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steelwater speaks the truth,i have also been taught to do shuto this way. if u strike correctly with the side of the hand below the little finger it shouldnt really matter what position ur finger is in as it wont touch the striking area anyway

my apologies, i guess that the name applies to different techniques in shotokan and kyokushin, and what we call yokogeri ke age is your yoko geri no undo. as a point of interest, would you be able to describe the difference between yoko geri and yoko geri ke age (in shotokan)

if ur talking about yoko geri ke age (rising side kick), where the leg is essentially swung upwards (as opposed to plain old yoko geri which comes out from the body (bad description) and is what i assume u mean by a snap kick) then its not a kick at all, its a stretch. i dont do shotokan, but kyokushin is very similar in many ways so i would have thought yoko geri ke age would be the same technique for u as it is for me. (haisoku uchi mawshi geri ke age and teisoku soto mawashi geri ke age are also stretches)

the kings college school dojo is for the students/teachers at that school only (i think), but i train down at wimbleson with hanshi and highly recommend you come down. hanshi also teaches at crawley and crystal palace, u can get a list of all the uk kyokushin dojos and the teachers at https://www.bkk-uk.com