Kicks
A kick is a physical strike using the ball of the foot, heel, shin, or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This attack is often used in hand-to-hand combat, especially in stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Karate, Kung fu, Vovinam, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Silat, and Kalarippayattu.
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Famous quotes containing the word kicks:
“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
“The techniques of opening conversation are universal. I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. A man who seeing his mother starving to death on a path kicks her in the stomach to clear the way, will cheerfully devote several hours of his time giving wrong directions to a total stranger who claims to be lost.”
—John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
“When a man dies he kicks the dust.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)