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Mae-naname-keri

Front crossing kick or oblique kick – a Judo kick

Type
Kicks
Martial arts
Judo
Japanese
前斜蹴
Meaning
Front crossing kick or oblique kick
Listed in
Sekito-ate-waza (judo techniques)

Kanji in 前斜蹴

in front, before
on: ゼン
kun: まえ、-まえ
9 strokes · JLPT 4
diagonal, slanting, oblique
on: シャ
kun: なな.め、はす
11 strokes · JLPT 1
kick
on: シュク、シュウ
kun: け.る
19 strokes

The name word by word

Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.

WordJapaneseReadingMeaning
Mae前まえin front (of); before (e.g. a building)
naname
keri蹴りけりkick

Other Judo kicks

Japanese terms for kicks

TermReadingMeaning
回し蹴りmawashigeriroundhouse kick; turning kick
飛び蹴りtobigeridropkick; flying kick
ハイキックhaikikkuhigh kick
マルテーロmaruteeromartelo; roundhouse kick in capoeira
ネリチャギnerichagiaxe kick; ax kick
かかと落としkakatootoshiaxe kick; ax kick
ケイシャーダkeishaadaqueixada (capoeira kick at the opponent's jaw); outward crescent kick
サイドキックsaidokikkuside kick
後ろ回し蹴りushiromawashigerispin kick

; kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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