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.
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 ...
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