How To Kicking In Limited Space Like Narrow Alley

Street thugs or robbers are often attacking their victim at limited space like narrow alley. How we kick them in small place where we can’t swinging our leg properly as we want?

For punching style martial artists like Boxing, Kuntao or Panantukan fighters, that’s not problem because their close range fighting styles are created for that. How about with kicking style martial artists like Taekwondo, Taekkyon or Savate fighters who are more focus on long range fighting?

 

Long range / kicking style fighters are still able to kick their opponent, but only with linear kicks. Like Front Kick, Side Kick, Front Knee, Leg Stomp and Groin Kick.

For semi circular kicks like Round Kick, Sweep and Round Knee, you can still use them as long as there have enough space. To measure the space, you can place your hands on hip like this, if you can’t do it there then the space is too limited.

Full circular kicks like Outside Crescent and Inside Crescent are impossible, because you need more space to swing your kick. Don’t use it for this situation.