Four: front, back, side and roundhouse. This doesn't include variations on the main four or things like stamps to the shins. We're really not that focused on kicks!
Err, some. My interpretation of the kicks tends to be wave leg in direction of other bloke, try not to fall over. Fall over. Laugh. Repeat.
Just a few, none higher than the knee. Let's see...front/back thrusting, side thrusting to knee, front snapping, stomp, roundhouse... I think that's it, actually.
Infinity. It all depends on how you define each individual technique and how particular you are. e.g. "we do the roundhouse" compared to "Oh, we have low, middle and high roundhouse kicks, plus the chopping roundhouse, the driving roundhouse, the flicking roundhouse, the double-dip roundhouse, the upper roundhouse and ... "
I don't know if I could count myself at least as an 'official' member anymore of the dojo, but we/they have: -Snap Kick -Thrust Kick -Crescent kick (both ways) -Spinning back-straight kick -Round-house Kick -Mule Kick/Back Kick -Side Kick -Hook Kick
"Kicking leaves you momentarily on one foot, and for that moment you are in a very weak position. If you were to be swept off your feet, you would be finished. This is why lifting your feet off the ground is crazy." Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido founder and long time student of traditional Japanese martial arts Guessing in Koryu arts kicking might not have been that popular. Although in modern Western Ju Jitsu I've seen it.
I did western/bastardized gendai style JJ. We have kicks but none higher than the groin for striking or abdomen for thrusting precisely to mitigate the balance problem mentioned in the quote above. I think it's a safe/sound compromise.
Mid Range to low range At age 56, I'm down to 3 kicks. Front kick, side kick and roundhouse. I have front leg and rear leg variations. Also snap and thrust variations. I still do 300 kicks per week for practice.
4ish Yoko Geri Keagi Yoko Geri Kekomi Mawashi Geri Mae Geri And a sort of hybrid Kin Geri that's mostly only of training value. G
All the kicks we use are from muay thai,we sometimes use the 'tippy tappy' as training aids and during sparring with people who are new or just not very proficient strikers.
