The Complete Encyclopedia of Kickboxing
Every strike. Every ruleset. Every era.
Kickboxing has no single rulebook. A spinning back elbow that ends a fight under one code is an instant disqualification under another, and a leg kick that scores in Rotterdam is illegal in an American full-contact ring. This is the reference that tracks all of it — every technique annotated with the rulesets that allow it, every fighter placed in the code they actually fought under.
Start here
Rulesets
Sixteen competing codes, from K-1 and Glory to Sanda, Savate and Kyokushin knockdown — what each one permits, forbids and rewards.
Techniques
Punches, kicks, knees, clinch work, footwork and defence, each with key points, common mistakes and drills.
Fighters
The people who defined the sport, from Noguchi's first Japanese cards to the Glory and ONE era.
Promotions
K-1, Glory, ONE, RISE, Krush, Enfusion and the organisations that shaped competition.
Styles
Dutch, Japanese, American, Savate, Sanda, Kyokushin — the schools and what separates them.
Training
Programmes, conditioning and the Dutch pad-work method that produced a generation of champions.
History
From a Tokyo promoter's 1966 experiment to a global sport with a dozen rulebooks.
Glossary
Terms from every tradition that fed into kickboxing, with the original script and pronunciation.
- 16
- Rulesets
- 19
- Techniques
- 13
- Ruleset-dependent
- 2
- Language
The kickboxing newsletter
Occasional dispatches on technique, rule changes and the history of the sport. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.