Are you wanting to get in shape and would like to find a fun way to do it? Kickboxing is a fun activity that is often overlooked, but boasts the benefits of enhancing flexibility, improving stamina and increasing core strength. This sport allows you to achieve all of these benefits and you get to do it while enjoying your favorite dance tunes.

The real roots of kickboxing actually go all the way back about 2,000 years to Asian cultures. But, the modern version of this competitive sport was introduced in the 1970s in the United States when karate authorities made arrangements for exhibition demonstrations that allowed for full-contact punches and kicks which were previously banned from karate competitions.

Due to safety concerns, protective clothing and padding was introduced and strict safety rules were instituted for the new sport and eventually various forms of competitive kickboxing evolved into the forms that are now practiced in the United States.

There are some differences in the various types of kickboxing that are found in competition. These differing forms of the sport have slight variations in the techniques that are allowed and in the amount of actual physical contact that can be made during competition.

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