CentredOne (May 31, 2008 at 7:53 am)

Thank you Mushin001 for saving me the trouble.I was thinking, "That doesn't look like any front kick I know"

Mushin001 (May 12, 2008 at 3:22 am)

You are missing the point. The examples you give are a phonetic softening of the 'k' sound, and the difference between geri meaning kick and kiri meaning cut is that they refer to two different Kanji. The title of this clip to which we are commenting should have been "Mae Kiri" or "Mae Giri" to follow your reasoning, not Mae Geri. Best wishes on iaido camp. I do not attend such events any more.

cooluke (May 12, 2008 at 2:33 am)

I know a thing or two. and it still with a G.Kesa-giri Tameshigiri I think those are good enough examples.Oh which makes me question. If you live in the United States you going to National iaido camp? This June and we gotta mail out our applications tomorrow.

Mushin001 (May 11, 2008 at 10:33 pm)

kiri=cut geri=kick these represent two different kanji. has nothing to do with romaji spoken by anybody. do you know anything about iaido?

cooluke (May 11, 2008 at 5:56 pm)

all words in romanji that have a K are G sounding. When spoken by a native speaker of nihon-go

Mushin001 (April 20, 2008 at 4:04 am)

mae kiri

kummerio (March 24, 2008 at 2:21 am)

he´s right... in fact when I read the name I asked myself, mae geri?? what he draw the sword but kick the opponent?? lol

5erhio (March 22, 2008 at 1:50 pm)

You're probably right, I stopped practicing almost a year ago.

kmirallia (March 18, 2008 at 8:33 pm)

The videos is super cool, but the name is wrong. the name is ippon me mae. without geri that´s mean kick.