Mika Zuki Geri Uke
Crescent kick block – a Karate kick
- Type
- Kicks, Punches, Blocks and parries
- Martial arts
- Karate
- Meaning
- Crescent kick block
- Listed in
- Using the legs (Shotokan karate)
crescent kick block (e.g. in the kata, Heian sandan)
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
Other Karate kicks
- Ushiro-Geri
- Mawashi geri
- Ura mawashi geri or Kagi geri
- Mae-ren geri
- Ushiro mawashi geri
- Gyaku mikazuki geri
- Hiza geri
- Kakato Geri
- Kin geri
- Mae Hiza geri
- Mae geri
- Mae-ashi geri
- Mae-ashi mawashi geri
- Mawashi hiza geri
- Nidan tobi geri
- Oi Mae Geri
- Otoshi Mawashi Geri
- Otoshi kakato geri
- Otshi Hiza Geri
- Tobi hiza geri
- Tobi mae geri
- Tobi mawashi geri
- Tobi ushiro geri
- Tobi ushiro mawashi geri
- Tobi yoko geri
- Ura kakato geri
- Ushiro Hiza Geri
- Yoko geri keage
- Yoko geri kekomi
- Yoko tobi geri
Japanese terms for kicks
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回し蹴り | mawashigeri | roundhouse kick; turning kick |
| 飛び蹴り | tobigeri | dropkick; flying kick |
| ハイキック | haikikku | high kick |
| マルテーロ | maruteero | martelo; roundhouse kick in capoeira |
| ネリチャギ | nerichagi | axe kick; ax kick |
| かかと落とし | kakatootoshi | axe kick; ax kick |
| ケイシャーダ | keishaada | queixada (capoeira kick at the opponent's jaw); outward crescent kick |
| サイドキック | saidokikku | side kick |
| 後ろ回し蹴り | ushiromawashigeri | spin 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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