Karate question.... kekomi and keage... difference?

Question

Yoko geri keage - Side Snap Kick

Yoko geri kekomi - Side Thrust Kick

What exactly is the difference in a snap and thrust kick????

Kinda confused. Been looking on youtube for some examples, but they all look the same to me.

Answer 1

Yoko geri kekomi:

The yoko geri kekomi is a karate kick, where you lift your leg in front of you and then thrust out the foot sideways. The opponent is hit with the heel and what's very typical is, that the foot, the hips and the shoulders form a bow.

Yoko means "side", geri means "kick" and kekomi stands for thrust.

Rotate 90 degrees, counter clockwise, on the left supporting leg and lift the right knee, high and to the left side of your body.

Thrust the leg forwards towards the target.

Driving the hips and body weight into the target .

Yoko geri kekomi is a Kekomi (thrust) kick as opposed to a keage (snap) kick, so there is a slight delay at the completion of the kick, as you finish the thrusting action.

Yoko geri keage:

The yoko geri keage is a snapped karate sidekick, where you hit your opponent with the Sokuto (outer edge of the foot).

To do this kick, you are bringing your knee up in front like you were going to do a front kick, but then you turn your hips and keeping the knee stationary, "corkscrew" the kick so the lower leg comes up and delivers the kick.  This is good as a fast kick, but not as powerful as the thrust side kick (kekomi yoko geri).  Another advantage of this move is that it is deceptive, making it look like you're going to do a front kick.

Thrust kick = leg is not drawn back to starting position.

Snap kick = leg returns to starting position.

Answer 2

here's all the information you will need. I found it in the other question that you asked exactly like this 18 hours ago.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Where's my 10 points?

Answer 3

If they look the same, it is due to improper execution.

The snap kick recoils as soon as the strike is delivered.

The Thrust kick strikes and continues pushing the energy.