While kickboxing is oftentimes confused with Asian indigenous Thai boxing, those two differ a lot.

Kickboxing is basically a modern rendering and mingling of both the Western traditional boxing, Asian Muay Thai (Thai boxing) and the Japanese Karate technique...

This ultimately makes kickboxing a hybrid martial art, that is mostly being learned now for either general fitness or sports-related matters.

The fact that this style has been effectively constructed by the fitness and fighting enthusiasts makes it easy for a whole multitude of spinoff varieties to regularly appear. Such sub-styles as American kickboxing, box shooting, K-1, Japanese kickboxing and Dutch kickboxing are among the most popular new sub-styles...

Though largely practiced for recreational and/or overall fitness goals, kickboxing nowadays gains a lot of traction among women too...

The recently generated "Kettlebell kickboxing" style is one of the varieties, making it a perfect choice for anyone who wants to learn straightforward self-defense...

This martial arts class focuses on the following methods and positions:

• Kettlebell kickboxing
• Box shooting
• K-1
• Japanese, American and Dutch kickboxing