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"Kickboxer" redirects here. For the Jean-Claude Van Damme flick, see Kickboxer (1989 film).

Kickboxing

Focus	Kick, striking
Hardness	Full-contact
Country of origin	Ancient history, perchance prehistoric[1]
Famous practitioners	come across listing of kickboxers
Descendant arts	Shootboxing, Vale Tudo, Mixed martial arts
Sport Characteristics Contact Full Mixed-sex activity No Type Gainsay sport Presence Country or region Worldwide Olympic No Earth Games 2017 (invitational), 2022

Kickboxing is a group of stand up-up combat sports and a form of boxing based on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare anxiety to favor the apply of kicks. Kickboxing is good for self-defence force, full general fitness, or for competition.^{[2] [3] [iv]} Some styles of kickboxing include Japanese kickboxing, French kickboxing, Chinese kickboxing and Thai kickboxing.

Although since the dawn of humanity people have faced each other in hand-to-hand combat, the starting time documentation on the apply of kick and punching in sports combat is from ancient Greece^[i] and ancient India.^[5] But nevertheless, the term kickboxing originated in Japan, in the 1960s, and developed in the late 1950s from karate mixed with battle, with Taekwondo, Muay Thai, and Savate as well having some influence,^{[6] [seven] [viii] [9]} with competitions held since so.^{[x] [eleven] [12] [xiii]} American kickboxing originated in the 1970s and was brought to prominence in September 1974, when the Professional Karate Association (PKA) held the first Globe Championships. Historically, kickboxing tin exist considered a hybrid martial art formed from the combination of elements of various traditional styles. This arroyo became increasingly popular since the 1970s, and since the 1990s, kickboxing has contributed to the emergence of mixed martial arts via further hybridization with basis fighting techniques from Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and folk wrestling.

There is no single international governing body. International governing bodies include the Earth Association of Kickboxing Organizations (also known as WAKO), World Kickboxing Association, International Sport Karate Clan, International Kickboxing Federation, and World Kickboxing Network, among others. Consequently, there is no single kickboxing world championship, and champion titles are issued past individual promotions, such as Glory, K-one and ONE Title amid others. Bouts organized nether different governing bodies apply different rules, such every bit assuasive the use of knees or clinching etc.^[xiv]

Terminology [edit]

800 twelvemonth old Cambodian stone carving of an early on version of Pradal Serey. Located at the Bayon temple.

The term "kickboxing" ( キックボクシング , kikkubokushingu ) can be used in a narrow and in a broad sense.

• The narrow use is restricted to the styles that self-identify as kickboxing, i.east. Japanese kickboxing (with its spin-off styles or rules such as shootboxing and K-1), Dutch kickboxing, and American kickboxing.
• In the wider sense, information technology includes all modernistic stand up-upwardly combat sports that allow both punching and kicking, including those mentioned above, Muay Thai, Kun Khmer, Savate, Adithada, Lethwei, Sanda, and certain styles of karate (specially total contact karate).

The term itself was introduced in the 1960s as a Japanese anglicism by Japanese boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi^[15] for a hybrid martial fine art combining Muay Thai and karate which he had introduced in 1958. The term was later on also adopted by the American variant. Since in that location has been a lot of cross-fertilization between these styles, with many practitioners preparation or competing nether the rules of more than 1 style, the history of the private styles cannot be seen in isolation from one some other.

The French term Boxe pieds-poings (literally "feet-fists-boxing") is also used in the sense of "kickboxing" in the general meaning, including French battle (Savate) every bit well as American, Dutch and Japanese kickboxing, Burmese and Thai boxing, any style of full contact karate, etc.

Arts labeled as kickboxing in the full general sense include:

• Japanese kickboxing — combat manner created in Japan, and origin of the term "kickboxing".
• American kickboxing — a fashion originating in the United States.
• Dutch Kickboxing — contain styles of Muay Thai, Boxing, and Kyokushin style of Karate.
• Whatsoever style of Full contact Karate
• Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing ) — The applicable component of wushu/kung fu of which takedowns and throws are legal in competition as well equally all other sorts of striking (use of arms and legs).^[16]
• Shootboxing — A Japanese form of kickboxing which allows throwing and submission while standing, like to Sanda.
• Indian Musti yuddha (besides known as Muki boxing) and Adithada, a grade of kickboxing that uses human knee, elbow and forehead strikes in Southern kalaripayattu.
• French Savate — a historical sport which developed in the 19th century.^[17] It is more often than not known for its foot-kicking techniques.
• Ukrainian Combat Hopak is by and large built around punching and kicking techniques.
• The Southeast Asia family of kickboxing sports (too known equally the ethnic neutral term of "muay" at the Southeast Asian Games^[18]) including:
  • Pradal Serey — a combat sport with an accent on kicking and all-encompassing use of clinching for elbow techniques (Ring-wise). It is also known as Kun Khmer and based on the fighting techniques of the ancient Khmer Empire. It adopted boxing gloves, the boxing ring and rules inspired by European boxing after the arrival of French colonists in Cambodia.
  • Thai Muay Boran (Ancient boxing) — Predecessor of Muay Thai, allows the utilise of headbutts.
  • Thai kickboxing or Muay Thai — the modernistic Thai martial fine art with strong accent on knee and elbow strikes.^[nineteen]
  • Burmese Lethwei — a traditional Burmese martial art of which has at present grown into a pop kickboxing event with potent emphasis on headbutts, knees and elbow strikes. No battle gloves are used. Any role of the trunk may be used to strike and be struck. At that place is likewise no scoring organization and knockout is the simply manner to win a match.
  • Laotian Muay Lao — Laotian battle which is similar to Muay Thai
  • Filipino Yaw-Yan — Sayaw ng Kamatayan (Dance of Death) is the proper name for Yaw-Yan, a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon Fernandez. The art resembles Muay Thai in a sense, but differs in the hip torquing movement as well every bit downward-cutting nature of its kicks and with strong emphasis on delivering attacks from long range.

History [edit]

Overview [edit]

Pankratiasts fighting under the optics of a approximate. Side B of a Panathenaic prize amphora, c. 500 BC.

Since kickboxing is a broad term, agreement the history can exist somewhat hard, since combat is an inherent part of existence human. Kicking and punching every bit an act of human being aggression accept probably existed throughout the earth since prehistory.

Possibly the oldest documentation of the use of punches and kicks in combat comes from Pankration, a mixed martial fine art from aboriginal Hellenic republic, where in its Anō Pankration modality, a grade of kickboxing was used. In add-on, information technology is debated whether kicks were allowed in ancient Greek boxing, and while there is some evidence of kicks,^{[20] [21] [i]} this is the bailiwick of contend among scholars.^{[22] [23]}

Other forms of kickboxing existed in ancient India. The earliest references to musti-yuddha come up from classical Vedic epics such equally the Ramayana and Rig Veda. The Mahabharata describes two combatants battle with clenched fists and fighting with kicks, finger strikes, articulatio genus strikes and headbutts.^[5] Mushti Yuddha has travelled forth the Indosphere and has been a preceder and a strong influence in many famous martial arts of South Eastern asia such as Muay Thai, Muay Laos and Pradal Serey (of Cambodia).

Still, information technology was during the 1950s that a Japanese karateka named Tatsuo Yamada kickoff established an outline of a new sport that combined karate and Muay Thai.

This was farther explored during the early 1960s, when competitions betwixt karate and Muay Thai began, which immune for rule modifications to have place. In the centre of the decade, the commencement events with the term kickboxing were held in Osaka.

By the 1970s and 1980s, the sport had expanded beyond Japan and had reached Due north America and Europe. It was during this fourth dimension that many of the about prominent governing bodies were formed.

• In Japan the sport was widely pop and was regularly broadcast on television earlier going into a nighttime period during the 1980s.
• In Northward America the sport had unclear rules and then kickboxing and full contact karate were substantially the same sport.
• In Europe the sport found marginal success but did not thrive until the 1990s.

Since the 1990s the sport has been mostly dominated by the Japanese K-1 promotion, with some competition coming from other promotions and mostly pre-existing governing bodies.

Along with the growing popularity in competition, at that place has been an increased amount of participation and exposure in the mass media, fitness, and self-defense.

Japan [edit]

Tatsuo Yamada (left) and his primary Choki Motobu (correct), 1926

On December 20, 1959, a Muay Thai lucifer among Thai fighters was held at Asakusa town hall in Tokyo. Tatsuo Yamada, who established "Nihon Kempo Karate-exercise", was interested in Muay Thai because he wanted to perform karate matches with full-contact rules since practitioners are not immune to hitting each other directly in karate matches. At this time, information technology was unimaginable to hitting each other in karate matches in Japan. He had already announced his program which was named "The typhoon principles of projection of institution of a new sport and its industrialization" in Nov 1959, and he proposed the tentative proper noun of "karate-battle" for this new sport.^[24] It is even so unknown whether Nak Muay was invited past Yamada, but it is clear that Yamada was the only karateka who was really interested in Muay Thai. Yamada invited a champion Nak Muay (and formerly his son Kan Yamada's sparring partner), and started studying Muay Thai. At this time, the Thai fighter was taken by Osamu Noguchi who was a promoter of boxing and was too interested in Muay Thai.^{[12] [25]} The Thai fighter'southward photo was on the magazine "The Primer of Nihon Kempo Karate-practise, the kickoff number" which was published by Yamada.

There were "Karate vs. Muay Thai fights" on February 12, 1963. The three karate fighters from Oyama dojo (kyokushin later) went to the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Thailand and fought against three Muay Thai fighters. The three kyokushin karate fighters' names are Tadashi Nakamura, Kenji Kurosaki and Akio Fujihira (as well known as Noboru Osawa). The Muay Thai squad were equanimous of merely one authentic Thai fighter.^[26] Japan won by 2–1: Tadashi Nakamura and Akio Fujihira both KOed opponents by punch while Kenji Kurosaki, who fought the Thai, was KOed by elbow. The only Japanese loser Kenji Kurosaki was then a kyokushin instructor rather than a contender and temporarily designated every bit a substitute for the absent chosen fighter. On June of the same year, karateka and future kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura faced confronting height Thai fighter Samarn Sor Adisorn, in which Sawamura was knocked down 16 times and defeated.^[26] Sawamura would use what he learned in that fight to contain in the evolving kickboxing tournaments.

Noguchi studied Muay Thai and developed a combined martial art which Noguchi named kicking boxing, which absorbed and adopted more rules than techniques from Muay Thai. The main techniques of kickboxing are still derived from a form of Japanese full contact karate where kicks to the legs are immune, kyokushin. In early competitions, throwing and butting were immune to distinguish it from Muay Thai. This was afterwards repealed. The Kickboxing Association, the outset kickboxing sanctioning body, was founded by Osamu Noguchi in 1966 soon subsequently that. Then the start kickboxing outcome was held in Osaka on April 11, 1966.

Tatsu Yamada died in 1967, but his dojo changed its proper name to Suginami Gym, and kept sending kickboxers off to back up kickboxing.^[27]

Kickboxing boomed and became popular in Nippon equally it began to be broadcast on TV.^[28] By 1970, kickboxing was telecast in Nippon on three dissimilar channels iii times weekly. The fight cards regularly included bouts between Japanese (kickboxers) and Thai (Muay Thai) boxers. Tadashi Sawamura was an specially popular early on kickboxer. In 1971 the All Japan Kickboxing Association (AJKA) was established and it registered approximately 700 kickboxers. The offset AJKA Commissioner was Shintaro Ishihara, the longtime Governor of Tokyo. Champions were in each weight division from fly to eye. Longtime Ilyushiner Noboru Osawa won the AJKA bantamweight title, which he held for years. Raymond Edler, an American university educatee studying at Sophia University in Tokyo, took upwardly kickboxing and won the AJKC middleweight title in 1972; he was the showtime not-Thai to be officially ranked in the sport of Thai battle, when in 1972 Rajadamnern ranked him no. 3 in the Middleweight division. Edler defended the All Japan title several times and abased it. Other popular champions were Toshio Fujiwara and Mitsuo Shima. Most notably, Fujiwara was the get-go non-Thai to win an official Thai boxing championship, when he defeated his Thai opponent in 1978 at Rajadamnern Stadium winning the lightweight championship bout.

By 1980, due to poor ratings and then exceptional goggle box coverage, the gilt-age of kickboxing in Japan was suddenly finished. Kickboxing had non been seen on Telly until M-ane was founded in 1993.^{[29] [30]}

In 1993, equally Kazuyoshi Ishii (founder of Seidokaikan karate) produced K-1 under special kickboxing rules (no elbow and neck wrestling) in 1993, kickboxing became famous again.^{[31] [32]} In the mid-1980s to early 1990s, before the commencement k-one, Kazuyoshi Ishii as well partook in the formation of glove karate as an apprentice sport in Nippon. Glove karate is based on knockdown karate rules, only wearing battle gloves and allowing punches to the head. In effect, it is oriental rules kickboxing with scoring based on knockdowns and aggression rather than the number of hits. As K-ane grew in popularity, Glove karate for a while became the fastest growing apprentice sport in Japan.

North America [edit]

Count Dante, Ray Scarica and Maung Gyi held the The states' earliest cross-style total-contact style martial arts tournaments as early equally 1962. Between 1970 and 1973 a handful of kickboxing promotions were staged across the U.s.a.. The first recognized bout of this kind occurred on January 17, 1970, and came about when Joe Lewis, a Shorin Ryu stylist who had too studied Jeet Kune Exercise with the legendary Bruce Lee, and noted champion in the Karate tournament circuit, grew disillusioned with the indicate-sparring format and sought to create an event that would allow martial artists to fight to the knock out. Enlisting the help of promoter Lee Faulkner,^[33] training in battle and combining the techniques of battle and Karate for the first fourth dimension in America, Lewis arranged the bout to exist held at the 1st Pro Team Karate Championships. Lewis faced Kenpo stylist Greg "Om" Baines,^[34] who had defeated two opponents in years pasts. Lewis won the fight by knockout in the second circular. The effect was advertised as "Full contact" just the announcers referred to it every bit Kickboxing, and rules included knees, elbows and sweeps.^[34] Lewis would defend his U.Due south Heavyweight champion title 10 times, remaining undefeated until he came back from his retirement. In the early days, the rules were never clear; one of the first tournaments had no weight divisions and all the competitors fought off until one was left. During this early time, kickboxing and full contact karate are substantially the aforementioned sport.

The institutional separation of American total-contact karate from kickboxing occurred with the formation of the Professional person Karate Association (PKA) in 1974 and of the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) in 1976. They were the beginning organised trunk of martial arts on a global scale to sanction fights, create ranking systems, and institute a evolution programme.

The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) and the International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) have been the only organizations to have thrived in the modern era.

The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) was founded in 1992 by Steve Fossum and Dan Stell. Stell eventually stepped downwards to go back to fighting while Fossum continued with the organization. In 1999 Fossum and Joe Taylor of Ringside Products created the offset amateur open North American tournament for Kickboxing and Muay Thai, now the IKF World Classic.

After ending its venture with One thousand-1 in 2006, ISKA co-operated the Globe Gainsay League with Chuck Norris, and Strikeforce MMA in partnership with Silicon Valley Entertainment (SVE), an investor group who also ain the San Jose Sharks. Norris passed the WCL to his son-in-police Damien Diciolli in 2007, and it has since become inactive. Strikeforce MMA was sold to UFC in 2011.

The ISKA expanded into sport (tournament) martial arts about xv years ago,^{[ when? ]} and is a co-operator along with WAKO and Global Marketing Ventures (GMV) in the global Open World Bout (OWT) the kickoff worldwide pro excursion of sport karate professional person competitors. Information technology sanctions and assists in the annual US Open & ISKA Globe Championships that anchors the OWT and the Due north American-based NASKA Tour. The U.s. Open & ISKA Earth Championships is circulate live on ESPN2 and ESPN3 each year.

Other kickboxing sanctioning bodies include World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (primarily amateurs) and Kick International.

Europe [edit]

Low kick (roundhouse boot)

In West Germany, American-styled kickboxing was promulgated from its inception in the 1970s past Georg F. Bruckner, who in 1976 was the co-founder of the Earth Clan of Kickboxing Organizations. The term "kickboxing" as used in German-speaking Europe is therefore by and large synonymous with American kickboxing. The depression-kick and knee techniques immune in Japanese kickboxing, past contrast, were associated with Muay Thai, and Japanese kickboxing went by and large unnoticed in High german-speaking Europe before the launch of K-1 in 1993.

Past contrast, in the Netherlands kickboxing was introduced in its Japanese class, past January Plas and Thom Harinck who founded NKBB (The Dutch Kickboxing Association) in 1976. Harinck also founded the MTBN (Dutch Muay Thai Clan) in 1983, and the WMTA (Globe Muay Thai Association) and the EMTA (European Muay Thai Association) in 1984. The most prominent kickboxing gyms in kingdom of the netherlands, Mejiro Gym, Chakuriki Gym and Gilt Celebrity, were all derived from or were significantly influenced past Japanese kickboxing and kyokushin karate.

Dutch athletes have been very successful in the K-ane competitions. Out of the 19 K-1 World Thou Prix championship titles issued from 1993 to 2012, 15 went to Dutch participants (Peter Aerts, Ernesto Hoost, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt and Alistair Overeem). The remaining four titles were won by Branko Cikatić of Croatia in 1993, Andy Hug of Switzerland in 1996, Mark Hunt of New Zealand in 2001 and Mirko Filipović of Croatia in 2012.

Mod sport [edit]

Kickboxing promotions [edit]

Some of the top kickboxing promotions in the world are:

• Glory
• K-1
• Ane Championship

Kickboxing promoters [edit]

Some of the notable kickboxing promoters in the earth are:

• Chatri Sityodtong
• Eduard Irimia
• Kazuyoshi Ishii
• Pierre Andurand
• Sadaharu Tanikawa

Individual rulesets [edit]

Kickboxing has a number of different rulesets. For case, oriental/k1 rules let punches, high and depression kicks and even knee strikes, while American kickboxing is limited to punches and kicks simply in a higher place the belt (high kicks).

In the beginning 2 decades of the 21st century, several larger kickboxing promotions such as Glory, Ane Championship and Bellator Kickboxing have adopted the k1/oriental rule gear up, which allows knee strikes, kicking and punching.^{[35] [36] [37]}

Full Contact [edit]

Full Contact is substantially a mixture of Western boxing and traditional karate.^[38] The male kickboxers are bare-chested wearing kickboxing trousers and protective gear including: oral fissure-baby-sit, hand-wraps, 10 oz (280 m) battle gloves, groin-baby-sit, shin-pads, and kick-boots and protective helmet (for amateurs and those nether 16). Female kickboxers will vesture a sports bra and chest protection in addition to the male clothing/protective gear.^[39]

Notable fighters under full contact rules include, Dennis Alexio, Joe Lewis, Rick Roufus, Jean-Yves Thériault, Benny Urquidez, Bill Wallace, Demetrius Havanas, Billy Jackson, Pete Cunningham, and Don "The Dragon" Wilson

Rules:

• Opponents are allowed to striking each other with punches and kicks, striking above the waist.
• Elbows and knees are forbidden.
• Clinch fighting and grappling are forbidden, sweeps are legal kick-to-kick.
• Bouts are unremarkably 3 to 10 rounds (lasting 2 minutes each) with a one-minute rest in between rounds.

Semi Contact [edit]

Semi Contact or Points Fighting, is the variant of American kickboxing nigh like to karate, since it consists in fighting for the purpose of scoring points with an accent on delivery, speed, and technique. Under such rules, fights are held on the tatami, presenting the belts to allocate the fighters in gild of experience and ability. The male kickboxers habiliment shirts and kickboxing trousers every bit well as protective gear including: mouth-baby-sit, mitt-wraps, x oz (280 g). battle gloves, groin-guard, shin-pads, kicking-boots, and headgear. The female kickboxers will article of clothing a sports bra and breast protection in improver to the male habiliment/protective gear.

Notable fighters nether semi-contact rules include Raymond Daniels, Michael Page, and Gregorio Di Leo.

Rules:

• Fighters tin can score through punches or kicks, striking higher up the waist and foot sweeps, executed below the talocrural joint.
• Punches, kicks, and foot sweeps are awarded 1 signal. Kicks to the caput or jumping kicks to the body are awarded two points. Jumping kicks to the caput are awarded 3 points.
• Hook kicks and Axe kicks are allowed merely must be executed with the sole of the foot.
• The use of the shins is seldom immune, salvage for jumping and spinning techniques.
• Elbows, knees, and spinning backfists are forbidden.
• Assure fighting, throws and sweeps (with the exception of human foot sweeps) are forbidden.
• Bouts are usually 3 rounds (lasting 2–3 minutes each) with a 1-minute rest in between rounds.^[xl]

International [edit]

International rules, or freestyle kickboxing (as well known as Low Kick in the United States), contrasts with full contact rules in that it also allows low kicks. The male person kickboxers are bare-chested wearing kickboxing trousers or shorts and protective gear including: mouth-guard, hand-wraps, shin-wraps, x oz (280 g). boxing gloves and groin-guard. The female kickboxers volition wear a sports bra and chest protection in add-on to the male person clothing/protective gear.

Notable fighters under international rules include Rick Roufus and Abraham Roqueñi and Badr Hari

Rules:

• Fighters are allowed to strike their opponent with punches and kicks, including kicks beneath the waist, except for the groin.
• Elbows and knees are forbidden.
• Clinch fighting, throws and sweeps are forbidden.
• Bouts are 3 to 5 rounds for amateurs and 3 to 10 rounds for professionals, all rounds lasting 2–3 minutes each. Each round has a i-minute residuum in between rounds.

Muay Thai [edit]

Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, rules normally sees bouts contested over 5, 3 minute rounds and male fighters blank-chested wearing shorts and protective gear including: mouth-guard, hand-wraps, shin-wraps, ten oz (280 g) boxing gloves, groin-guard and sometimes prajioud arm bands. 4oz MMA-style, open-finger gloves are used.^[41] The female Thaiboxers volition wear a sports bra and chest protection in addition to the male clothing/protective gear. Muay Thai is unique in that it is the only way of kickboxing that allows elbows, knees, clinch fighting, throws, sweeps and low kicks.^{[42] [43] [44]} Groin strikes were allowed until the 1980s in international Muay Thai and are still partially allowed in Thailand itself (though the boxers wear cups to lessen the impact).^[45] Kicking to mid-body and head are scored highly generating a large number of points on judges' scorecards. Moreover, kicking is however judged highly even if the kick was blocked. In dissimilarity, punching is worth fewer points.

Notable fighters under Muay Thai rules include Apidej Sit down Hrun, Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Changpuek Kiatsongrit, Rob Kaman, Ramon Dekkers, Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn, Saenchai P.Thousand. Saenchaimuaythaigym, Samart Payakaroon and Yodsanklai Fairtex.

Rules:

• Fighters are allowed to strike their opponent with punches, kicks, including kicks below the waist, elbows and knees.
• Assure fighting is allowed
• Certain throws and sweeps are allowed (notwithstanding hip throws and sweeps with the back of the ankle are illegal).^{[42] [43] [44]}
• Bouts are by and large v, 3-minute rounds with 2 minutes rest in between, just 3 round fights with 1 minute residual are used in some promotions.

Dutch rules [edit]

Dutch rules (sometimes referred to every bit Dutch Kickboxing) came about when Japanese kickboxing and Muay Thai were outset introduced in The netherlands in the 70s. European rules began to exist developed past the Netherland Kick Boxing Bond in the 1970s when the late Jan Plas brought the sport from Nippon to his native country. The primary difference between Dutch rules and full Muay Thai rules was the prohibition of elbow strikes and the express knees strikes (simply to the body). Notwithstanding, elbows were allowed when both parties agree to it. These changes were aimed at reducing injuries and making bouts more accessible to Tv viewers. Like the Thai counterpart, the fights are accompanied with the traditional Thai music during a boxing. The Dutch kickboxing rules were instrumental to the evolution of the K-one rules.

Oriental rules [edit]

Oriental rules (also known equally Thousand-1 rules or unified rules,^{[46] [47]} and sometimes referred to as Japanese Kickboxing) was the first combat sport that adopted the name of "kickboxing" in 1966, later termed "Japanese kickboxing" every bit a retronym.^[xi] Since the 1990s, many of the largest kickboxing promotions such as K-ane, Ane Championship, Glory and Bellator Kickboxing adopted this ruleset.^{[35] [36] [37] [48]} Oriental rules began to be developed by the Japanese battle promoter Osamu Noguchi and Karate practitioner Tatsuo Yamada, and it was initially intended as a mix of Karate and Muay Thai,^[49] but it was later affected also by the Dutch rules, which were first formalised in the netherlands in the 1970s. The primary difference between Muay Thai and Oriental Kickboxing was the prohibition of elbow strikes and takedowns (sweeps and throws). In addition, the corporeality of assure fighting is drastically decreased. These changes were aimed at reducing injuries and making bouts more accessible to TV viewers. Oriental rules bouts were traditionally fought over 5, iii-minute rounds but three round bouts accept since get popular. The male kickboxers are bare-chested wearing shorts (although trousers and karate gis have been worn) and protective gear including: mouth-guard, hand-wraps, shin-wraps, x oz (280 g) gloves.

Notable fighters under K-1 rules include Semmy Schilt, Ernesto Hoost, Albert Kraus, Masato, Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Giorgio Petrosyan, Buakaw and Andy Souwer.

Rules:

• Fighters are allowed to strike their opponent with punches, kicks and knees including kicks beneath the waist, except for the groin.
• Elbow strikes are forbidden.
• Very express or no assure fighting is allowed (in some competitions clinching is completely illegal,^[50] in others only one single strike is allowed before the clinch has to exist released,^[51] in other promotions merely a few seconds of clinch are allowed^[48]).
• Throws and sweeps are non immune
• Bouts are iii to v rounds (lasting three minutes each) with a 1-infinitesimal rest in between rounds.

Sanda [edit]

Sanda or Sanshou (also known as Chinese Battle and Chinese Kickboxing) is a grade of kickboxing originally developed by the Chinese military based upon the study and practices of traditional Kung fu and modern combat fighting techniques; it combines traditional kickboxing, which include close range and rapid successive punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps, kick catches, and in some competitions, even elbow and knee joint strikes. The male fighters are bare-chested wearing shorts and protective gear including: mouth-baby-sit, hand-wraps, x oz (280 g) boxing gloves and groin-guard. The female kickboxers will habiliment a sports bra and chest protection in add-on to the male person clothing/protective gear.

Notable fighters under Sanshou rules include Wei Rui, Fang Bian, Jia Aoqi, Muslim Salikhov, Pat Barry, Zhang Tiequan, Liu Hailong, Cung Le, Shahbulat Shamhalaev and Shamil Zavurov.

Rules:

• Fighters are allowed to strike their opponent with punches and kicks including kicks below the waist, except for the groin.
• Elbows and knees are forbidden (with the exception of some competitions).
• Clinch fighting, throws and sweeps are immune.
• Bouts are 5 rounds (lasting 3 minutes each) with a 1-minute rest in between rounds.

Shootboxing [edit]

Shootboxing (likewise known as Standing Vale Tudo) is a unique style of kickboxing popular in Japan that utilizes standing submissions such as chokeholds, armlocks and wristlocks in add-on to kicks, punches, knees and throws. The male fighters are bare-chested wearing skin tight trousers and protective gear including: mouth-baby-sit, mitt-wraps, 10 oz (280 grand) boxing gloves and groin-baby-sit. The female kickboxers volition wear a sports bra and chest protection in addition to the male wear/protective gear.

Notable fighters under shootboxing rules include Rena Kubota, Kenichi Ogata, Hiroki Shishido, Ai Takahashi and Andy Souwer.

Rules:

• Opponents are allowed to strike each other with punches, kicks, including kicks below the waist, except for the groin, and knees.
• Elbows are forbidden (since 2001).
• Assure fighting, throws and sweeps are allowed.
• Standing submissions are allowed.
• Bouts are 3 rounds (lasting three minutes each) with a 1-minute rest in between rounds.

Lethwei [edit]

Lethwei is a type of kickboxing originating from Myanmar that features minimal rules and protective equipment. Lethwei non merely allows the utilize of headbutts but really emphasizes it, and fighters article of clothing no gloves. Bouts tin can only exist won with a knockout, either a proper or a technical. Uniquely, after one knockout and two minutes rest, the knocked out fighter may withal cull to keep the fight once, unless they are knocked out in the last round. In that location are no points; if no knockout happens before the stop of the fifth round, the fight is declared a draw. Male fighters are bare-chested and clothing shorts. Protective gear consists of a mouth-baby-sit, groin-baby-sit, and wraps around hands and feet. Female person fighters habiliment a sports bra and chest protection in addition to the male clothing and protective gear.

Notable fighters nether Lethwei rules include Soe Lin Oo, Tun Tun Min, Dave Leduc, Too Too and Cyrus Washington.

Rules:

• Opponents are allowed to strike each other with punches, kicks, including kicks below the waist, elbows, knees and headbutts.
• Clinch fighting, throws and sweeps are allowed.
• Bouts are 5 rounds (lasting 3 minutes each) with a 2-minute rest in between rounds.

Techniques [edit]

Punching [edit]

Punching techniques are very much identical to boxing punches, including

• Jab – straight punch from the front end hand. The arm extends from the side of the body which is chop-chop turned concurrently with this action. A jab may be directed at an opponent's head or torso, and is often used in conjunction with the cross.
• Cross – straight punch from the back hand
• Hook – rounded punch to either the head or torso in an arching motion, usually not scored in points scoring
• Uppercut – rising punch hit to the chin
• Backfist usually from the forepart manus, reverse-back fist and spinning back-fist both usually from the back manus – are strikes to the caput, raising the arm and angle the arm at the elbow and then straightening the arm rapidly to strike to the side of the head with the rear of the duke.
• Flight-punch struck commonly from the rear hand, the combatant hops on the front foot, kicking back with the rear foot and simultaneously extending the rear paw as a punch, in the course of "superman" flying through the sky.
• Overhand (overcut or drop) – a semi-round and vertical dial thrown with the rear hand. Information technology is usually performed when the opponent is bobbing or slipping. The strategic utility of the drop relying on body weight can deliver a great deal of power.
• Bolo punch – a combination of a wide uppercut/right cross/swing that was delivered seemingly from the floor.
• Haymaker - The Haymaker is a broad angle punch similar to a hook, simply instead of getting power from body rotation, it gets its ability from its large loop. It is considered an unsophisticated punch, and leaves 1 open up to a counter.

Kicking [edit]

The standard kicking techniques are:

• Roundhouse kick or circle kick – Striking with the front of the foot or the shin to the caput or the body in a chopping motion
• Front boot or push Kick/high Kick – Striking face or breast on with the balls of the pes
• Side kick – Striking with the heel of the human foot with leg parallel to the ground, can be performed to either the head, leg or body
• Semi-circular kicking or twoscore five degree roundhouse kick

There are a large number of special or variant kick techniques, including spinning kicks, jumping kicks, and other variants such as

• Claw kicking (heel kick) – Extending the leg out to the side of the body, and hooking the leg dorsum to strike the head with either the heel or sole
• Crescent boot and frontward crescent kick
• Axe kick – is a stomp out kicking or axe boot. The stomp kicking ordinarily travels downwardly, striking with the side or base heel (typically the base heel)
• Back kick – is delivered with the base heel of the foot.
• Sweeping – One foot or both feet of an opponent may be swept depending upon their position, balance and forcefulness.

Spinning versions of the back, side, claw and axe kicks can also be performed forth with jumping versions of all kicks.

Knee [edit]

The knee techniques in Japanese kickboxing, indicative of its Muay Thai heritage, are the chief departure that separates this style from other kickboxing rules.^[52] See ti khao for details.

• Straight knee (long-range knee kick or front heel kick). This knee strike is delivered with the back or opposite foot against an opponent'south stomach, groin, hip or spine an opponent forward by the neck, shoulder or arm.
• Flying knee – tin be delivered with the forepart or back pes. Information technology makes an explosive snap upwardly to strike an opponent's face, chin, pharynx or chest.
• Hook knee – can be delivered with the forepart or dorsum foot. It makes a half circumvolve spin and strikes the sides of an opponent.
• Side knee joint – is a highly-deceptive knee technique used in close-range fighting. The knee is lifted to the toes or lifted up, and is snapped to left and right, striking an opponent's sensitive genu joints, insides of thighs, groin.

Defence [edit]

At that place are 3 main defensive positions (guards or styles) used in kickboxing. Within each style, at that place is considerable variation among fighters, as some fighters may have their guard higher for more head protection while others have their guard lower to provide better protection against torso punches. Many fighters vary their defensive fashion throughout a bout in order to suit to the situation of the moment, choosing the position best suited to protect them.

• Slip – Slipping rotates the body slightly and then that an incoming dial passes harmlessly next to the head. As the opponent'southward dial arrives, the boxer sharply rotates the hips and shoulders. This turns the chin sideways and allows the punch to "slip" past. Muhammad Ali was famous for extremely fast and shut slips.
• Bob and weave – bobbing moves the head laterally and beneath an incoming punch. Equally the opponent's punch arrives, the kickboxer bends the legs quickly and simultaneously shifts the body either slightly correct or left. One time the punch has been evaded, the kickboxer "weaves" back to an upright position, emerging on either the outside or inside of the opponent's still-extended arm. To move outside the opponent's extended arm is chosen "bobbing to the outside". To motion inside the opponent's extended arm is chosen "bobbing to the inside".
• Blocking – defender's difficult blocks to stop a strike in its path and then preventing it reaching its target (e.g. the shin block described in more detail below)
• Parries – defender's soft parries to modify the direction of a strike (eastward.g. a downwardly tap to a jab) so that information technology misses the target
• Parry/Block – Parrying or blocking uses the kickboxer's hands every bit defensive tools to deflect incoming attacks. As the opponent's punch arrives, the boxer delivers a abrupt, lateral, open-handed blow to the opponent's wrist or forearm, redirecting the dial.
• The camouflage – Covering up is the last opportunity to avert an incoming strike to an unprotected face or body. Generally speaking, the easily are held high to protect the caput and chin and the forearms are tucked against the trunk to impede body shots. When protecting the body, the kickboxer rotates the hips and lets incoming punches "roll" off the guard. To protect the head, the kickboxer presses both fists against the front end of the face with the forearms parallel and facing outwards. This type of guard is weak against attacks from beneath.
• The clinch – Clinching is a form of continuing grappling and occurs when the distance between both fighters has closed and straight punches cannot be employed. In this state of affairs, the kickboxer attempts to hold or "necktie up" the opponent's hands or enter neck wrestling position. In i way to perform a clinch, the kickboxer loops both hands around the outside of the opponent's shoulders, scooping dorsum under the forearms to grasp the opponent'due south arms tightly against his own torso. In this position, the opponent'southward artillery are pinned and cannot be used to attack. Other forms of clinch involve getting command of opponents neck past collar tie or upper torso by underhooks, overhooks and body lock. It is oft in the clinch where knee, elbow, sweep and throw techniques are used.

Encephalon injury and CTE [edit]

Knocking a person unconscious or fifty-fifty causing a concussion may crusade permanent brain impairment.^[53] At that place is no clear division between the strength required to knock a person out and the force likely to kill a person.^[54] As well, contact sports, especially gainsay sports, are directly related to a brain disease chosen chronic traumatic encephalopathy, abbreviated CTE. This disease begins to develop during the life of the athlete, and continues to develop even after sports activeness has ceased. In addition, repetitive and subconcussive blows to the head, and not just concussions, cause CTE.^{[55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60]}

Meet besides [edit]

• Kickboxing weight classes
• Listing of kickboxing organizations
• Listing of male person kickboxers
• List of female kickboxers
• Women's kickboxing
• Boxing

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• Thai Kickboxing For Beginners, Peter Belmar, 2006, Lulu Press. ISBN 978-1-4116-9983-0

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