kickboxing

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Definition of kickboxing

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.
    “Ex world’s champion [Georges] Carpentier was also expert at kick-boxing.”
    “The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu), from English kick + boxing. Possibly coined by Japanese businessman Osamu Noguchi in 1964.

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