Complete Kickboxing is a "martial arts student friendly" instructional guide and reference for kickboxing techniques, concepts, sparring exercises and competition strategies. Beginning with the fundamentals of movement, stance, punching and kicking, and progressing to instructions on more advanced jump kicks and sweeps, strategies for short and long range fighting, outsmarting one's opponent, and the business mechanics of competition in the professional ring, Complete Kickboxing is an indispensible resource for novice and career kickboxers alike. A well-rounded compilation of facts, advice, and insight efficiently organized for improving one's skill and strengthening weaknesses.
Japanese Kickboxing:
This is almost same as Muay Thai but there are differences between them.
Similarities
time: three minutes × five
rounds
allowed to attack with elbow
allowed to attack with knee
allowed to kick the lower
half of the body except crotch
allowed to do neck-wrestling
(folding opponent's head with
arms and elbows to attack the
opponent's body or head with
knee-strikes)
head butts and throws were
banned in 1966 for boxers'
safety.
Differences
No ram muay before match
No Thai music during the match
Interval takes one minute only as
same as boxing
Point system:
In muay thai, kicking to
mid-body and head are scored
highly generating a large number
of points on judges' scorecards.
Moreover, kicking is still
judged highly even if the kick
was blocked. In contrast,
punching is worth fewer points.
In kickboxing punches and kicks
are held in closer esteem.
American style kickboxing: These are rules used in American and Australian Full Contact Karate.
Opponents are allowed to hit each
other with fists and feet, striking
above the hip
Using elbows or knees is forbidden and
the use of the shins is seldom allowed.
Bouts are usually 3 to 12 rounds
(lasting 2 - 3 minutes each) for amateur
and professional contests with a
1-minute rest in between rounds.
This is in contrast to Muay Thai where the use of elbows and knees are allowed; in fact some Muay Thai practitioners consider kickboxing a "watered down" version of Muay Thai. Fighters and promoters can agree to various rules including kicks only above the waist, kicks anywhere, no knee strikes, knees only to the body, and so on. American Kickboxing is essentially much a mixture of Western Boxing and Karate.
The round durations and the number of rounds can vary depending on the stipulations agreed to before hand by each fighter or manager. A winner is declared during the bout if there is a submission (fighter quits or fighter's corner throws in the towel), knockout (KO), or referee stoppage (Technical Knock Out, or TKO). If all of the rounds expire with no knockout then the fight is scored by a team of 3 judges. The judges determine a winner based on their scoring of each round. A split decision indicates a disagreement between the judges, while a unanimous decision indicates that all judges saw the fight the same way and all have declared the same winner.
European style kickboxing: Originally, European style kickboxing was formed with Muay thai and Japanese kickboxing.
time: 3 minutes × 5 rounds
not allowed to attack with elbow
allowed to attack with knee
allowed to kick the lower half of the
body except crotch
allowed to do neck-wrestling but
frequency is limited.
