I pronounce it "ook" because I was talking to my friends parents, and they are translators for the us. embassy. I just showed them the word and they told me it means "defender" and told me how to pronounce it (:

The way i pronounce it is juke without the J sound.

Ehh... who revived this year old topic..?

Anyway, the way it's pronounced is "oo-ke" or "u-kay" depending on your accent. Translates literally as "received" or "receiver" depending on context, but in this case it is used as the name of the defender in a martial arts demonstration.
Comes from Japanese: "受け". Therefore you should pronounce it as they pronounce their syllables.

No it's not, it's pronounced oo-keh.

Personally i pronounce it "oo-K"
But my judo sensei says it's supposed to be pronounced "You-Key"

See, that's what I always thought it sounded like... but everyone has always told me that was wrong. I guess it really just depends on who you are... pronounciation isn't going to end the world if it's not the same among different people. As long as the other person you're communicating it to can understand what you're saying it really doesn't matter.

I usually pronounce it "You-Key" as well, but my family says I say it wrong.
But like gym said, at least my friends can understand me. :3

Cookie but with out the c.

I always call it U-keh.

My bro pronounces it as U-keh(does'nt play toribash anymore),i pronounce it as yuke