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Kickboxing refers to the sport of using martial-arts-style kicks and western-boxing-style

punches to defeat an opponent in a similar way to that of standard boxing.

 Kickboxing is a standing sport and does not allow continuation of the fight once a

combatant has reached the ground.

Kickboxing is often practiced for general fitness, or as a full-contact sport.

 In the full-contact sport the male boxers are bare-chested wearing kickboxing trousers

and protective gear including: mouth-guard, hand-wraps, 10oz boxing gloves, groin-guard,

shin-pads, kick-boots, and optional protective helmet (usually for those under 18.)

 The female boxers will wear a tank top in addition to the male clothing/protective gear.

Kickboxing is often confused with Muay Thai, also known as Thai Boxing.

The two sports are similar, however, in Thai Boxing, kicks below the belt are allowed,

as are strikes with knees and elbows.

There are many arts labeled kickboxing including Japanese, American, Indian,

 Burmese kickboxing, as well as French savate.

The term kickboxing is disputed and has become more associated with the

Japanese and American variants. Many of the other styles do not consider themselves

to be 'kickboxing', although the public often uses the term generically to refer

 to all these martial arts.

 The term kickboxing' was created by the Japanese boxing promoter

Osuma Noguchi for a variant of Muay Thai and Karate that he created in the 1950s.

The term was later used by the American variant. When used by the practitioners of

those two styles, it usually refers to those styles specifically. 

Fully Qualified Kickboxing instructors 5th Dan / 3rd Dan / 2nd Dan W.A.K.O. / P.K.A. / N.A.K.

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