Kicks Are Not Always Kicks in Karate

Depending on how you look on kata you might find that sometimes kicks are not the best option especially in close distance.
For example uraken yoko Geri in Pinan 4 works better as grab with off balance and a throw.
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[@efficientguitarlessons]

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[@EduardoJamo-vv2yg]

Indeed

[@EduardoJamo-vv2yg]

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[@TheMartialWay]

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[@dariodesansebastian]

Sensei, excuse my smartassery (Judo black belt here)
Those are osoto gari and harai goshi, do you Karate guys call that Yoko geri?
Oss!

[@lesbubka]

Hi no, in karate we have kick to the side called yoko Geri that can be used as a throw. As you pointed out mechanics are the same as Harai Goshi, second md one is more Uchi Mata. I use judo terminology for throws, but original karate terminology differs to judo. Thank you for watching !

[@efficientguitarlessons]

Hola Dario en el Karate muchas de los movimientos que se ven en los kata tienen varias interpretaciones, el estudio y practica de esas interpretaciones se llama bunkai. Hay muchos estilos de karate y en cada uno podés encontrar distintas interpretaciones de los movimientos de el mismo kata. Por poner un ejemplo busca el bunkai de Bassai Dai de los estilos Shito Ryu y de Shotokan. En este caso el video hace referencia a la patada lateral (Yoko Geri) que si bien en un kata puede ser claramente una patada lateral, en realidad puede interpretarse también como estas proyecciones que mencionas. En realidad el karate real es el conjunto de técnicas que se estudia en los Bunkai de cada kata. los kata siempre fueron creaciones de los maestros que sirven como ayuda memoria para recordar esas técnicas (y como herramienta pedagógica), por eso es que un movimiento puede significar varias cosas.

[@bgipeterjrgensen3579]

I totally agree. The kick is most likely a throw. The "cup and saucer" position with the hands just before the kick and the slight sinking of the body weight shows the balance break. In shotokan we often use yoko geri keage instead of kekomi. To me it looks like a o soto guruma ua-cam.com/video/-OftQzN00AQ/v-deo.html

[@lesbubka]

Yeah it can be o Soto Guruma I’m doing it in a little straighter angle but movement is the same.