Ushiro-Geri
Karate turning kick technique
後ろ蹴り
- Type
- Kicks
- Martial arts
- Karate, Judo
- Meaning
- Backward kick
- Classified as
- kick
- Listed in
- Kakato-ate-waza: heel techniques (judo techniques), Kicking techniques (Shotokan karate)
Ushiro-geri (Japanese: 後ろ蹴り) is the Japanese term for turning back kick, a kick employed in karate. The kick is a basic move but there are variations of the Ushiro-Geri.
The name word by word
Each part of the romanized name looked up in the JMdict Japanese dictionary.
Other Karate kicks
- Front kick
- Stomp
- Mawashi geri
- Mae-naname-keri
- Mika Zuki Geri Uke
- Ura mawashi geri or Kagi geri
- Mae-ren geri
- Naname-keri
- 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
- Yoko-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 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1413422 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.