MARTIAL ARTS 

ST. HELENS

ISAMI RYU

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 FOOT STRIKES – BASIC

FRONT KICK (MAE GERI) – TOES ARE PULLED BACK AND THE KICK FIRES IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO STRIKE WITH THE BALL OF THE FOOT.

ROUND KICK (MAWASHI GERI) – STRIKE WITH THE TOP OF THE FOOT IN A ROUND MOTION, STRIKING THE SIDE OF THE BODY.

SIDE KICK (YOKO GERI) – THE KICK IS FIRED IN A STRAIGHT LINE USING THE BLADE OF THE FOOT TO STRIKE.

FOOT STRIKES – INTERMEDIATE

BACK KICK (OSHIRO GERI) – KICK FIRES FROM THE HIP IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THE POINT OF IMPACT OUGHT TO BE THE HEEL.

CRESCENT KICK (IRI GERI) – CAN BE EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AND USES THE SIDES OF THE FOOT. THIS KICK IS USED MAINLY TO REMOVE AN OPPONENTS GUARD AND TENDS TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER KICKS.

HOOK KICK (KAKE GERI) – USES A SIMILAR MOTION TO THE SIDE KICK, HOWEVER, THE LEG BENDS AT THE KNEE LATE IN THE KICK TO AFFECT A HEEL STRIKE TO THE SIDE OF THE OPPONENT.

FOOT STRIKES – ADVANCED

SPINNING KICK (MAWASHI KAGATO GERI) – THIS IS AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL KICK WITH THE HEEL STRIKING THE TARGET WITH GREAT FORCE.

AXE KICK (KAGATO BARAI GERI) – THE KICK RAISES ABOVE THE TARGET THEN IS PULLED DOWN HARD FROM THE HIP WITH THE HEEL STRIKING THE TARGET.

JUMPING KICKS (TOBI GERI) – THERE ARE A LARGE ARRAY OF THESE KICKS, WHICH MIRROR MANY OF THE BASIC KICKS. THESE KICKS CAN BE USED TO GAIN DISTANCE, HEIGHT, POWER OR TO DOUBLE A KICK ATTACK UP.