Bênção--Bless you!

Bênção means blessing in Portuguese. It's interesting how a malicious front kick was named to sound so congenial.

To me, Bênção is the most dangerous move. It involves directing your energy towards your foot and giving it all out while standing on the other leg. Balance is crucial. And total surveillance is indispensible. You are also most fragile, because after a Bênção, your body is at the most extended and exposed position. And you stand only on one foot, which makes it easy to sweep your leg and get you down. That is why you are most susceptible to attacks when doing bênção.

It seems to me that people don't bênção easily. They do it when they are confident enough and when they are prepared to take the following attacks. You invite more malicious attacks when you bênção, too. This is because when encoutering bênçãos, the players feel more threatened. They may take the game more seriously and sometimes even lose their coolness.

So when you bênção, you are blessing the other and you need to be blessed. That's how I take bênção to be the name of this move.