kickboxing

UK/ˈkɪk.bɒk.sɪŋ/US/ˈkɪk.bɒk.sɪŋ/

nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,043 of 15,258leans written

Kickboxing is a fighting sport using both fists and feet. Train in kickboxing, a kickboxing class, take up kickboxing.

It grew in Japan in the 1960s from karate and Thai boxing, and the rules vary a great deal between organisations — how high you may kick and whether the shins may be used are the usual differences. Most people who take it up do so for fitness.

Definitions of kickboxing

1nounkickboxingA fighting sport using both fists and feet.B2+
“She started kickboxing to get fit, and now she competes in tournaments.”

kickboxing is a sport.

Where it comes from

Japanese kikkubokushingu, taken straight from the English words kick and boxing, and coined in 1964.

Japanese
キックボクシング
English, today
kickboxing

Japanese キックボクシング, from English - kick + boxing. Possibly coined by Q6675243 in 1964.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Sports & Games Played

Practise this word

kickboxing in the wild

Some styles of kickboxing include: full contact karate, Muay Thai, Japanese kickboxing, Lethwei, Sanda, and Savate.
Kickboxing
American kickboxing originated in the 1970s and was brought to prominence in September 1974, when the Professional Karate Association (PKA) held the first World Championships.
Kickboxing
K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion, founded and based in Tokyo.
K-1
K-1 also promoted mixed martial arts events, with some events having both kickboxing and MMA matches on their cards (such as their Dynamite!! series).
K-1
Sanda, formerly Sanshou, is the official full-contact kickboxing combat sport of China.
Sanda (sport)

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