Kickboxing

Etymology
A 1960s compound of kicking + boxing. Possibly coined as a Japanese anglicism (和製英語), キックボクシング kikkubokushingu by Osamu Noguchi.

Alternative forms

 * kick-boxing

Noun

 * 1)  A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any  stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.
 * The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success (Black Belt Magazine, March 1973, p. 13)

Related terms

 * boxing
 * kick
 * kickboxer

Translations

 * Finnish: potkunyrkkeily
 * French:
 * German:, Kickboxen


 * Japanese: キックボクシング
 * Swedish: kickboxning