Yoko Geri Kekomi
横蹴り蹴込み
Literally: side thrust kick
Also known as: Kekomi geri, Side thrust kick, Stop kick
Thrusting side kick with the foot edge that drives in the hips and body weight; Bruce Lee called it the stop kick.
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Yoko geri kekomi, literally a side thrusting kick, is the thrusting form of the side kick yoko geri. The knee rises high and forward, the ankle rotates so the foot edge points down, and the leg then shoots out to the target. The hips and body weight drive into the kick; the strike lands with the foot edge, sokuto. At the end of the kick the leg stays extended for a moment before it withdraws. This is what sets it apart from the snapping yoko geri keage, whose leg withdraws at once. The British federation KUGB tests it at 9th kyu from kiba dachi stance. Bruce Lee called this kick the stop kick and showed it in the film Enter the Dragon.