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and other self-defense systems, the defendant drives his or her hips and bottom region backward into an attacker holding them from behind in order to cause the attacker to off-balance and bend forward and possibly cause pain by striking the groin or midsection forcefully. While causing minimal
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temple and chest. A sidekick is performed by first chambering the kicking leg diagonally across the body, then extending the leg in a linear fashion toward the target, while flexing the abdominals.
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2205:Stage combat
2159:Mardani khel
2081:Jeet Kune Do
2039:Silat Melayu
2002:Pencak silat
1954:Self-defense
1896:Full contact
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1749:Chess boxing
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1586:Punching bag
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2111:Battlefield
2071:Chun Kuk Do
2014:Suffrajitsu
1824:Tang Soo Do
1699:Greco-Roman
1452:Knee strike
1369:Philippines
1115:Varma kalai
1067:Mechanostat
1063:Davis's law
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1055:osteoblasts
1051:osteoclasts
1043:metatarsals
1035:metacarpals
950:Tae Kwon Do
758:round kick,
653:juji-gatame
637:Hakyyokuken
444:Closed-fist
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2653:Categories
2486:2018 Only
2347:Kickboxing
2101:Qwan Ki Do
2029:To-Shin Do
1959:combatives
1929:Pankration
1914:Kickboxing
1885:Xingyiquan
1873:Baguazhang
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1769:Kickboxing
1664:Shuai jiao
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1391:techniques
1121:References
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968:Strategies
902:Principles
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716:Front kick
710:Front kick
692:Kickboxing
566:Angkor Wat
562:Bas-relief
468:Hammerfist
431:Spear hand
423:Spear hand
403:Ridge hand
395:Ridge hand
371:Knife hand
357:Knife hand
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