Our dear Captain has a knack for finding himself in situations where he has to use a more hands-on, shall we say, kind of diplomacy than Ambassador Sarek's. One might even think that he sometimes does his best not to avoid a good brawl. Here are listed some of Kirk's more memorable fights.
| Flying Kicks | Kirk/Spock Fights | Kirk's Brawls | 
The Flying Kicks!
 
 
In Space Seed!  | 
	 
 
In Gamesters of Triskelion  | 
	 
 
In Gamesters of Triskelion... again!  | 
	
 
 
In Spectre of the Gun  | 
	 
 
In A Private Little War  | 
	
	
	 
 
By Any Other Name  | 
 
 
A truly magnificent leap!  | 
 
 
Will the Captain land bum first?  | 
 
 
Grace, elegance and efficiency!  | 
 
 
And here again...  | 
 
 
...behold DA (decomposed) KICK OF DOOM!  | 
 
 
Will he ever touch ground again?  | 
And now, a few mythic Kirk-Spock fights!
And the big Kirk fights!
 
 
The newly telekinetic Gary Mitchell forces Kirk to kneel.  | 
 
 
He shows him his grave.  | 
 
 
They fight and punch each other.  | 
 
 
The first ripped shirt!  | 
 
 
Kirk gets really scared of his former friend.  | 
 
 
He tries to brain Gary with a rock while his powers are low, but can't.  | 
 
 
He uses a gun to make big rocks crumble on Gary...  | 
 
 
...who ends up in Kirk's grave, the one he'd dug himself.  | 
 
 
Kirk ponders on the dramatic irony of it all.  | 
 
 
Kirk finds Khan in Engineering  | 	
 
 
Yay! A flying kick!  | 
 
 
Kirk hangs on the grid for a quick  | 
 
 
...and uses a viet-vo-dao style throw.  | 
	 
 
Kirk finds a tool to beat the former tyrant who tried to have him washed  | 
	 
 
And knocks down the genetically-enhanced Khan.  | 
 
 
An Andorian attacks the Captain with a knife!  | 
 
 
Kirk knees his poor enemy...  | 
 
 
They grapple each other.  | 
 
 
Of course, I must include the Flying Kick!  | 
 
 
All three caps...  | 
 
 
Even if I put them on top of the page already.  | 
 
 
The Captain is stabbed!  | 
 
 
He throws his attacker over his shoulder.  | 
 
 
Kirk is bleeding and calls right away for  | 
 
 
Kirk and Rojan the Kelvan have a manly mano & mano.  | 
 
 
They know incredible techniques! (See the flying kick too!)  | 
 
 
Kirk bends Rojan over the table and they  |