overarm stroke (traditional Japanese swimming)
A specific arm movement used in classical Japanese swimming styles (日本泳法). Not a general term for an overarm stroke in modern competitive swimming.
In traditional Japanese swimming, the overarm stroke generates powerful propulsion.
彼は抜き手の練習を繰り返した。
He practiced the overarm stroke repeatedly.
Standard kanji spelling for this traditional swimming stroke.
Variant kanji spelling; less common than 抜き手.
Compound of 抜き (nuki, 'pulling out') + 手 (te, 'hand/arm'), referring to the arm motion of pulling through the water. The reading ぬきで is a voiced variant.