ABSTRACT This letter presents a simple yet highly accurate markerless motion‐recognition method that uses radar. The proposed approach employs a freely available pose‐estimation tool (BlazePose) to extract 3D coordinates of a body while it is engaged in micro‐motions. These coordinates are used to generate basis signals, which are then combined with radar measurements to derive amplitude‐based features. Experimental results with a 77 GHz frequency‐modulated continuous wave radar show that the proposed method achieves classification accuracy that approaches 100%.