Kickboxing is a stand-up combat sport based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate mixed with boxing. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defence, general fitness, or as a contact sport.
The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is one of the oldest and the largest professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing and Muay Thai in the world and is based in the United States. The IKF sanctions and regulates all aspects of these sports from Semi Contact to Full Contact in both Amateur and Professional levels. The IKF World Headquarters located in Newcastle, California, USA oversees over 2,000 IKF events a year around the world.
The International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States. It was established in 1985 as a response to legal and revenue issues that sent the Professional Karate Association (PKA) into decline.
Stan "The Man" Longinidis is an Australian retired heavyweight kickboxer and 8-time world kickboxing champion. Born in Melbourne of Greek ethnicity, Longinidis is one of the few fighters to win world titles in four different styles of kickboxing competition: international rules, Oriental rules, full contact and Muay Thai. He holds notable victories over Branko Cikatić, Adam Watt, Peter Graham, Musashi and Dennis Alexio.
The World Kickboxing Association (WKA) is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association, however the logo uses World Karate and Kickboxing Association".
Marek "The Punisher" Piotrowski is a Polish retired heavyweight kickboxer and boxer. He is a former ten time kickboxing world champion.
The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations is an international organization of kickboxing. The governing body of amateur kickboxing certified by WAKO is created to develop support and govern at an amateur level In addition to holding world championship events, WAKO sanctions the champions of kickboxing. WAKO is the only organisation worldwide that is recognised by the GAISF and the IOC.
Eduard Mammadov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer, nicknamed the "White Wolf". He is a current fourteen times World Association of Kickboxing Organizations World Heavyweight Low Kick Champion and the European World Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion.
All Japan Kickboxing Federation was the Japan-based sanctioning and promoting body of professional kickboxing. It was established in 1987 and it was dissolved in 2009. The informal name was "Zen Nihon Kikku. Masato who won K-1 World Max in 2003 debuted as a professional kickboxer at AJKF.
The World Kickboxing Network (WKN) is a professional Kickboxing organization and is one of the sport's largest governing bodies in the world.
Tetsuya Yamato is a Japanese Lightweight kickboxer. He won the Japanese national K-1 tournament as a Lightweight in 2010.
W.A.K.O. World Championships 1993 in Budapest were the joint ninth world kickboxing championships hosted by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by Hungarian kickboxing president Richard Leyrer. As with the 1985 world championships the organization had suffered a temporary split due to political differences, and a previous event had been held in Atlantic City earlier in the month. These political differences would be resolved in the near future and the organization would be re-united.
The men's light bantamweight Low-Kick division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the lightest of the male Low-Kick tournaments and was one of the smallest involving just four fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Low-Kick kickboxing rules.
The men's bantamweight Low-Kick division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the second lightest of the male Low-Kick tournaments and was one of the smallest involving just four fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Low-Kick kickboxing rules.
The men's light welterweight Low-Kick division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the fifth lightest of the male Low-Kick tournaments and was one of the largest involving seventeen fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Low-Kick kickboxing rules.
The men's super heavyweight Low-Kick division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the heaviest of the male Low-Kick tournaments and involved seven fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Low-Kick kickboxing rules.
Vladimir Konstantinovich Mineev is a Russian Middleweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
"It's Showtime" is a defunct kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by Simon Rutz in 1998 and held its first show in 1999 and its last near the end of 2012.
Fabrice Jean Andre Aurieng is a French Savate kickboxer.
Fred Cordeiro is a Portuguese kickboxer.
