yoko keage geri

[Jiffy]

Jiffy,

Thanks for your reply. Yep, we do it the same way (traditionally) and use similar deception techniques at advanced ranks. I also somtimes like to show a yoko geri keage coming and actually turn my back and deliver a strong ushiro geri. It's the nicest feeling when it works and the opponent gets tagged with no idea of what was coming! Of course, being on the recevieng end of the deception is not as fun!

Our schools must train pretty similarly. My instructor trained under O'Sensei Nakayama and O'Sensei Nishiyama.

best,

Gero

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Nidan, Traditional Shotokan

Yep, sound very much the same. I love doing the same thing. I tend to do it more often with the Mawashi Geri.... eg. bring it up to the front, they block what they think will be a Chudan Mae Geri with a Gedan Berai, hence leaving the head open for my Mawahi Geri Jodan that's coming their way.

Not as much fun on the receiving end, but still a good learning experience.

[Jiffy]

Actually, I just relised I have the PERFECT picture as an example.

Okay, so the kick is Udi-Mawashi Geri, but it does illustrate a couple of points in this thread.

1) you can see that as Ray thought a low Mae Geri was coming, he tried to deflect it with a double downward block, thus opening his head for my kick. (this was taken during full speed kumite)

2) see the rotation of the foot.

(BTW - I know I'm leaning over too far.... it's not on purpose, it's a mistake)

http://users.esc.net.au/~aacd/images/photos/shawn_high_kick.jpg

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I believe that in Kykoushin, this kick (keage rising) is only taught as a stretching technique to assist you in performing yoko geri's at Jodan level and because its in some katas. I was also lead to believe that its only in kata for the same reason but could be wrong.

[juey palancu]

Jiffy,

Thanks that's a GREAT picture! I can definitely see what happened leading up to it. You must have avery good photographer in your dojo.

thanks,

Gero

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Nidan, Traditional Shotokan

[Zorbasan]

this kick is probably my favourite, people never seem to see it coming, being more apt in TKD than in karate currently, i tend to do it a bit differently in that i kick with the heel and follow it thru rather than with a retraction, but in ju kumite (sp?) people can never seem to pick when its coming.

i was there when that kick was executed and he really had no idea what hit him.

oh and jiffy, Ray is a lot taller than you so the extra lean was probably to get the extra height needed to reach his face.

[Jiffy]

Yeah, that's true, I think ray is a good 6 inches taller than me.

Yes, we have a good photographer. One of our middle grade students does some photography in her spare time, so she takes photos at our gradings.

[AngelaG]

I love photographs... Try and get an action photograph in karate where it doesn't look a bit weird. It looks like you are reverse roundkicking a zombie from Sean of the Dead.

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AngelaG - excellent spot..... Love it

[Zorbasan]

HAHAHAHA

he looks kinda drunk too.

[Jiffy]

hahaha, yeah, now that you mention it, it does!!!