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Post by westbfella on Jan 18, 2011 17:44:22 GMT
Mae Geri Kekomi When I began training over 20 years ago I was told there were two types of kick, Keage (Snap) and Kekomi (thrust). Obviously after 20 years I found kicking to be so much more than this, but one thing that has always puzzled me is the treatment of mae geri kekomi . Yoko geri keage and kekomi are treated as different kicks, perhaps for some (myself included) the intention of the kick is the same, just the path is different. Mae geri kekomi in the clubs I have visited (I visit over 4 different a month) treat the mae geri kekomi as a thrusting version of the mae geri keage (snap) kick. But in my opinion the thrusting kick is far different from its snapping cousin. FootshapeThe late Asai Sensei (10th Dan JKS) made us practice various front kicks with different parts of the foot, the final exercise was the foots heel thrusting up towards the jaw. This was mirrored recently by the JKA honbu dojo favouring a shorter kick with the heel after the right-handed gyaku shuto uchi. PreparationIn Mae geri kekomi the knee drives upwards forcing the foot to be in front of the knee joint (Mae geri keage starts from the knee joint in front of the foot). This discourse about joints and their relationship with the foot can be seen from such karate-ka as Richard Amos Sensei (6th Dan WTKO) and Scott Langley sensei (5th Dan JKS). As all my recent articles (please check out my blog bunbudojo.blogspot.com) I like to include a visual part for you to full appreciate the words. Just a thought Ossu
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Post by fujicolt on Jan 18, 2011 19:50:49 GMT
nice to see members, long here and new, contributing articles and technical approaches to the forum. food for thought and discussion for us all. Nice one Banbu
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Post by fleur on Jan 18, 2011 23:46:25 GMT
Thanks for that. Very informative.
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Post by Paul Bedard on Jan 19, 2011 1:21:55 GMT
Good one James, you flexible man you! I was asked to do mae geri kekomi during my yondan examination & master Yaguchi even mentioned `not keage, kekomi`. Thank goodness that chudan is what he was looking for, as jodan like you are showing, is a bit much for an old fart. Very good kick & described very well with the relationship of the joint to the foot. Well done Osu Paul B
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Post by fujicolt on Jan 19, 2011 1:40:46 GMT
It is a very good article James and to add a little discussion about the joint to foot theory - where does the theory actually collapse? just creating discussion folks but in actuality it does.
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