What is Low kick?
'''Low kick''' is a leg technique used in certain ''[[boxe pieds-poings|boxes pieds-poings]]'' ([[Burmese boxing]], [[kickboxing]] and [[Thai boxing]] ''Muay Thai'') and certain [[martial art]]s. It consists in striking a blow with [[shinbone]] or a [[kick]] in the lower limb of the opponent (thigh or leg). According to the official rules concerning sport, it can be carried to the outer and to the inner part of the lower limb. In fights in [[full contact]] (so-called ''K.O. system''), these kicks are allowed in order to make an opponent not stable, indeed to have an advantage. In the matter of hits in the legs, several kicks exist: circular or [[roundhouse kick]], [[semicircular kick]], balanced kicks ([[stick kick]], [[crescent kick]], [[axe kick]]...), kicks along the [[straight line]] ([[front kick]] and [[side kick]]), hooked-type kicks ([[hook kick]]), kicks that go down ([[hammer kick]]), etc. In American or Japanese [[kickboxing]], this type of kick can be only circular or semicircular according to the official rules. <gallery> Image: saisie_fauchage.jpg|The [[counterattack]] in circular on the support leg, after a seizing of leg. Image: front_cuisse.jpg |Attacking front kick on the thigh. Image: side_cuisse.jpg |Side kick in [[stop blow]]. </gallery> [[Category:Martial art techniques]] {{stub}}