Kick

When kicking techniques (Japanese Keri, kor. Chagi ) attacks are called, which are executed with the foot, the shin or knee. Generally kicks are more powerful, but also slower than punches.

In many martial arts kicks play a major role, such as in Quanfa, Karate, Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Capoeira and Muay Thai. In some martial arts such as judo or boxing, kicks are not taught at all or are prohibited by the regulations.

Self-defense

There are always discussions about whether kicks, especially high kicks, in self-defense are useful. The advantages of kicks against proposals is primarily the power and range. The disadvantages here are the - compared to blows - to name a slow execution and the temporary abandonment of the fixed object.

Variants

There are a large number of different kicking techniques and an even larger number of variants. The same step can be in various martial arts have different names. In addition, often on the type of design ( straight forward, sideways, semicircular, snapped, pushed, jumped, turned, etc. ), height ( head, chest, knee, etc.), the leg used (front, rear, left, right) and the incident surface ( sole of the foot, foot edge, heel, etc. ) differentiated.

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