The Karate International Council of Kickboxing (KICK) was a sanctioning body that regulates kickboxing matches. It is considered among the more prestigious organizations that sanction professional kickboxing.
KICK was organized in 1982 by Frank Babcock, Fred Wren, Larry Caster,
Bob Wall and Roy Kurban, with martial arts icon
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championshi ...
serving as a goodwill ambassador. It grew into one of the largest kickboxing organizations of the 1980s.
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''Kicking Techniques for Competition & Self-Defense''
Black Belt Communications.
See also
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List of male kickboxers
This is a list of notable male professional kickboxers.
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* Donegi Abena
* Lukas Achterberg
* Thomas Adamandopoulos
* Serhiy Adamchuk
* Romie Adanza
* Armando González
* Benjamin Adegbuyi
* Israel Adesanya
* Peter Aerts
* Ryo Aitaka
* Vi ...
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List of female kickboxers
This is a list of notable female kickboxers. This list shows kickboxers and professional competitors of other martial arts such as bama-lethwei (burmese boxing), kickboxing, pradal serey (khmer boxing), sanshou (sanda), savate boxing and shoot ...
References
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KICK International (amateur program)
1982 establishments in the United States
Sports organizations established in 1982
Karate in the United States
Kickboxing organizations
Karate organizations
Organizations based in St. Louis
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