knee strike; kneeing
A strike delivered with the knee, common in martial arts and combat sports.
In Muay Thai, the knee strike is one of the important techniques.
彼は相手に強烈な膝蹴りを食らわせた。
He landed a powerful knee strike on his opponent.
Standard kanji spelling for 'knee strike'.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in informal writing.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, also seen.
Compound of 膝 (hiza, 'knee') and 蹴り (keri, 'kick'), literally 'knee kick'.