Kick
In combat sports and hand-to-hand combat, a kick is a physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This type of attack is used frequently, especially in stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Karate, Pankration, Kung fu, Vovinam, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Silat, and Kalarippayattu.
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Famous quotes containing the word kick:
“I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly.”
—Marie Antoinette (1755–1793)
“I had to kick their law into their teeth in order to save them.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“That’s the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)