Milling (military training exercise)
Type of boxing session in the British army
Milling is a training activity in the British airborne forces. For a fixed period, two opponents punch each other in the head as aggressively as possible without evasion.
Other Boxing punches
- Bob and weave
- Check hook
- Jab
- One-two combo
- Overhand punch
- Punching power
- Shovel hook
- Slipping
- Uppercut
- Shadowboxing
- Cross
- Rope-a-dope
- Russian hook
- Hook
- Rabbit punch
- Counterpunch
- Bolo punch
Japanese terms for punches
| Term | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正拳 | seiken | seiken (karate proper fist); straight punch |
| 四つ身 | yotsumi | cross-grips (situation in which each rikishi has an underarm grip on the other) |
| 引っ掛け | hikkake | hook; gab |
| 腕を返す | kainaokaesu | to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi |
| 上手投げ | uwatenage | overhand throw |
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Facts from Wikidata Q55623179 (CC0); text quoted from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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