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KICKS AND LEG TECHNIQUES- GERIS AND ASHI WAZA
Ashi - foot or leg
Ashi barai - foot/leg sweep
Ashi gatana - foot sword
Ashi waza - name given to all leg and foot techniques, ashi meaning
leg or foot and waza meaning technique
Fumikiri geri - cutting kick
Fumikomi geri - stamping kick
Geri - kick when using the spelling geri it should be added to another
wrd to describe the kick. Geri by its self would mean diahorrea
also see keri and keru
Hiza geri - knee kick
Kakato geri axe kick, striking with the back of the heel of the
foot
Keage - "kick up" in karate we use this when describing
snapping as oppose to thrusting kicks.
Kekomi - thrust kick (literally, kick into/ straight)
Keri - kick, you will see kick spelt this way. Keri by itself is
a noun meaning kick coming from the verb keru "to kick",
the normal spelling used is geri
Keru - kick, this is used when saying kick as a verb
Mae geri - front kick
Mae geri keage - front snapping kick
Mae geri kekomi - front thrusting kick
Mawashi geri - round house kick
Mikazuki geri - crescent kick
Nidan geri - double kick, as seen at the end of the kata kankudai
Ren geri - consecutive kicking, alternative kicking i.e. left then
right
Tobi geri - jumping kick
Tsumas geri - kicking using the tips of the toes to strike with
should only be used to attack the soft parts of the opponents body
e.g. groin
Ushiro geri - back kick
Yoko geri - side kick
Yoko geri keage - side snap kick
Yoko geri kekomi - side thrust kick also referred to as yoko kekomi
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