If somebody would have told me 3 years ago i would go into kickboxing, i would have say something like »Whut?!? ».
What i didnt know at the time is that japanese kickboxing (like AJKF) is pretty similar to muay thai. You can use « Hidji »(elbows), « Hisa »(knee), even « KUBIZUMO »(clinch) is allowed.
Most of the bout are 3 rounds of 3 min (1minute interval between each)with an extra round in case of draw.
Except for Titles match, Internationals match (with foreigner guest) and some tournaments wich are in 5 rounds.
Also there are different organisations of kickboxing here in japan. Im not gonna tell every specificity about them all, but quicly :
– AJKF : ok, you know already.
– NJKF : new japan kickboxing fed. Like precedent
– SKB : shin nihon kickboxing fed. (shin = new) also same
– J-NET WORK: still same (prononcé en français ca me fait toujours marrer)
– M-1: real muay thai, always some thai fighters on the card
– RISE : k1 rules, punchs scores a lot, quick-clinch allowed
– SHOOTBOXING : they wear pants, and can submit during stand up (armlock, strangulation,..)
Of course there are some other organisations (MARTIAL ARTS,…) but i will tell about once i will have been to one of their event.
For now im talking mostly about organisation where scramble fighters are competing.