The Kick Boxing

It uses in general terms the same protections (buccal, shorts, gloves that meet the specific characteristics in the regulation and padded helmet) and facilities that boxing (the ring), with the exception that you also have to protect the legs, wearing padded tibials that cover the foot, instep, and leg below the knee, or individual tibials that cover the tibia, as well as a padded protection for the groin, known as a shell. Depending on the type of combat, that is, whether professional or amateur, a greater or lesser number of protections will be taken, also influencing the ounces of each glove. He dresses in general naked torso, satin shorts or other light fabric, up to a little more than half of the thigh and colorful, and is fought barefoot, or with bandages on the ankles. You can also fight without gloves; with bandages or gloves, depending on the modality. On which also depends the use of several of the protections, such as helmets, instep protectors, vests / breasts, etc

In a very similar way to boxing, there is a minimum arbitration committee composed of three table referees, or judges, and a main referee who climbs into the ring. There are several ways to score, although the most widespread is the score based on factors of 10. 10-10 is a draw, 10-9 wins the corner with 10 points, and 10-8 for large level differences, and when there is an account of protection. Generally, "counters" are used to ensure that a minimum of assault kicks are made. There are several rules in this regard, depending on the organization, but it is generally allowed to "recover" kicks in subsequent assaults. The referee of the ring is the one who always has the last word, and should rely on the judges in case of doubt. There are usually a couple of additional figures, such as the central judge, who carries the sum of scores. A stopwatch is essential to stop the count in cases of dead time and ring the bell when the assault begins and ends. K

Currently, kickboxing is divided into 5 competitive modes for assaults, divided into weight categories: semi-contact, light-contact, full-contact, kickboxing, and K1. According to the different federations or associations. Semi-Contact: It is a combat mode to the point where the two fighters fight in order to score the highest number of punches and their respective scores using legal techniques with speed, focus and concentration. The main feature of the semi contact are the unique and fast technical gestures. The semi contact modality is usually executed with a very slight level of contact, controlling the attack and defense movements. The techniques of punches and kicks are strictly controlled. Valid points are achieved by hitting with and in legal zones. When the fighters are going to start, they collide their gloves and prepare for the referee to start the fight, the time will only be stopped when the referee indicates to give some kind of warning to the fighters or talk

There are different rules of kick boxing, depending on the modality, organization / association / federation and the type of event, be it amateur or professional. The rules common to the largest organizations are generally: All leg attacks on the thighs, inside or outside, hitting with the tibia or instep are valid. Known as low kicks. There are also high, medium-high circular kicks, as well as other kicks such as: the front, the descending, the oblique descending, the spinning kicks, the front and hook kicks, however, several of these are very spectacular but little effective in a fight since they are complicated and allow the opponent to fit, block, dodge or deflect them, so they are usually seen in the last rounds if the putting out of combat or knock out KO It is no longer possible, in order to win by points. In the hip it is not allowed to hit, nor in the genitals. Each assault consists of three minutes and one minute of rest (with many variations, such as two and a h

Kick boxing has its origins in western boxing, Japanese karate, and in Muay Thai of Thailand, also called "thai boxing." Osamu Noguchi was the son of a heavyweight champion in Boxing. As a child he had practiced this sport until he suffered a back injury and had to leave it. He became a promoter and organizer of boxing fights in Japan and made several trips to Thailand where he met Naront Siri, Muay Thai teacher. Having also good relations with Masutatsu Ōyama, founder of Kyokushinkai style Karate, he decided to organize in the 70s a series of battles between the Thai boxers and the karatekas of Oyama, among which was Kenji Kurosaki, right hand of Oyama himself. Once in Thailand, three fights take place; two of which are won by the Japanese and Kurosaki himself loses against the Thai rival by a downward elbow blow. At that time, Noguchi begins to plan the adaptation of Muay Thai in Japan, so in the early 60s, Kurosaki, Siri and Noguchi call the new sport "Karate B

Kick boxing (in Japanese: キ ッ ク ボ ク シ ン グ) is a combat sport of Japanese origin and western development, in which boxing techniques are mixed with the kicking techniques of some martial arts such as karate and muay thai, being Thus related to the martial arts of the East. Although kickboxing is not considered a traditional formative martial art or gendai budō where it is sought for excellence, there are several opinions on whether it is a martial art or not. A kick boxing fighter is considered to be a very close competition for the other fighters of other styles of standing fighting, who practice other types of combat sports or martial arts, due to the great physical resistance, forcefulness and resistance to the blows of Your practitioners Currently, due to its practicality and forcefulness, it is one of the preferred and most popular systems in the development of the fight standing, being preferred by practitioners of mixed martial arts or MMA / AMM.