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Defences and blocks

Overhook (whizzer)

Names by art: Wrestling: Overhook / Whizzer · Catch Wrestling: Overhook · Kickboxing: Overhook · Boxing: Overhook

Appears in 4 arts.

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Biomechanics: what the body does

The arm goes over the opponent’s arm and wraps around it, clamping it to the body. It answers the opponent’s underhook; when the opponent shoots for the legs, lifting the trapped armpit and shoulder (the whizzer) breaks their posture and stops the takedown.

Appears in 4 arts

ArtName used in this art
WrestlingOverhook / Whizzer
Catch WrestlingOverhook
KickboxingOverhook
BoxingOverhook

More in this category

Low sweeping block Rising block Inside-outward forearm block Knife-hand block Hand parry (slapping deflection) Slip (head and torso evasion) Bob and weave Shoulder roll Shin check Sprawl (takedown defence) High guard / cover-up Sensitivity drill (sticky / push hands)

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (en): Overhook
  2. Wikipedia (en): Catch wrestling
  3. Wikipedia (en): Kickboxing
  4. Wikipedia (en): Boxing

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Wabukan (2026). “Overhook (whizzer)”. https://wabukan.com/tecnicas/overhook (accessed 2026-10-30).

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