Soccer kick
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A soccer kick (also called a football kick) is a reference to a kick that is similar to kicks used in soccer or football. For short distanced passes, the instep or the outside of your foot can be used. For a longer or more power kick, the top of the foot is used which is generally referred to as using the laces.
[edit] In Mixed Martial Arts
The soccer kick is the colloquial term for a kick performed against a prone or supine opponent by a fighter who is in a standing or semi-standing position, specifically to the head of the downed opponent. Though a foul when delivered to the head in the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts which prevail in America, the technique was commonly employed in Pride Fighting Championships where it often spelled an imminent end to the contest by (t)ko, owing to the effectiveness of the technique. Notable practitioners of the soccer kick were fighters Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Rua both of the Chute Boxe Academy, a famous mixed martial arts gym. There are still small MMA organization that allows soccer kicks to the head of downed opponent.
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