See also: American Kick boxing, Kick boxing

In English " Eastern kick-boxing". For some, the term Kick-boxing would have been invented, with the Japan, in the years 1950 by Karatéka S needing to confront itself with total contact.

In 1958, a practitioner of kick-boxing of the time is it student in Eastern languages, the Burmese Maung Gyi, raises experts of Bando in Burma and also of the large expert of Karaté, Gogen Yamaguchi says “the cat”. Maug Gyi fights in Japan under various names and makes known the Burmese Boxe or Lethwei at the time of the tournaments of Kick-boxing japonais.
For others, Japanese Kick-boxing would have been invented, after the Olympic Games of 1964, by the promoter of combat Osamu Noguchi, to indicate a Japanese version of the Thai Muay. This one in study trip in the countries of the South-East Asia took as a starting point what he saw on the boxing rings inhabitant of Thailand. Little time after, thanks to the enthusiasm of Kenji Kurosaki follower of Kyokushinkai (form of Karate authorizing the contacts) was born Japanese Kick-boxing (a boxing where the payment made it possible to strike with kicks, of fist, knee and elbow, decorated certain projections of Judo). Noguchi seeks an American name for this new discipline easy to retain and then it was the immediate success of Kick-boxing. After having created its own style of combat, Kenji Kurosaki set up a famous camp of drive, in 1969, Méjiro-Gym of Tokyo. This last deviendre the pionner of Kick-boxing of the years 1970. It had as pupils of the famous practitioners like Akio Fujihira, Toshio Tabata, Yoshiji Soéno, the French Patrick Brizon, the Dutchman Jan Plas (celebrates Dutch trainer) and the brilliance Toshio Fujiwara (legend of Japanese Kick-boxing, with 129 victories). During first years, the Japanese kick-boxers came directly from the Kyokushinkai.

The form of Kick-boxing in the most media world is that practiced at the time of the famous tournament of the “K1” which brings together the best combatants of planet. It is Kazuyoshi Ishii, founder of a style of karate which set up this concept. Especially these rules of Kick-boxing called “K1-rules” or " Eastern-rules" were enacted in Japan by karate experts.

See too

Internal bonds

• Glossary of boxing and boxings foot-fists
• Burmese Boxing and Bando kickboxing
• Full-contact or `' kickboxing without low-kick''
• Thai Muay: box inhabitant of Thailand.

External bonds

• Site WKA-France Federation - Lexicon of the Boxes foot-fists
• Lexique of boxing
• practical Fiches of boxing
• Wikipedia boxes - Encyclopedia of the Boxe in English language
• " In History off Kickboxing" by Mikes Miles historian of the American Kick-boxing in English language

French federations:

• French federation of kick Boxing - Managing director: Francis Hamdaoui
• Federation (French) of Bando, Boxes Burmese - Bando-kickboxing, Lethwei - President Alain Delmas
• Fédération WKA-FRANCE (Kickboxing & Karaté) - Martial arts, Sports of combat, Boxes foot-fists, free Combat, Grappling - official Delegate France: Thierry Muccini
• Federation ISKA-FRANCE (Kickboxing & Martial arts) - Sports of combat, Boxings foot-fists - official Delegate France: Thierry Muccini

International federations:

• W.K.A. - Head office, World Kickboxing Association - world Federation of Kickboxing and Karate born in 1976 (Founder, Howard Hanson, the USA) - official Delegate France: Thierry Muccini
• W.K.A. - Europe, World Kickboxing Association - Federation W.K.A.Europe (Germany)
• I.S.K.A. - Head office, International Sport Kickboxing Association - world Federation of Kickboxing and Martial arts born in 1986 - official Delegate France: Thierry Muccini
• I.S.K.A. - Europe, International Sport Kickboxing Association Europe Federation W.K.A.Europe (Hungary)
• W.A.K.O. - Head office World Association off Kickboxing Organizations - born in 1978 (Founder, George Bruckner, Germany) - official Delegate France: Eric Leclercq
• W.K.N. - Head office World Kickboxing Network born in 1999 (Founder, Stephan Will pull up, France)
• The Kombat League Federation

Various :

• French Site of boxing foot-fists
• Directory of the clubs of kick-boxing

Sources

• Alain Delmas, 1. encyclopedic Dictionary of the Boxing and other boxings , Amiens, 1981-2005 - 2. Lexicon of Combatique , Midday-Pyrenees League, Toulouse, 1975