| Axe Kick | |
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| Name | |
|---|---|
| Kanji Name | カカト落とし |
| Kana Name | カカトおとし |
| Information | |
| Type | Offensive |
| Fighting Style | Karate Taekwondo Chinese Kenpo |
| User(s) | Yuujirou Hanma Doppo Orochi Mouko Ri Kaiou You |
| Similar | Shiko Stomp |
| First Appearance | |
| Anime | An Unlikely Challenger |
| Manga | The Special Match!! |
Axe Kick (カカト落とし, Kakato Otoshi), known also as Naeryeo-chagi (ネリョチャギ, Neryo-chagi) is an offensive fighting move.
Description
The user raises their leg higher than the opponent's head and pulls it down quickly. It is mainly used to strike the opponent's head, shoulders and also the nose, dealing very high concussion damage while bypassing their guard. This technique requires a lot of flexibility for stretching the leg at a high level. Yuujirou Hanma is known to use the Axe Kick a lot more than other fighters, being very flexible (he's often lifting his leg with a calm stance). The technique isn't flawless; the leg lift essentially opened the user's body from opponent's counterattack, and as such the only way to remedied this is to strike down as hard and as fast as possible before opponent could react.
For the first time in the series, Yuujirou Hanma used the technique against Doppo Orochi in the first saga of the Baki the Grappler. Doppo also used the same technique against Yuujirou Hanma in the same match. Much later, Mouko Ri attempted to use the technique against Yuujirou but failed. In the Baki series, Kaiou You used the technique against Kaiou Dorian.
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