It is no longer necessary to `sell' the idea of pulsar kicks, the notion that
neutron stars receive a large velocity (a few hundred to a thousand km
s−1) at birth. However, the origin of the kicks remains mysterious. We
review the physics of different kick mechanisms, including hydrodynamically
driven, neutrino and magnetically driven kicks.Comment: 8 pages including 1 figure. To be published in "Stellar Astrophysics"
(Pacific Rim Conference Proceedings), (Kluwer Pub.
