American Kickboxing in the United States is a unique sport that is gaining
more notoriety. It is different from it's Asian counterpart Muay Thai and European Kickboxing. European Kickboxing
rules allow leg kicks and sweeps.
Both West and East Coasts in the United States
have different organizations and sanctioning federations. Long Island has some excellent promoters and kickboxing
gyms.
My school offers a Kickboxing Program and our fighter
Tyson "TNT" Jones represents our school at local Long Island Events. Tyson recently scored a TKO (Technical
Knockout ) over a top fighter at Superfights held in Sports Plus in Lake Grove.
The Rules that are applied are as follows:
- All kicks and punches must be above the waist.
- Fighters must throw a minimum 8 kicks per round-
or be penalized
- As in boxing rounds, are scored on a 10 point
must system.
- Fouls and penalties are deducted from a fighters
score
Long Island is a top hotbed of GREAT Kickboxers
with many World and National Champions. If you get a chance, you should make it a point to come out and see our
Long Island Fighters. They are amongst the BEST in the World.