When I was living in Japan, I noticed how much Japanese love sports like boxing, wrestling and Sumo.
I know recently many women have taken up such sports (does that include Sumo?), not only in Japan but also around the globe.
Obviously boxing is a graet fitness sport and as the article state, also enhances cordination.
To me it's funny how the Japanese seem to have re-invented something by re-naming it "Kick Boxing" instead of keeping with tradition of using "Thai"
I was browsing boxing sites today and somehow stumbled on this info which I found interesting.
Kick Boxing History
"Kick-boxing" was created by a Japanese promotor of boxing matches in the 1950s, Mr. Osamu Noguchi. He wanted to introduce to the Japanese people what he had seen in Thailand. Therefore he sent some Thai boxers to Japan and founded the Japan Kickboxing Association. He named the new martial art "kick-boxing". The first kickboxer around the world is Tadashi Sawamura (real name: Hideki Shiraha) a Japanese karate fighter. Kick-boxing enhances cordination and fitness.
Maybe Tenchu can answer what the actual name of the sport is
Is it called "Kick Boxing", "Muay Thai", or "Thai Kick Boxing"?
Confusion seems to be happening
