|Aiki]]
*[[Irimi]]
*[[Uke (martial arts)|Uke]]
*[[Tori (martial arts)|Tori]]
*[[Throw (martial arts)|Throw]]

==References==
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