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CLE GENOU ROTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2026-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Sports
CONT

The "heel hook" is a type of knee lock used in some forms of martial arts to stress the knee and cause [the] opponent to concede defeat. While the knee is in a flexed and valgus disposition, an internal rotation force is applied to the tibia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de combat
CONT

La clé de genou en rotation, appelée aussi clé de talon, est une clé où l'assaillant bloque la pointe du pied adverse et donne un mouvement de rotation au talon, faisant tourner le tibia. Le mouvement se transmet au genou et met en contrainte les ligaments de l'articulation.

Key term(s)
  • clef de talon
  • clef de genou en rotation

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