Kickboxing, what's it all about

Competitors usually dress in a t-shirt for semi-contact matches, to separate them from the bare-chested full-contact participants.

The term boxing, or kick boxing is used in various different disciplines; French Boxing, Burmese Boxing, Indian, American and even Japanese Kickboxing The term kickboxing is disputed and has become more associated with the Japanese and American variants. Knees, middle and high kicks are easier to score than punches, this being the rule set in Muay Thai, in kickboxing however these are all rated equally Second, from the standpoint of fighting style, the stance of Japanese kickboxing is easier for a kickboxer to take advantage of the valuable arts from boxing than Muay Thai , so a Japanese or Dutch kickboxer (Dutch learned kickboxing mostly from Japanese, albeit some people call it Thaiboxing/Muay Thai.) usually delivers more effective punches than a Thaiboxer, especially the combination. In Kickboxing a fight is not allowed to continue once an exponant has reached the ground, Muay Thai being the only real exception to this statement

The smooth and various punch-kick combos which derive from Kyokushin Karate also characterize kickboxing and differentiate its style from Muay Thai.
Kickboxing refers to the martial art and sport of kicking and punching. Also, for the amatures rules often allow the more experienced participants to use light or even semi contac rules, we find the use of force is more regulated here. Kickboxing is often practiced for self-defense, general fitness, or as a full-contact sport. In the full-contact sport the male boxers are bare-chested wearing shorts and protective gear including: mouth-guard, hand-wraps, 10-oz. Based on these above, most kickboxers and MMAers with the so-called style of Muay Thai in Europe especially Netherlands, got the virtual style of Japanese kickboxing.Some of the other 'styles' we reffered to just now do not like to be called kickboxing or even reffer to themselves as 'kickboxers', although the public would most likely associate them with kickboxing

For female boxers topess is obviously not the norm, a sports bra and some form of chest protection is found in addition to what we see for the males in protection Kickboxing in Europe will often allowe thigh kicks, and will have different low kick rules, we often see boxing shorts instead of long trousers to accomidate for this. Orchard Boxing Training

Thai Boxing aka Muay Thai, is often confused with Kickboxing The main difference between the two being the use of the elbow This being an common and understandible error it is no surprize taht the New Japan Kickboxing Fed., the Shin Nihon Kickboxing association and even the Shoot Boxing group are all allowing the use of the elbow The most important difference between Japanese kickboxing and Muay Thai lies in the scoring system followed by judges to give points to each corner at the end of each round. boxing gloves, groin-guard, and optional shin-pads, kick-boots, protective helmet (usually for those under 16). The equipment for semi-contact is similar to full-contact matches, usually with addition of headgear. Kickboxing