what the heck how can you be a black belt in kick boxing i didnt know they used belts?

Question

i thought kick boxing was just muay thai but without elbows

Answer 1

Frank's right.

Fighting styles like Muay Thai and Kickboxing only rank you based upon your win/loss record in the ring. Since there are no forms or katas, how could a Kickboxer test for the next belt?


channille: I stand corrected. The world continues to spin and things continue to change.

Answer 2

if the girl that you know is a black belt, and only knows 5 kicks, she did not earn her belt. the master just promoted her for money and advertising. I am a second deegree, almost a third. and i have learned spinning kicks when i was an orange belt. as i progressed, i learned more advanced kicks and spinning kicks, but i also continued practicing the other kicks to make sure i rotate my hips right, or keep my shoulder tucked in my 360 jump back kick. she should really know more than that for a black belt. And yes. most black belts know wayayyy more than 5 basic kicks.

Answer 3

Well, there are exceptions, in the old days especially during the 70s and 80s when there were not that many organized fights around as there are today, most martial artist regardless of style who wanted to test their skills usually joined open tournaments organized by schools from a different style, so it wasn't unusual to see Karatekas in full contact kickboxing matches against TKD or Muay Thai fighters. Benny Urquidez was one such fighter. Although he practiced traditional karate and held a blackbelt, it wasn't surprising to see him own a Championship belt in Kickboxing.

Answer 4

You are partially right. Kickboxing is similar to muay thai, but without elbows, knees, and clinch.

There are no belts in kickboxing or muay thai, only the CHAMPIONSHIP belt.

If you've seen somebody claiming to be a black belt (or any belt) in kickboxing or muay thai, they are either a FAKE, or their school has a new ranking system (unlikely)

Answer 5

yes you are right, but some schools are now bringing in a form of a belt system, but it differs greatly to the conventional belt systems, I train in Muay Thai and after much consideration our instructor introduced a belt system for his students who didn't want to fight in the ring, so they could feel lsome accomplishment and have something to work for much like a ring fighter, instead of working towards a fight, the other work towards a belt, and instead of winning a fight, you recieve a belt, It actually has worked at our gym, and there is only 6 belts, 3 in begginers class, then 3 in advanced class.. The belts are not worth crud outside of our gym and we dont have to pay for the gradings or whatever our instructor just tells us when we are ready, so you achieve them at your own pace... it actually has worked well where we are in a sense that alot of students when they advance through 4-5 belts feel confident enough to actually fight in the ring, where as otherwise they may have never thought of it..

Answer 6

If someone opens a school and teaches, they can do whatever they want. Experience is not required. Ceritifcation is not required.

I can open a school and teach HoP Do. I can promote, demote, determine the cirriculum, etc. The only thing I can't do is force people to take my class. They have to come on their own.

American kickboxing started with a group of guys in California (in the '70s) that took different techniques from the styles thay trained in and started modifying them to work for them.