What are the "legs" of fighting?

In China traditional Wushu, "bouncing legs" is mainly about legs. Other schools pay equal attention to hands and feet, but generally northern martial arts pay more attention to leg skills, and there is a saying that "hands are the second door, and feet kick people"

In modern fighting techniques, Capola in Brazil is completely dominated by legs. This martial art was invented by Brazilian slaves to resist the colonists. Slaves with handcuffed hands can only attack with their feet. Capola's handstand kick and somersault kick are unique in the world.

Karate and Taekwondo are both hands and feet, but the rules of the game will affect the development of Wushu. Taekwondo competition strictly restricts the use of hands, so now Taekwondo is almost dominated by legs; So is karate. At present, the leg method is more important than the boxing method, especially in the "extremely realistic" karate, because it is stipulated that you can't hit your head with your hand, so it has basically become a martial art based on the leg method.

The technical proportion of Sanda is wrestling > leg method > boxing. In fact, Muay Thai also attaches great importance to legs. Muay Thai is known as the "eight-legged martial arts", which shows the importance attached to leg skills; Although the elbow and knee skills of Muay Thai are unique in Wulin, in most cases, it is the leg method that can knock down opponents or give them a heavy blow.