キックボクシング

Japanese

Etymology

Disputed. Derived from English kick + boxing. Sometimes said to be coined by Osamu Noguchi, founder of the World Kickboxing Association (WKBA), during the 1960s. English kick-boxing, usually with a space or a hyphen, is attested from the 1920s in reference to martial arts, however.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲik̚kɯ̟bo̞kɯ̟ɕĩŋɡɯ̟]

Noun

キックボクシング • (kikkubokushingu) 

1. kickboxing
   • 2024 July 27, “Kikkubokushingu: futatabi zenkokku V [Kickboxing: repeat national victory]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 17:

     東(とう)海(かい)市(し)船(ふな)島(しま)小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう)５(ご)年(ねん)の杉(すぎ)山(やま)佳(かい)斗(と)（かいと）さん（１０）が２８日(にち)、名(な)古(ご)屋(や)市(し)で開(ひら)かれる「全(ぜん)日本(にっぽん)キックボクシングアマチュア大(たい)会(かい)」に出(しゅつ)場(じょう)する。

     Tōkai-shi Funashima shōgakkō gonen no Sugiyama Kaito (Kaito)-san (１０) ga ２８nichi, Nagoya-shi de hirakareru “Zennippon Kikkubokushingu Amachua Taikai” ni shutsujō suru.

     Sugiyama Kaito (10), a fifth grade student at Funashima elementary school in Tokai, will participate in the ‘All-Japan Amateur Kickboxing Tournament’ in Nagoya on July 28th.

See also

• ムエタイ (muetai, “Muay Thai”)