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July 16-18
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The fight uses boxing fist punches and kicks above the waist. At least 8 kicks shall be used in each round. It is forbidden to use elbow strikes and knee kicks. There are different weight categories and different fighting formulas. The main formulas are – Full contact, Low kick, K-1, Semi contact and Light kick.
Kick-boxing was created by combining the principles of muay-thai and karate. The discipline developed in the 60’s, initially in Japan. In the 1970s Americans also started to develop their own strand of kick-boxing. The American variant is the “full-contact” formula, which allows punches and kicks to the head.
In 1993 the Japanese founded K-1, an organisation which promotes fights based on modified Japanese kick-boxing rules. It is the most prestigious kick-boxing organisation in the world.
1985 – Piotr Siegoczyński – the first Polish World Champion in kickboxing in history
1990 – Przemysław Saleta – Professionals’ World Championship
1995 – Agnieszka Rylik – Professionals’ World Championship
2000 – Iwona Guzowska – World Championship in the full-contact formula of the WIBO and WIBF federations
