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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Kicks, Punches (combat), Strikes (Ate-waza), Bolo punch, Roundhouse kick, Manila Ice, Front kick, 540 kick, Butterfly kick, Tsuki, 360 Crescent kick, One inch punch, Iron Palm, Dropkick, Headbutt, Knee, Slap, Elbow, Groin attack, Donkey punch, Jab, Liver shot, Mawashi geri, Uppercut, Atemi, Foot sweep, Sideswipe, Cross, Straight blast, Scissor kick, Hook, Punching power, Flying kick, Stomp, Check hook, Liver punch, Flashkick, Sucker punch, Shadowless Kick, Superman punch, Jump inside kick, Short straight-punch, Feilong, Soccer kick, Lotus kick, Rabbit punch, Moon kick, One-two combo, Swing, Slipping, Bob and weave, Shoulder strike, Leopard Blow, Cross-counter, Forearm strike. Excerpt: In martial arts, combat sports, and violence, a kick is a physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This attack is often used in hand-to-hand combat, especially in stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Karate, Kung fu, Vovinam, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Silat, and Kalarippayattu. The English verb to kick appears only in the late 14th century, apparently as a loan from Old Norse, originally in the sense of a hooved animal delivering strikes with his hind legs; the oldest use is biblical, in the metaphor of an ox kicking against the pricks. The act of kicking in general is a universal form of human aggression. The same movement is also used in non-offensive contexts, e.g. a kick to propel an object such as a ball, or a kicking movement without touching anything, e.g. as a dance move. Kicks as a form of attack are more typically directed against helpless or downed targets, because using a kick in a combat situation bears the significant disadvantage of losing stability of one's stance, as delivering a kick obviously requires...
