Tobi-Geri
Tobi-Geri ( Japanese 跳 び 蹴 り , dt. "Jump kick ") also called Kesa Geri, describes in the Japanese martial arts ( Budō ) a kick that is exercised during a jump.
karate
There are several variants of Tobi-Geri in karate. There are the following versions of the Tobi Geri
- Mae Tobi-Geri
To perform the Mae Tobi-Geri ("forward jump kick") the Senkutsu Dachi stand is suitable, then the rear leg is taken one step forward, then the current rear leg has to be pulled up and the front leg has to jump off and snap one Kick.
- Ushiro Tobi-Geri
A special version is the Ushiro Tobi-Geri, the jumping backward kick. It is considered to be one of the most difficult kicks in karate and is rarely used in combat, it is also used in the Kata Unsu .
- Yoko Tobi-Geri
The jumping sideways kick and the Mikazuki Tobi-Geri , a jumping 360 ° kick that occurs in the Kata Unsu and the Nidan Tobi-Geri , the jumping double kick that occurs in the Kata Kanku Dai , and the Mawashi Tobi-Geri , the jumping semicircular footstep .
See also
literature
- Werner Lind : The dictionary of martial arts. China, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, India, Mongolia, Philippines, Taiwan, etc. Sportverlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-328-00838-1 ( Edition BSK ) (p. 608)
