kickboxing

See also: kick-boxing

English

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Etymology

A 1960s compound of kick +‎ boxing. Possibly coined as a Japanese anglicism (和製英語), キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu) by Osamu Noguchi, to be reborrowed into English.

Noun

kickboxing (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) 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)

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Portuguese

Noun

kickboxing m (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) kickboxing (sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet)

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Spanish

Noun

kickboxing m (uncountable)

  1. kickboxing
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