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Mae-ren geri

Double front kick – a Karate kick

Type
Kicks
Martial arts
Karate
Meaning
Double front kick
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Kicking techniques (Shotokan karate)

Double front kick (= double mae geri)

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)
ren
geri蹴りけりkick

Other Karate 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

text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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