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The Straight Leg Hook Kick is delivered with the kicking leg kept straight (or nearly straight) throughout the entire hooking arc, creating a wider trajectory and longer reach than the standard bent-k...

The Hooked Hook Kick features an exaggerated hooking motion at the end of the arc, wrapping around the opponent's guard to strike the back of the head or neck. [1] The deep hook action pulls the foot ...

The Half-Pivot Hook Kick uses only a 90-degree pivot rather than the standard hook kick's full 180-degree turn, enabling significantly faster delivery at closer range at the cost of reduced power. [1]...

The Oblique Hook Kick is delivered at a non-standard angle, typically with a downward or upward component added to the standard horizontal arc. [1] The angled trajectory targets unusual areas and bypa...

The Drop Hook Kick delivers a hook kick while dropping the body, creating a sweeping low-level attack. [1] The drop changes the plane of the attack, making the hook trajectory come from an unexpected ...

The Small Heel Back Hook Kick is a short-range hook kick striking with the heel in a tight arc, optimised for close-quarters fighting. [1] The compact motion and hard heel striking surface make it eff...

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 Downward Hook Kick adds a descending arc to the hook trajectory, targeting the collarbone, shoulder, or top of the head from above. [1] The downward component increases the impact by adding gravit...

The Upward Hook Back Kick combines back kick power with a hooking redirection at the end of the trajectory, sweeping upward and around the target. [1] The initial motion is a standard back kick, but n...

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...

The Front Leg Hook Kick uses a skip-step to deliver the hook kick from the lead leg, sacrificing some power for significantly faster delivery. [1] The lead-leg version arrives much sooner than the rea...

The Bent-Body Hook Kick uses lateral body lean to extend the reach of the hook kick significantly beyond standard range. [1] The lean creates a counterbalance that allows the kicking leg to travel fur...

The Drop Spin-Back Hook Kick combines a spin, drop, and hook kick into a single complex technique. [1] The dropping spin generates significant rotational force at ground level. [1]

The Bent-Body Spin-Back Hook Kick combines the spinning hook kick with lateral body lean, creating an extended-range spinning hook attack. [1] The lean compensates for the body's natural tendency to s...

The Oblique Spin-Back Hook Kick adds an angular component to the spinning hook kick, creating a non-standard trajectory that bypasses conventional defences. [1] The oblique angle can target the back o...

The Drop Hooking Back Kick combines a body drop with a back kick that hooks at the end, creating a sweeping attack from ground level. [1] The combination of the drop and the hook creates a wide, unpre...

The Standard Hook Kick Technique is executed by chambering the knee, extending the leg past the target as if delivering a side kick, then sharply bending the knee and pulling the heel back to contact ...

The Hand-on-the-Floor Hook Kick uses one hand on the ground for support and balance while delivering a hook kick. [1] The hand support allows the practitioner to kick from an extremely low position wi...

The Spin-Forward Hook Back Kick combines a forward spin with a back kick that hooks at the end, creating a complex multi-phase attack. [1] The forward spin closes distance, the back kick delivers powe...

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 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 ...

This is the most complex kick variant: a spinning, dropping, downward-arcing high hook kick that combines multiple directional changes in a single technique. [1] It requires elite-level body control a...

This advanced technique combines a spinning back hook kick with hand-on-the-floor support, creating a ground-level spinning attack with maximum reach. [1] It draws from capoeira's ground-level spinnin...

The Kick group encompasses all striking techniques delivered with the leg — using the foot, shin, heel, or knee of the extended leg — to attack an opponent at various ranges and heights. [1] Kicks are...

The Spinning/Turning Kick subfamily covers roundhouse kick variations that incorporate a full rotational turn of the body (180-360 degrees) before delivering the kick, adding centripetal force and ang...

A hook thrown with a more extended arm and wider arc, generating greater force at medium range but with more telegraphing.

The TKD Takedown family covers takedown techniques found within Taekwondo and related Korean martial arts — techniques that are less emphasised than kicks but exist within the complete curriculum for ...

The Small Roundhouse Kick is a tight, compact variant of the roundhouse kick that uses a shortened circular arc and minimal hip rotation, optimised for close range where a full roundhouse kick would b...

A lead hook targeting the opponent's jaw, temple, or ear, thrown at head height with the fist traveling parallel to the ground.

A lead hook targeting the opponent's ribcage or midsection, thrown with a lower trajectory and often accompanied by bending the knees.

A hook thrown with the rear hand, requiring greater hip rotation and weight transfer to generate power through a longer arc from the rear position.

A left hook (from orthodox stance) specifically targeting the liver on the right side of the opponent's body, capable of causing acute pain and shutdown of motor function.

The Elbow Block subfamily covers blocking techniques where the fighter uses the elbow — one of the hardest and most durable bones in the body — to intercept incoming strikes, both defending the target...

The Dutch Low Kick is the distinctive outside low kick as developed and refined by the Dutch kickboxing school, characterised by a deeper pivot, more committed hip rotation, and integration within box...

A hook thrown with the lead hand, pivoting on the lead foot and rotating the torso to generate power through a short horizontal arc.

The Standard Mid Range position places fighters at a distance where the jab can land without a full step forward — typically one to two arm lengths apart. [1] At standard mid range, the complete boxin...

A short, powerful punch delivered in a horizontal or semi-circular arc with the elbow bent at approximately 90 degrees, targeting the head or body from the side.

The X-pass is a foundational standing guard pass where the passer controls one of the opponent's knees with a cross-grip while kicking the same-side leg back to clear the opponent's hook, then quickly...

The Fundamental Punch family covers punching techniques that span multiple martial arts traditions beyond Western boxing — including backfists, hammer fists, spinning backfists, and superman punches t...

The Boxing Punch family covers the punching techniques of Western boxing — the most refined and scientifically studied striking system in martial arts, developed over centuries of professional prizefi...

The Orthodox Stance subfamily covers the fighting stance with the left foot forward and the right foot back, used by right-handed fighters as the standard stance in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. [1] Th...

The Duck subfamily covers the defensive technique where the fighter rapidly drops their level by bending the knees, lowering the head below the path of an incoming strike. [1] The duck is a pure level...

The Instep Angular Front Kick (Lotus Kick) is a front kick delivered at an inward angle using the instep (top of the foot), sweeping upward in a curved lotus-petal arc to target the groin, inner thigh...

The Outside Jab Parry uses the lead hand to push the incoming jab outward, away from the defender's face and toward the outside, deflecting the punch past the defender's lead shoulder. [1] The outside...

The Standard Close Range position places both fighters within arm's reach, typically at a distance where the lead hand can touch the opponent without fully extending. [1] At standard close range, the ...

The Inside Slip moves the head to the inside of the incoming punch (toward the opponent's centre), rotating the upper body so the punch passes over the outside shoulder. [1] The inside slip is more ag...

The Close Range subfamily covers the fighting distance where fighters are within arm's reach and clinch engagement is imminent or active. [1] Close range is the distance where hooks, uppercuts, elbows...

The Bob And Weave subfamily covers the defensive technique where the fighter bends at the knees and waist to drop below an incoming horizontal strike (the bob), then moves laterally while rising back ...

The Standard Bob And Weave executes the fundamental bob-and-weave where the fighter drops the level by bending the knees (not the waist), ducking below the incoming hook or overhand, then weaves later...