- Boxe pieds-poings
Boxe pieds-poings ( _fr. feet-fists boxing) is a French term encompassing several variants of
kickboxing .These
combat sport s are practiced in a ring (or on a mat) and belong to the category of sport boxing. The combatants use combinations ofleg andknee kick s,punch es ,elbow strike s) and throws.Among the best known are:
* the American disciplines (American boxing) under three main forms:
**full contact karate without kicks below the belt,
**kickboxing withroundhouse kick s in the thighs orAmerican kickboxing ,
** andsemicontact or fights in the points ("point fighting"), a class ofkarate with gloves and slippers in foam,
* French boxing (savate ), today called "savate-BF"
*Japanese kickboxing : kickboxing with direct knee kicks, lowroundhouse kicks to the thighs, and with a few wrestling holds,
* two kinds of boxing, where almost everything is permitted, Burmese boxing (lethwei) and Thai boxing (muay thai ).External links
* [http://boxepiedspoings.free.fr "Boxe pieds-poings"]
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