From the Karate clips thread
shirotoratiger.proboards.com/thread/1974/karate-tournament-clips
Full Contact Karate
Rick Roufus • King of Full Contact
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1oXKtNnoaw
Rick "The Jet" Roufus Highlights
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd9LgHwhr-g
there is a lot of crossover in these two clips but they are worth going through
Yes, that is Van Damme watching and commenting
Classic Full Contact Karate Knockouts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbqjwsZZmy0
This is the best example of how Karateka in the 80s put on the gloves, got in the boxing ring and had literal Full Contact versions of the Karate matches
gloves
kick boots
shinguards
gumshield
trousers
no shirt
the precursor to what became Kickboxing
The terms for Full Contact Karate into Kickboxing evolved progressively over time with the different matches and rules people were trying out
Karate Dojo sparring is what led to the first Karate matches - Kumite as a contest, fighting an opponent from a different club on the mats
Sparring with your Dojo mates to help each other train and learn was different from fighting an opponent from another club at a match
which is how is was with Kendo and Judo
For FC, the Karate fighters looked at what Boxing did
Big gloves
gumshields
no shirt
boots
boxing ring
Karateka took to the boxing ring, no shirts, long pants, gloves and gumshields, and added boots and shinguards
when it first became called Kickboxing that was a generic term that evolved naturally
it became difficult to determine what was Full Contact Karate and what was Kickboxing as it had become the same thing
as we said, Semi Contact evolved later and separately
In the Dojo you wore your gi for sparring kumite on the mat
at match you wore your gi for kumite on the mat
in the ring you took off your gi jacket, added more gear
SC contests back on the mat had the gi back on, with gear, with contact limited
KICKBOXING
The real difference in the next stage of the evolution of Kickboxing was the Boxers who added kicks to be able to compete in that format
They went to Karate to learn the kicks, how to drill, spar and apply them
without years of Karate training and development they did not have attributes and dexterity for contact head kicks, and that didn't develop until later
In Boxing the primary four punches are Jab, Cross, Hook and Uppercut done to the head for a KO - the punches are done to the body of course, though these are secondary and "supporting" the head KO - developed on the Focus pads
In Karate the primary four kicks are mygeri, kekome, mawashi and ushiro - these are done to the body with the head kicks being "secondary supporting" - developed on the shield
The backfist as secondary punch and hook kick as secondary kick, as they are in Karate, were incorporated - front, rear and spinning versions, done to the head as KO
The ashi harai foot sweep was allowed in the matches and used the same way
You had a style of KB which then mainly focussed on head punching and body kicking, with focus pad and kicks shield as the drilling methods
then of course we get to
Low Kicks KB
By the time we get to the K1 matches you can really see the Boxing element - and the low kicks are there
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcXoJhXYeAU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EF538AblEM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcuyoVofiFY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtRI8YAiN8
