roundhouse kick
Circular leg attack
A roundhouse kick is a martial arts strike delivered by swinging the leg in a wide arc, pivoting on the supporting foot while the kicking leg sweeps horizontally or diagonally into the target.
The power comes from hip rotation.
It's among the most recognizable kicks in fighting sports and action films: He knocked out his opponent with a roundhouse kick to the head.
- kickboxingMartial art combining punches, leg strikes
- karateJapanese unarmed combat discipline
- martial artsCodified fighting systems
- sparringPractice combat training
- training dummyFigure for combat practice
taekwondo · foot sweep · Chuck Norris · Jean-Claude Van Damme · strike · knockout blow · leg strength · spinning · pivot · hip rotation · chambering · power generation · momentum · Muay Thai · follow-through · combat · sweep · leg
- combat sportsboxing, wrestling, MMA, judo, karate
- kicksarmada, dropkick, boot
- Karatekarate, kata, kumite, dojo, gi
- MMA Techniquesarmbar, guillotine, rear naked choke, triangle choke, takedown
- Muay ThaiMuay Thai, Thai boxing, eight limbs, clinch, elbow strike
- Taekwondosparring, ready stance, dan, black belt, forms
roundhouse kickjab
Quick, straight blow
straight punch · front kick · push kick · side kick · cross
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