body kick
Midsection fighting blow
A body kick is a strike delivered with the leg to an opponent's torso, common in combat sports like kickboxing, Muay Thai, and mixed martial arts.
Body kicks target the ribs, liver, or midsection to wear down an opponent or knock the wind out of them: He landed a devastating body kick to the liver.
Distinguished from head kicks and leg kicks by target area.
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- liver shotBlow to abdominal organ
- martialRelating to warfare
- combat sportsRegulated physical competition
shin · torso · ribs · impact · sparring · fight camp · heavy bag · knockout · fighter · sweep · combo · power · stance · jab · punch · dodge · bruise · force
- kicksroundhouse, armada, dropkick, boot
- MMA Techniquesarmbar, guillotine, rear naked choke, triangle choke, takedown
- Muay ThaiMuay Thai, Thai boxing, eight limbs, clinch, elbow strike
- kickboxingkickboxing, jab, sparring, punch, uppercut
body kickhead kick
Strike to skull using foot
high kick · leg kick · low kick · calf kick · groin kick
body kickblock
Solid mass, or impede
parry · body block · defensive stance · clinch · takedown
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