手て刀がたな

noun

knife hand; hand used like a sword

Refers to the hand held flat with fingers together, used in martial arts strikes or as a gesture. The reading しゅとう is standard in karate and similar contexts.

• 彼かれは手て刀がたなで木きの板いたを割わった。

  He split a wooden board with a knife hand.

• 彼かれは手て刀がたなで相あい手ての腕うでを打うち落おとした。

  He struck down his opponent's arm with a knife hand.