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Kickboxing is one of the young sports, won wide popularity in dozens of countries around the world. The technology of boxing here added elements of martial arts, especially karate and Muay Thai. Kickboxing rules include the following. In this sport are kicking and hands. On the technology of hands he and classic English boxing are very similar. In Kickboxing are best kicks of all martial arts, particularly of Muay Thai. In Kickboxing, as in the classic boxing, clutching, punches, elbows, open glove knees and head. Banned strikes in the groin, back and spine. The most spectacular competitions on the rules of full contact, when opponents is not precluded from taking the full force of the blows to invest in and you can win by knockout, as in boxing. Recently in Kickboxing has a new section of the Lo-kick. This is the same full-contact, but there are also beat the opponent’s legs.

Kick boxer use protective equipment: helmet, groin shell, shields for calves, feet (shoes without protecting the foot soles and toes). Kickboxing competitions are held separately among amateurs and professionals.

Kickboxing history quite young – The first World Championships were held in the United States in 1978, the USSR Kickboxing known since 1989, an important role in its development has been the Russian Professional League. She held in Moscow a few representative international tournaments; where as honorary guests attended the Hollywood stars, who begin a career in cinema as in karate and kick boxer: Chuck Norris, Don Wilson, Benny U, Jean Claude Van Damme. Debut of the Soviet team at the amateur Championships were held in 1990 in Madrid, where she took first place in competitions on a full-contact. In 1991, at the World Championships in Paris, the USSR team won again in the same section. Winning tradition continued Russian masters of Kickboxing.