Semi Contact

Points are awarded for clean punches and kicks which are landed on your opponent.  When the referee sees a valid point he will stop the fight and signel the score to the two judges.

Semi contact bouts are two, two minute rounds with a one minute rest between rounds.

Points are awarded for the difficulty of the technique this is as follows:-

Punch or hard techniques - 1 point

Kicks to the body - 1 point

Kicks to the head - 2 points

Jumping kicks to the body - 2 points

Jumping kicks to the head - 3 points

Kickboxers must were a belt around their waist that reflects their grade.  Compulsory safety equipment includes head guards, shin guards, mouth guards, gloves and kick boots.

Light Contact

This has been created as an intermediate stage bewteen semi and full contact kickboxing.

Bouts also consist of two, two minute rounds woth a one minute rest between rounds.  

Three judges score the fight the referee only controls the fight.

Safety eqiupment is the same as in semi contact.

Full Contact

These bouts are fought in a boxing ring.  Amateur bouts consist of three rounds with a duration of two minutes and with one minute rest between the rounds.

Professional bouts for world title fights last twelve rounds and for national titles they can last ten rounds.  Preliminary bouts can last between four and six rounds.

The fight is scored by three judges and the referee controls the fight and ensures that the rules are obeyed.

A kickboxing bout can also be won by knockout (KO) or technical knockout (TKO).

Low Kick Kickboxing

This is the same as full contact kickboxing except that low kicks to the outside and inside of the thighs are allowed.