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Side kick

As kick techniques ( Jap. Keri waza , Kor. Chagi ) attacks (see attack stages hereinafter) that are performed with the foot, the tibial or knee. In general, kicks are more powerful, but also slower than punches . Push , punch and kick techniques belong to the breathi techniques in martial arts . However, the use of the terms push , punch and kick technique is fluent in Taekwondo, for example.

In many martial arts kicks play an important role, such as: B. in Quanfa , Karate , Kickboxing , Taekwondo , Capoeira , Muay Thai and Ju-Jutsu . In some martial arts, such as judo or boxing , kicks are not taught at all or are prohibited according to the regulations .

Self defense

There are always discussions about whether kicks, especially high kicks, are useful in self-defense . The main advantages of kicks over punches are power and range. The disadvantages here are the slow execution - compared to punches - and the temporary abandonment of the firm stance.

variants

There are a large number of different kicking techniques and an even greater number of variants. The same kick can have different names in different martial arts. In addition, the type of execution (straight forward, sideways, semicircular, snapped, pushed, jumped, turned, etc.), height (head, chest, knees, etc.), the leg used (front, back, left, right) is often used ) and the impact area (sole, edge, heel, etc.).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.taekwondo.de: Schlagtechniken, here online ; accessed on June 26, 2016
    www.taekwondo.de: Impact techniques, here online ; accessed on June 26, 2016
    www.taekwondo.de: Fußtechniken, here online ; Retrieved June 26, 2016
  2. ↑ Shubokai.at: Section Karate and Nin-Jutsu - Karate ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.shobukai.at
  3. ↑ Taekwondo.de: Foot Techniques - Alphabetical List
  4. ↑ DJJV : kicking techniques
This article is based in whole or in part on the article Tritttechnik from March 22, 2007 from MartialArtsWiki and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License . A list of the authors is available on MartialArtsWiki.