The true origins of kickboxing date back over 2,000 years but although classed as a martial art, Kickboxing Tournaments are relatively new and the sport of kickboxing was started in the US in the early 1970s. Many American Karate practitioners were sick of the strict controls placed on all traditional forms of martial arts tournaments and formed a break away group and thus kick boxing came into being with full contact kicks and punches that were formally banned in martial ar…
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As a martial art, kickboxing in various forms, has been around for thousands of years. But Kickboxing as we know it today was formed as a separate sport in the 1960s as more and more martial artists became increasingly frustrated with the strict rules and guidelines placed on martial arts performances and tournaments.