Recovery from external perturbations typically involves stepping, with the perturbation direction playing a key role in determining the recovery strategy. To date, classifications of these stepping strategies have relied on prior knowledge of perturbation direction, which is not always available when considering experimental paradigms close to real-world scenario. Here, we introduce a novel Unified classification method that enables the labeling of first recovery steps based solely on body kinematics. We have also developed and validated a logistic regression model that effectively differentiates between different recovery strategies.