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 similar to Kemari, a game formerly practiced in the Japanese imperial court.
A footballer doing kick-ups
Kemari (蹴鞠) is an athletic game that was popular in Japan during the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura period (1185–1333). It resembles a game of keepie uppie or hacky sack. The game was popular in Kyoto, the capital, and the surrounding Kinki, and over time it spread from the aristocracy to the samurai class and chōnin class. Nowadays, kemari is played as a seasonal event mainly at Shinto shrines in the Kansai region, and players play in a costume called kariginu, which was worn as everyday clothing by court nobles during the Heian period.
A game of Kemari at Tanzan Shrine
"Asukai Masanori Teaching Tokugawa Yoshimune to Play Kemari." Ukiyo-e printed by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Kemari field at Kyoto Imperial Palace