Ge-Shiki Goufu You

Ge-Shiki Goufu You (lit. "Outer Method: Booming Axe Yang"; the "You" being read as "Yoh") is one of Kyo Kusanagi's Command Moves in The King of Fighters series, first appearing in The King of Fighters '94.

Description
Kyo performs an axe kick with his following leg.

In the Orochi saga games, he moves his foot forward as his rakes his foe with it for 2 total hits. As of the NESTS saga games however when done standalone, he instead brings his leg up and reaps it down for a single hit kick; the chained-into-version uses the classic version.

Strategy
A staple command move with an overhead property, this move is vital to Kyo's mixup game with its far-reaching physical range on top of being a decent combo tool if cancelled-into at the cost of not hitting overhead when done so.

While the standalone version was essentially nerfed in later games by becoming the new 1-hit version, the classic 2-hit version that appears only when chained-into still works wonders during blockstring pressure, albeit the main issue still lies in the notable pushback Kyo may cause during the defender's blockstun from the said 2 hits.

However, the move in Capcom vs. SNK 1 and 2 was arguably at its weakest due to retaining the properties of the standalone version, even if chained into, as well as doing a single hit. Despite much of Kyo's other tools helping with enforcing a strong mixup game, reward off of the Goufu You in that setting is rather limited due to not being cancel-able into anything normally and barely any advantage on hit unless used as a meaty.

Trivia

 * So far only in the Maximum Impact games, Kyo while this move is unlisted in his command normals/special moves section (with the 2-hit version being non-existent), has it as Stylish Art starter with the following sequences:
 * Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif, Neo Geo D Button.gif, (Neo Geo C Button.gif) x2 (both Kyos)
 * Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif, Back Input.png]]+ [[File:Neo Geo D Button.gif (a feint string for base Kyo only)
 * Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif, Neo Geo D Button.gif, Back Input.png]]+ [[File:Neo Geo C Button.gif (a feint string for Classic Kyo only added in MIRA)
 * Meanwhile, the following Stylish Arts instead have it as a string ender:
 * Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo A Button.gif, (Neo Geo A Button.gif) x2,Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif (both Kyos)
 * (Neo Geo C Button.gif) x2,Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif (both Kyos)
 * Down Input.png]]+ [[File:Neo Geo D Button.gif,Forward Input.png]] + [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif (both Kyos; Classic Kyo can feint this string ending in Back Input.png]]+ [[File:Neo Geo B Button.gif only in MIRA)