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The Disengage is the most fundamental indirect attack in Western fencing — a blade movement that passes the point under the opponent's blade to change the line of attack from one side to the other, de...
Paksa Waeg Rang (Bird Looking Back) involves a deceptive body turn that lures the opponent, followed by a spinning elbow or back fist to the face. [1] The fighter appears to turn away, then explodes w...
The Back Ghost Lift Kick is a deceptive back kick that feints low then redirects upward, catching the opponent off-guard with the height change. [1] The initial motion suggests a low back kick, trigge...
The Outward Ghost Groin Kick is a deceptive crescent-arc kick that feints toward the groin before redirecting outward, exploiting the opponent's protective reflex. [1] Like its inward counterpart (the...
The Hook Kick family groups kicking techniques where the leg extends past the target and then hooks back inward, striking with the heel or sole of the foot as the leg retracts in a hooking arc. [1] Th...
The Phantom Groin Kick is a deceptive front kick that deliberately mimics a groin strike during its initial trajectory, triggering the opponent's involuntary hands-down protective reflex, at which poi...
The Universal Chamber Roundhouse Kick starts from a neutral chamber position that can transition into any kick type, committing to the roundhouse trajectory only at the last moment. [1] This delayed c...
The Parry of Quarte is the most fundamental defensive action in Western fencing, deflecting attacks directed to the inside high line — the area of the chest and torso on the sword-arm side — by moving...
Waki-gamae (side guard) conceals the sword behind the body with the blade pointing rearward, hiding the weapon's length and the wielder's intent from the opponent. [1] This deceptive guard denies the ...
The Foot Stomp is a close-range stomping strike delivered onto the top of the opponent's foot, typically executed from the clinch position against the cage in MMA, used to create pain, disrupt the opp...
Bituro Chagi (twisting kick) is a Taekwon-Do kicking technique that follows an outcurved line to the target, creating a twisting trajectory. [1] Unlike the straight-line front kick or the circular rou...
The Standard Hook Kick subfamily covers the basic hook kick where the kicker extends the leg as if throwing a side kick, then hooks the foot back to strike the target with the heel as the leg retracts...
The Question Mark Kick is a deceptive head kick that begins with the trajectory of a body kick or front kick before curving upward at the last moment to strike the opponent's jaw or temple, tracing a ...
The Spinning Hook Kick is a rotational kick where the fighter spins 180 degrees or more and delivers a hooking kick to the opponent's head, striking with the heel as the leg retracts through a curved ...
Seiken Chudan Tsuki is the fundamental middle-level straight punch in traditional karate, delivering the fore-fist (seiken — the front two knuckles of the index and middle fingers) to the opponent's m...
The Front Chamber Side Kick is chambered with the knee pointing forward rather than to the side, disguising it as a potential front kick until the hip rotates and the foot drives out sideways. [1] Thi...
The Baseball Choke is a gi-based collar choke that uses a distinctive split grip — one hand gripping the collar palm-up and the other palm-down in opposite directions — creating a powerful rotational ...
The Direct Attack is the simplest offensive action in foil, consisting of a straight thrust delivered in the same line as the fencer's blade engagement, without any change of line or blade deception. ...
The Disengage Attack is an indirect attack where the fencer passes the blade under or around the opponent's blade to change the line of engagement and deliver a thrust to the newly opened line. [1] Th...
The Universal Chamber Hook Kick begins from a neutral chamber that could develop into any kick type, committing to the hook trajectory only at the last moment. [1] This maximises the deceptive potenti...
An explosive lunging punch where the fighter fakes a kick to lift off the ground and throws a straight or overhand punch while airborne, using the momentum of the entire body.