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 Many people are under the impression that Kickboxing originated in Thailand, Japan or china. Kickboxing or "full contact karate", as it was originally known originated in the united states in the early seventies. Kickboxing has an up to date and modern combat sport, draws it's techniques from eastern Asian combat arts, especially Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do and Karate as well as in boxing and French savate.During the mid-seventies various American tournament Karate practitioners became frustrated with the limitations of the then rather primitive competitive scoring system. They wanted to find a system within which they could apply kicks and punches to the knockout. Full contact Karate was born. Early bouts were fought on open matted areas just as ordinary Karate matches were. Later events were staged in regular size boxing rings. These early tournaments produced Kickboxing's first stars, Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace, Benny Urquidez and Jeff Smith. Later the Americans really wanted to test themselves and sent teams of Kickboxers to Japan. From this point Kickboxing developed into a true international sport. Today the Hip Kyun Kung Fu Federation is proud to train some of their students in the sport of Kickboxing. If you are competitive, don't mind hard workouts and want to test yourself in the ring, then Kickboxing is for you. Written By Sifu Rino Côté
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