kickboxing

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Definition of kickboxing in English English dictionary

A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches

The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success (Black Belt Magazine, March 1973, p. 13).

{i} type of fighting sport in which boxers are permitted to kick with bare feet, sport in which one tries to overpower the opponent by punching and kicking

a form of boxing in which you kick someone as well as hitting them

A sport derived from Muay Thai which is similar to boxing but also allows strikes with the feet

Etymology

() A 1960s compound of kicking + boxing. Possibly coined as a Japanese anglicism (和製英語), キックボクシング kikkubokushingu by Osamu Noguchi.