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The Standard Thrusting Side Kick is executed by chambering the knee, turning the hip over, and driving the heel into the target with a full linear thrust of the leg and hip, following through the targ...
The Side Front Kick is a front kick performed with a hip turn so that at full extension the upper body is perpendicular to the opponent rather than facing them. [1] Practiced extensively in Wado-ryu k...
The Thrusting Side Kick subfamily covers side kicks executed with a powerful forward thrust that drives through the target, emphasising penetrating force over speed and retraction. [1] The thrusting s...
The Penetrating Side Kick is the foundational side kick that drives through the target using the heel or blade of the foot, traveling in a straight line parallel to the floor. [1] Unlike the snapping ...
The Bent-Body Side Kick uses an exaggerated lateral body lean away from the target, bending at the waist toward the ground on the non-kicking side, to extend the effective reach of the side kick by ap...
The Horse Stance (kiba-dachi in Japanese, ma bu in Chinese) is a wide low-stance position with both feet pointing forward, knees deeply bent, and weight distributed equally between both legs — as if s...
Yoko Keage is the rising/snapping side kick in karate — the leg swings upward laterally in a snapping arc, striking with the edge of the foot (sokuto) and retracting quickly. [1] Unlike the thrusting ...