In the RING Phase we have been working on Point Karate to Full Contact Karate to Kickboxing to Low Kicks - which takes us back to the STMA Standard KB Sparring, now having covered the Karate element
FULL CONTACT KARATE - KICKBOXING
The first Full Contact Karate was just that - Karate as far as it had gone, now with Boxing gloves, allowing Head punching, fighting for KO
Boxing added to Karate in it's first format for what was then called KICKBOXING
Backfist was allowed, as were Sweeps, leg kicks were not
The Spinning Backfist became a matter of debate - rules was both Camps had to agree for it to be used
FULL CONTACT KARATE - This was essentially the format of Points Karate with boxing gloves and head punching now done full contact, the longer stances with added contact
KICKBOXING - this was when Karate fighters went to cross train at Boxing gyms, learn the proper boxing format, train and spar Boxing, use the full boxing equipment, and do conditioning
- there were also Boxers who "added Kicks" by going to cross train at a Karate club and spar Karate fighters
Though there was an overlap during the developmental years, the "finished product" is the same thing in terms of Sparring and Competing
In terms of where this format sits, it can come directly after Points Karate as that is how it started - Points fighters went on to have Full Contact matches, then what became KICKBOXING developed from that
- Knockdown developed in parallel by KyokushinKai
- Knockdown fighters were seen on KB later with Low Kick format
- Semi Contact came later, developed AFTER Full Contact was established
LOW KICKS KICKBOXING
KB with the Low Kicks added back in so the format changed
- the format of the Knockdown Karate contests with the Boxing gloves and head punches added and the knees removed
- like Thai without knees and elbows
This is the Standard format of KICKBOXING practiced at STMA sessions
