Definition of kickboxing
:boxing in which boxers are permitted to kick with bare feet as in karate
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Employees burn off those indulgences on the basketball and bocce courts outside the building at 1405 N. 98th St. There’s also a walking trail and a fitness center with yoga, strength training and kickboxing classes.
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Mission Fitness will offer 30 classes per week, including mat and reformer Pilates, four types of barre, rowing, bootcamp, TRX, kickboxing, sunrise yoga (on the rooftop!) and more.
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The 6,000-square-foot, two-room gym also offers classes in muay thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and kettlebell kickboxing, a method developed by Dasha Anderson.
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Among the scheduled demonstrations are a karate demonstration, kickboxing, and a drum and bugle corps from Hartford.
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Team Cormier grew to include a head coach who handles kickboxing, a jujitsu coach, a ground-game coach, a strength coach and two boxing coaches, along with a nutritionist, a chef and three friends or relatives who round out his support team.
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Werdum is the Brazilian jiu jitsu champion who developed excellent striking and won the UFC heavyweight title while Overeem is the Dutch kickboxing champion who won the K-1, Strikeforce and Dream titles.
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As for kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, class schedules will be to the discretion of the head trainers due to varying factors, thus offering degrees of flexibility to students.
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Shevchenko is a decorated striker in Muay Thai and kickboxing.
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First Known Use of kickboxing
1971
KICKBOXING Defined for English Language Learners
kickboxing
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Definition of kickboxing for English Language Learners
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: a form of boxing in which fighters are allowed to kick each other with their bare feet
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