KICK

BOXING
Kick Boxing is a sports modality, a contact sport in
which kicks and punches are combined throughout
the body.
It is born from the mixture of fighting or boxing
combat techniques with techniques from other
martial arts such as karate or taekwondo.
Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general
fitness, or as a contact sport.
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RULES

Kickboxing has a number of different rule sets.

For example, the Eastern rules

they allow punches, high and low kicks and even
knee strikes.

while American kickboxing is limited to punches

and kicks above the belt only (high kicks).
 TECHNIQUES

PUNCHING

Punching techniques are very identical to boxing punches, including

Jab – direct hit from the front hand. A jab can be aimed at an
opponent's head or body, and is often used in conjunction with
the "cross" punch.

Cross – back hand straight punch

Hook – rounded strike to the head or body in an arcing motion.

Uppercut – upward strike hitting the chin

 TECHNIQUES

KICKS

The standard kick techniques are:

Front Kick or Push Kick – Hitting the face or chest with the balls of
the foot.

Roundhouse kick or round kick – strike with the forefoot or shin of

the head or body in a chopping motion.

Side kick – Strike with the heel of the foot with the leg parallel to
the ground, can be performed either to the head, leg or body
 HOW DOES KICK
BOXING HELP
YOU?

* Helps increase muscle strength and definition.

* Improves cardiopulmonary endurance.

* Perfect fine and gross coordination.

* Releases tensions, mainly stress and anxiety.

* Raises self-esteem.

* You learn a highly effective self-defense technique

LIFE IS LIKE BOXING, IT IS NOT
THE ONE WHO FALLS WHO LOSES
BUT THE ONE WHO DOES NOT GET
UP

´´thank you´´