Right Splits Kick (右踵落とし Migi Kakato Otoshi?, "Right Heel Drop") is an attack used by the practitioners of the Mishima Style Fighting Karate from the very first Tekken series onwards. Baek Doo San's variant is simply called a Heel Drop, and can also be followed up with a low or middle kick. The attack sees the user stick their right leg straight up then swing it downwards above their opponent for an axe kick that forces the opponent into a crouch on hit. In essence it is the second hit of the Tsunami Kick performed as a standalone attack.
In Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament, Jin Kazama can only perform the move in the Shoot The Works combo or the Mishima Style 10 Hit Combo. When Jin changed his fighting style from Tekken 4 onwards, he used the Right Axe Kick instead.
Properties and use[]
The Right Splits Kick has its mirror-counterpart called Left Splits Kick, although they have their own evident differences:
- The command input for this move is f+4. Except for Kazumi, where the input is instead f,f+4 while her f+4 is the Demon's Gate Kick.
- The move forces the opponent in a crouched state only when the kick connects.
- It does not launch the opponent nor put them in a bound state, so this move is only used as a poking tool.
- Prior to Tekken 4, Kazuya, Devil, and Heihachi's variant stunned a crouching, medium or smaller opponent for a longer period of time, allowing them to launch them with a Wind God Fist or the standing Twin Pistons. This property did not work against large characters like Kuma prior to Tekken 5. This property for Heihachi was removed in Tekken 4 as he was no longer guaranteed anything from this scenario, while Kazuya's was removed in Tekken 6. In Tekken 7, the stun on crouching opponents was returned to Kazuya but only in Devil Transformation.
- In Tekken 6 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, all variants of the attack will trigger a Bound.
- For Heihachi in Tekken 8, holding down after performing the attack will transition to Wind God's Kamae.
Trivia[]
- The Right Splits Kick, alongside numerous moves of the Mishima Style Karate, can be a homage to the fighting style used by the "Shoto" characters from the Street Fighter series.