Ippon-Kumite Geri-Waza

一本組手 蹴り伎

Ippon-Kumite (or 一本組手 in Japanese) means ‘one step sparring’. Typically, this involves a standard way of responding to a single attack technique. Next, Geri-Waza (or 蹴り伎 in Japanese) means ‘kicking techniques’. In the video embedded below (recorded on 3 Februari 2025), budoka Johan Oldenkamp, a former national runner-up from the Netherlands, performs five one step sparring defences of Shotokan ( 松濤館 ) Karatedo ( 空手道 ), each with a kicking technique.

These five exercises can be written as follows:

Seme: Oi-Tsuki Jodan
Uke: (Hantai Kamae) Shuto-Barai + Mawashi-Geri + Shuto-Uchi + Gyaku-Tsuki

Seme: Oi-Tsuki Chudan
Uke: (Hantai Kamae) Uchi-Uke + Ushiro-Ura-Mawashi-Geri + Uraken-Uchi + Gyaku-Tsuki

Seme: Oi-Tsuki Chudan
Uke: Soto-Uke + Yoko-Geri-Kekomi + Uraken-Uchi + Gyaku-Tsuki

Seme: Mae-Geri Chudan
Uke: (Hantai Kamae) Gedan-Barai + Yoko-Geri-Keage + Uraken-Uchi + Gyaku-Tsuki

Seme: Oi-Tsuki Chudan
Uke: (Hantai Kamae) Shuto-Uke + Kizami-Mae-Geri + Haito-Uchi + Ura-Tsuki

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