knee kick
Thigh-powered blow
A knee kick is a strike delivered with the knee, typically to an opponent's thigh or midsection.
In combat sports like Muay Thai and MMA, knee kicks are close-range weapons used in the clinch: He landed a devastating knee kick to the ribs.
The term sometimes describes kicking at someone's knee to destabilize them.
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- body shotStrike to the midsection
- thighLeg between hip, knee
- martial artsCodified fighting systems
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
combat sports · leg · combat · street fight · close quarters · groin · low blow · sparring · impact · bone · joint · fighter · stomp · shin · blow · clinch · sweep · leg sweep
- kicksroundhouse, armada, dropkick, boot
- net sportstennis, badminton, volleyball, pickleball, spike