Keepie uppie
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Keepie uppie, keep-ups or kick-ups is the skill of juggling with an association football using feet, lower legs, knees, chest, shoulders, and head, without allowing the ball to hit the ground. It is s
A footballer doing kick-ups
Kemari
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Kemari is an athletic football game that was popular during the Heian and Kamakura periods of Japan. It resembles a game of keepie uppie or hacky sack.
Keepie uppie
…with an association football using feet, lower legs, knees, chest, shoulders, and head, without allowing the ball to hit the ground. It is similar to kemari, a game formerly practiced in the Japanese imperial court. The record for the longest keepie uppie is 28 hours using just feet, legs, shoulders and…
A game of kemari at Tanzan Shrine
"Asukai Masanori Teaching Tokugawa Yoshimune to Play Kemari." Ukiyo-e printed by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Decorative kemari balls (Edo period), probably belonging to the Satake clan.
Kemari field at Kyoto Imperial Palace