Fumikomi 踏み込み
Stamping kick
The technique, and its job.
A downward stamping kick with the heel or the outer edge of the foot, driven into the knee, the shin or the instep of an opponent at very close range. It appears throughout the Tekki series and is one of the few techniques in the syllabus explicitly aimed below the belt.
Application. Very close range: attacking the knee or the instep of an opponent who has closed, and breaking their base.
Mechanics
What each part of the body does, in the order it does it.
- Chamber
- The knee lifts high, the foot folded and turned edge-down.
- Supporting foot
- Flat and strongly weighted; the whole body drops into the technique.
- Hips
- Drop with the stamp, adding the body weight to it.
- Trajectory
- Straight down, or down and slightly forward.
- Target
- Knee, shin, instep, or the top of the thigh.
- Contact surface
- The heel or the outer edge of the foot.
- Retraction
- The foot usually stays down and becomes the new stance — this is the one kick that does not re-chamber.
- Balance
- The drop is controlled; the body settles rather than falls.
What survives when the name is forgotten.
- The body weight is the technique. A stamp thrown with the leg alone is a tap.
- It is the exception to the retraction rule, because it deliberately becomes the next stance.
Common errors, and how to fix them.
Naming a fault teaches nobody. Each one below carries why it happens and what corrects it.
Why it happens. Not turning the ankle.
The fix. Turn the foot edge-down in the chamber.
Why it happens. Treating it as a leg action.
The fix. Drop the whole body into it and let the stance finish low.
Drills
- Tekki Shodan slowly with attention on the stamp; and pad work with a pad held low and flat.
Where it appears.
Kihon is the vocabulary, kata is the literature, kumite is the conversation. Every link below was written down deliberately; none of it was inferred from a name matching.
- Tekki Shodan Iron horse, first level
- Tekki Nidan Iron horse, second level
- Tekki Sandan Iron horse, third level
- Bassai Dai To storm a fortress, major
- Mae-geri Front kick
- Yoko-geri keage Side snap kick
- Yoko-geri kekomi Side thrust kick
- Mawashi-geri Roundhouse kick
- Ushiro-geri Back kick
- Ura-mawashi-geri Reverse roundhouse kick, hook kick
- Mikazuki-geri Crescent kick
The Japanese, explained.
- Fumikomi 踏み込み
- Stamping kick. A downward stamp with the heel or foot edge into the knee, shin or instep. The one kick that does not re-chamber, because it becomes the next stance.
- Sokuto 足刀
- Foot edge, sword foot. The outer edge of the foot, with the edge turned down and the toes pulled up.
- Kakato 踵
- Heel. The heel, used in back kicks, hook kicks and stamping techniques.
Video
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