Talk:List of shotokan techniques

Latest comment: 16 years ago by 87.198.213.82 in topic Awkward 'Yoko geri' terms

== What is karate?

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karate is some times known as piano basics are the scales but kata and kumite are the song the scales mix to gether —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.63.78.95 (talk) 23:10, 19 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Awkward 'Yoko geri' terms

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'Yoko geri keage' means 'side kick rising kick' (check out the kanji). 'Yoko keage' is sufficient, meaning 'side rising kick'. The same goes for 'Yoko geri kekomi' - I prefer 'yoko kekomi' (i.e. the 'geri' is redundant in both terms). However, most Western karateka are used to the more awkward term, due to lack of understanding of the Japanese language. Should this be cleaned up?

87.198.213.82 (talk) 14:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)Reply