low kicks
Thigh-targeting attacks
Low kicks are strikes in combat sports—especially kickboxing, Muay Thai, and mixed martial arts—aimed at an opponent's legs, typically targeting the thigh or calf.
They're designed to damage muscle tissue, reduce mobility, and accumulate pain over rounds: He chopped him down with low kicks.
Distinguished from head kicks and body kicks by their target.
- legAmbulatory limb
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- shinFront lower leg
- kickboxingMartial art combining punches, leg strikes
- combat sportsRegulated physical competition
calf · inner thigh · thigh · chop · strike · takedown · stance · check · block · bruise · roundhouse · inside · outside · clinch · sparring · ring · opponent · damage
- Southeast Asian Martial ArtsMuay Thai, silat, Thai boxing