Mae Geri – Ko Soto Gari-like Sweep Defense
⛩️ Source
This excerpt comes from the Kyokushin Kaikan instructional DVD “組手・イメージトレーニング Part.2 一撃で倒せ！下段廻し蹴り編” (Kumite Image Training Part 2: Knock Down With One Strike – Lower Roundhouse Kick Edition), produced by MEDIA8 (an officially authorized Kyokushin Kaikan video production company), featuring 7th Dan Japanese karateka and Kyokushinkai director Shokei Matsui, and released in Japan on February 20, 2009.
🔖 Technique Notes
As Uke throws a Mae Geri, Tori makes a slight retreat by stepping back with the rear leg, then brings the lead leg back to the same line to create distance. At the same time, he redirects the kicking leg inward with a low, Gedan-barai–style parry. Then, just as Uke is about to set the foot down, Tori sweeps the ankle from behind with his rear leg, in a motion similar to Judō's Ko Soto Gari.
Even if the sweeping motion is not precise, this movement can also be used as a low kick.
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