Kicking Kickboxing

roundhouse kick

the standard kicking techniques are:

front kick or push kick/high kick – striking face or chest on heel of foot
side kick – striking side or heel of foot leg parallel ground, can performed either head or body
semi-circular kick or forty 5 degree roundhouse kick
roundhouse kick or circle kick – striking front of foot or lower shin head or body in chopping motion.

there large number of special or variant kicking techniques, including spinning kicks, jumping kicks, , other variants such as

hook kick (heel kick) – extending leg out side of body, , hooking leg strike head either heel or sole
crescent kick , forward crescent kick
axe kick – stomp out kick or axe kick. stomp kick travel downward, striking side or base heel.
back kick – delivered base heel of foot.
sweeping – 1 foot or both feet of opponent may swept depending upon position, balance , strength.

spinning versions of back, side, hook , axe kicks can performed along jumping versions of kicks