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Does anyone know the name of this specific kick in Martial Arts?
I know the names of several kicks, front kicks, side kicks, roundhouse kicks, spinning back kicks, (which seems to have variations of side and heel kicks, axe kick. I will try to describe the kick I am referring to. Picture jumping with your left foot, faking a right knee, while simultaneously in the air, bringing your left foot up into a front facial kick from underneath hitting, like the jaw or nose with the ball of your foot. I know it may be hard to picture by my description, but do your best to answer seriously. I am hoping from answers from experienced Martial Artists. And also what Martial arts tend to teach and use these techniques, though it may just be considered kickboxing. Anyway do your best please.
The reason why I ask is because when I used to practice this kick with barefeet, I used to be able to kick a cigarette out of my willing girlfriends mouth without touching her. I learned the hard way to respect what damage it could do, back when I was in high school. Someone 6'2" pushed me in an aggressive action, my response was to throw this kick close enough to his face, as to deturr him from anything further. Unfortunately, I was wearing work boots at the time and the weight from the boot carried my foot under his jaw. I never heard such a sound as that before, bones and teeth breaking. He stumbled towards me and feabily pushed me. As I seen the blood start to gush, I told him to stop because he was hurt. It broke 2 top teeth, 2 bottom teeth, and his jawbone split in his mouth. He had to have it wired for 6 months. Never will I throw it again unless It is completely necessary. He could have died, had I hit his nose. Still feel bad to this day and learned a very important lesson.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Its a fake front jump kick. The rear knee coming up is a fake and the leg doing the kick is actually the one in front. The higher and harder you lift the knee on the fake the more elevation you can get on the kick. It has a number of different applications besides getting height or kicking high. You can also cover ground with it by launching yourself forward and hit someone with the kick behind it because someone thinks you are to far away. People that don't know any martial arts fall for it in many cases as it gets them to watch and focus on that knee and think that is going to be the kick when it is actually the leg that is closest to them that will be doing the kick. You can also change the angle of the attack by instead doing a round house after the knee fake. It is one of the few jump type kicks that is taught in most traditional Japanese/Okinawan type martial arts which are not known for their high kicks or jump kicks normally.
- 1 decade ago
I may be wrong but the set up is almost like a Hanuman Hak Dan (a Muay Thai technique, look it up on the web), only that you throw a push kick as a substitute for the elbow.
- ISDSLv 61 decade ago
Everyone else has told you the name of the kick.
As for the styles that teach the kick there are far too many to name and I don't know all of them anyways. Karate, Tae Kwon Do (and probably all the korean Kwans), Shaolin Kung Fu, Bak Mei Kung Fu are a few I know off the top of my head. I'm sure there are many, many more.
- callsignfuzzyLv 71 decade ago
Jumping front kick. It's seen performed this way in many karate kata, and probably other forms too.
And no, he wouldn't have died if you'd hit his nose. You're probably referring to the myth of driving someone's nose up into their brain. It can't happen. There's not enough bone in the nose for it to travel the very crowded nasal cavity and impact the brain.
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- 1 decade ago
It's called a push kick or a front kick. With the ball of your foot, you see Silva do it, and other MMA Stars as well do it. Hope this helps!
- energy007twdLv 41 decade ago
Sounds like a Jumping Front Kick or a Skip Front Kick. Does it look like the video below?
Source(s): 11 years Taekwondo - Kemjiu ®Lv 71 decade ago
What you mentioned are belongs to Jumping front kick, the strike are done using the ball of your foot.
Good luck
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