Topic: maeashi and kizami

[B&D]

looking at the nidan combination we did monday, what is kizami mawashigeri (front foot mawashi)compared to maeashi mawashigeri

[JimmyTheHoover]

Well it probably depends on how "strict" you are being with the terminology and the specific technique you are refferring to.

"Mae-Ashi" really just means with the front/leading leg" whereas "Kizami" is loosely translated as "jab(bing) or snap(ping) but I think also has connotations of "cutting"" .

So for example you could perform (and indeed need to in the Dan grading syllabus I think) a Mae-ashi Yoko-Gere Kekomi but a Kizami Yoko-Gere Kekomi doesn't really make a lot of sense. So for front snap kicks like Make gere keage and mawashigeri you could use either term.

Hope that ramble makes some sense.

Jim

[Moley]

I always say Maeashi
Mae - front
Ashi - foot

[JimmyTheHoover]

I always say Maeashi
Mae - front
Ashi - foot

...and you'll never be wrong with that approach - "me too"

JIm

[B&D]

thanks all, its as clear as mud
but in simple words as far as 1st qyu grade : no difference