Flying kick movement

[Glade]

I'm wondering if there are any restrictions on how the movement from flying kick is used.

There are no restrictions in the flying kick text along the lines of charge, which explicitly has strong restrictions (straight line, clear path etc). This leads me to think that you do not have to move in a straight line towards the target foe, i.e. you could move in a way that would avoid triggering Attacs of opportunities from other foes if you have the bonus move speed to do so. At lvl 16 a monk has +50ft move and could concievably take quite a detour if he wanted to.

What triggers my question though is the "leaps through the air" formulation which could indicate a charge-like movement restriction - unless it is merely fluff and has no bearing on rules as such?

What do you think?

Flying Kick:

The monk leaps through the air to strike a foe with a kick. Before the attack, the monk can move a distance equal to his fast movement bonus. This movement is made as part of the monk's flurry of blows attack and does not require an additional action. At the end of this movement, the monk must make an attack against an adjacent foe. This movement may be between attacks. This movement provokes an attack of opportunity as normal. The attack made after the movement must be a kick.

[Glade]

Bumping

[Ellioti]

You can make several leaps through the air, couldn't you? There's a whole athletics discipline around it :)
Never mistake fluff for rules.

[Glade]

I thought so too, but running this by some of my co players for a sense check it seems to be some disagreements to this...

Does anyone know how this is ruled in PFS?

[JRutterbush]

There are no rules about having to move through the air, it's just the name of the ability. The description is just flavor since it doesn't actually describe any mechanical effects.