Proper reading of 胸突き term as used in martial arts What is the correct pronunciation of the word as used in martial arts? In Japanese sources, it seems to be . However, in several Martial arts in the US, it seems to be called "munetsuki" when speaking in English. Are both and sounds correct here? Is there some connotation of one versus the other?

I believe the reading depends on the school, but is more common (I read the kanji that way as well). {}{} is a known phrase to mean the "hard part", coming from the last climb on Mt. Fuji () making you breathless (as if you've been struck in the chest, thus ).

I've also seen in my searches, but that doesn't seem all that common. Perhaps one reason it become "munetsuki" in English could be from someone transcribing the technique being unaware of this possible reading (), and therefore defaulted to .