D-Line Coach · LinePlay-verified
Joe Kim✓
Founder, Football Combatives · 25yr NFL Pass-Rush Consultant
Avon Lake, Ohio
A pass-rush and hand-combat specialist who has worked for 11 NFL teams and developed elite rushers like Justin Houston, Tamba Hali, and Matt Judon. A seventh-degree taekwondo black belt, he founded Football Combatives in 2017 to teach D-linemen martial-arts-based hand technique and leverage. Now on staff at Ohio State.
Joe Kim brought martial arts into NFL trenches. A seventh-degree taekwondo black belt, he has spent 25 years consulting on pass rush and hand combat for 11 NFL teams, developing elite rushers like Justin Houston, Tamba Hali, and Matt Judon.
In 2017 he founded Football Combatives to formalize the method: martial-arts-based hand technique and leverage for defensive linemen — strikes, clubs, swipes, and the footwork that makes them land. He's now on staff at Ohio State.
His college and pro focus means limited private availability — developing D-linemen can find vetted trainers in the LinePlay coach directory, several of whom teach hand-combat systems in his lineage.
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- How do I contact Joe Kim?
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- What does Joe Kim coach?
- Joe Kim is a d-line coach based in Avon Lake, Ohio — A pass-rush and hand-combat specialist who has worked for 11 NFL teams and developed elite rushers like Justin Houston, Tamba Hali, and Matt Judon. A seventh-degree taekwondo black belt, he founded Football Combatives in 2017 to teach D-linemen martial-arts-based hand technique and leverage. Now on staff at Ohio State.
- Is Joe Kim vetted by LinePlay?
- Yes — Joe Kim is a LinePlay-verified coach, reviewed by founder Coach Jay Freeman (34 years coaching the offensive and defensive line) or a regional captain.
- Who is Joe Kim?
- Joe Kim is a pass-rush and hand-combat specialist — a seventh-degree taekwondo black belt who has consulted for 11 NFL teams over 25 years, training rushers like Justin Houston, Tamba Hali, and Matt Judon. He founded Football Combatives in 2017 and is on staff at Ohio State.
- What is Football Combatives?
- Joe Kim's system teaching defensive linemen martial-arts-based hand technique and leverage — the striking, clubbing, and swiping mechanics of winning the hand fight, built from taekwondo principles.