{"id":7151,"date":"2021-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitroots.co.uk\/what-is-kickboxing-a-brief-history-overview\/"},"modified":"2021-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T00:00:00","slug":"what-is-kickboxing-a-brief-history-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fitroots.co.uk\/what-is-kickboxing-a-brief-history-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is KickBoxing? 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In Osaka in the 1960s, the first true Kickboxing events were being helped by the 1970s.u00a0<\/p><p>It emerged as a sport in the West and practitioners from Karate backgrounds had to perform through trial and error and adapt to the new rule sets. This proved tough test for many as they didn&#8217;t realise the energy and fitness levels needed to fight in a more realistic way.u00a0<\/p><p>Kickboxing uses a mixture of linear and circular techniques to ensure that you can virtually defend an attack from any position while standing up in most Boxing, Kickboxing, and even more Thai gyms. 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