Fumikomi Geri
Literally: stomping kick
Also known as: Stomping kick, Stamping kick, Fumikomi
A stomping kick: the knee rises and the heel or outer foot edge drives straight down onto the opponent's leg; it is in Heian Sandan and the Tekki kata.
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Fumikomi geri, in English stomping kick, is a stamping kick: the knee rises and the foot drives sharply downward, usually onto the opponent's leg or foot, landing with the heel or the outer foot edge near the heel. Per Torakan Karate, it is mainly a self-defense technique, aimed at the opponent's leg and, in self-defense, at the head of a downed opponent; it is not used in Shotokan sport kumite for its danger. It differs from kansetsu geri, a kick to the joint that is more of a low, direct gedan yoko kekomi kick, by its vertical stamping motion. In the Shotokan kata (JKA numbering) it appears in four kata: in Heian Sandan it is the 12th, 14th and 16th movement, in Tekki Shodan the 2nd, 8th, 22nd and 27b, in Tekki Nidan the 2nd, 3rd, 11b, 15th, 19b and 23rd, and in Tekki Sandan the 19th and 34th movement. In the Tekki kata the numbering gives it only as fumikomi.