Boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai
Target Atlas: Where to Hit in Boxing, Kickboxing and Muay Thai
Pick a target on the opponent. See where it is, which of your strikes reach it and what each style allows, then open its page for how to land it and the moments that open it, called out the way FightFlow calls them in a round.
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Liver
Liver shot
- Where
- Their right side, at the bottom of the rib cage. On your left as you face them.
- What reaches it
- Your left side. In every style, the left hook to the body, and as a southpaw the straight left to the body too. In kickboxing and Muay Thai also the left kick and knee. Lead weapons if you stand orthodox, rear weapons if you stand southpaw.
Hear the calls (if you stand orthodox)
Read the liver shot pageEvery target
Jaw shot
The chin and the jaw
Boxing · Kickboxing · Muay Thai
Temple shots
The side of the head, on both sides
Boxing · Kickboxing · Muay Thai
Solar plexus
The center, just below the breastbone
Boxing · Kickboxing · Muay Thai
Liver shot
Their right side, behind the ribs
Boxing · Kickboxing · Muay Thai
Body shots
The three body targets, and their left side in depth
Boxing · Kickboxing · Muay Thai
Low kick
The outside and inside of their front thigh
Kickboxing · Muay Thai
Oblique kick
Their front knee, and just above it
Muay Thai
Calf kick
Below the knee on their front leg
Kickboxing · Muay Thai
What each style allows
The weapons that reach each target under the rules of each style. Boxing allows punches only, kickboxing adds kicks and knees, and Muay Thai adds the clinch and elbows.
| Target | Boxing | Kickboxing | Muay Thai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaw shot | Punches | Punches, kicks, knees | Punches, kicks, knees, elbows |
| Temple shots | Punches | Punches, kicks | Punches, kicks, elbows |
| Solar plexus | Punches | Punches, teeps, knees | Punches, teeps, knees |
| Liver shot | Punches | Punches, kicks, knees | Punches, kicks, knees |
| Body shots | Punches | Punches, kicks, knees | Punches, kicks, knees |
| Low kick | Not a target | Kicks | Kicks |
| Oblique kick | Not a target | Not a target | Kicks |
| Calf kick | Not a target | KicksNot in WAKO Low Kick | Kicks |
How the atlas is checked
The pages are about fighting. The few medical and rules statements on them come only from medical references, peer-reviewed studies and official rule books, each checked against the source. Where nobody has measured something, the page says so. Nothing here is medical advice.
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