TERMINOLOGY -- Kicking Techniques

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GERI WAZA (KICKING TECHNIQUES)

MAE GERI - Front snap kick

MAEWASHI GERI - Roundhouse kick

MAE MAEWASHI GERI - Front snap kick, followed by roundhouse kick

YOKO GERI - Side kick (striking surface: ashi sokuto, or, knife-edge of the foot)

HAKU GERI - Inward crescent kick (striking surface: usually the instep-to-pad of the foot)

MAE HAKU GERI - Outward crescent kick (striking surface: ashi sokuto)

MAE TOBI GERI - Flying front kick (usually executed with kekome-thrust-)

YOKO TOBI GERI - Flying side kick

USHIRO GERI - Back, or, rearward kick (striking surface: heel of the foot)

FUMIKOMI GERI - Stomping kick (Usually executed as gedan yoko geri)

HIZA - Knee s

 

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