KO Muay Thai & Kickboxing

What is K1

Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Tae kwon do and Kung fu are among the martial arts upon which K-1 is founded. Throughout the year, the world's best fighters face-off in K-1 qualifying events on five continents for the honor of competing in the K-1 World Grand Prix, held in December in Tokyo.

AUTHORIZED FIGHTING TECHNIQUES

The following fighting techniques are authorized.

Punches: Straight punches, hooks, uppers, and backspin blows.

Kicks: Front kicks, low kicks, middle kicks, high kicks, side kicks, back kicks, inner thigh kicks, jumping kicks, and knee kicks.

FOUL TECHNIQUES

A fighter who executes a foul technique shall be penalised with a caution, warning, or a point reduction.

The following are defined as fouls:

1	Using the head to deliver a blow
2	Using the elbow
3	Attacking the opponent in the groin (attacks to the groin with knee kicks or hand techniques shall be considered as low-blows and will be ruled as fouls)
4	Using techniques from wrestling or judo such as throwing or submission techniques
5	Thumbing, choking or biting on the opponent
6	Attacking the opponent while he is down or in the process of getting up
7	Attacking the opponent while the referee is intervening to separate the fighters
8	Holding the ropes to attack the opponent, or to avoid the attack from the opponent. However, this is not applicable in the situation in case the referee determines that it is inevitable to hold the ropes
9	Using offensive or insulting language
10	Attacking the back of the head with a punch (the side of the head and the area around the ears are not considered as the back of the head and are valid target areas)
11	Attempting to cause the opponent to fall out of the ring
12	Voluntarily exiting the ring during the course of a match

by Kobby

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