> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.bawsaq.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.bawsaq.org/playing/fighting.md). # Fighting The one weapon in Los Santos is your foot. Everything else is footwork. ## Landing a kick Press **F** while facing someone within about a metre and a half. You can kick while sprinting. The kick has a short wind-up, so start it a step early rather than when you are already on top of them. Each landed kick takes one of their five health bars; five in a row and they are **WASTED**. ## Not getting kicked * **Keep moving.** A standing target is five kicks in five seconds. * **Circle.** Kicks only land on someone you face. Strafing with A and D keeps you off their line. * **Regen is your friend.** Four seconds without taking damage and a bar comes back. Break contact, run, come back. * **Jump over props.** Bins, boxes and the vending machines get in the way of a chaser. ## Free Roam versus the arena In Free Roam everyone who is not in a round can scrap with everyone else, respawns far from their killer, and loses nothing but pride. Knockouts here still count on the all-time leaderboard. In an arena round only entered players can hit each other, and you have one life. The full rules are in [Rules of the fight](/the-arena/rules-of-the-fight.md). ## Wanted stars and the LSPD Knockouts in Free Roam earn wanted stars, shown under your health. Stars bring LSPD officers who chase you and kick like anyone else. Outrun them and the stars fade over time. ## NPCs and props Sixteen pedestrians patrol the city: Grove Street Families, Ballas, civilians, and The Truth in the Badlands. Kick them down for fun. Twenty-odd props have physics: bins, boxes, a football, and the Sprunk and eCola machines on Brand Street, which are heavy and slide rather than fly. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.bawsaq.org/playing/fighting.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.