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Its Japanese name, Suimen-geri (水面蹴り, lit. Water surface kick) is a reference to a kicking technique in which the user lowers their body close the ground and performs a spinning sweep kick to the opponent's legs. It was made famous by the late Japanese professional wrestler [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya_Hashimoto Shinya Hashimoto], who developed the technique while studying wushu in China after losing to boxer Tony Halme. Suimen-geri also appears in ''[[Final Fantasy|Final Fantasy VII]]'' as one of martial artist Tifa Lockhart's Limit Breaks under the name Waterkick.