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Absorbing a roundhouse low kick in kickboxing.

In boxing and other fighting, absorbing a blow is when one person is hit without being badly hurt or stopped from continuing the fight. Sometimes a boxer will absorb a blow they could have avoided so that they can counterattack straight afterwards.

  • Bloc épaule1

    Absorbing a straight long punch of the rear arm by an inclination of the trunk backwards

  • Contre plongeant lethwei

    Absorbing a low kick associated to a counter in plunging straight punch

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