List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
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The first W.A.K.O.
Amateur European Championships were organized by George Bruckner and held in Vienna
in 1977 and between 1977 and 1982 the organization held a European Championships each year. W.A.K.O. began to change the timing of the championships after 1982, making sure that they were every two years, thus (generally) falling between world championships. In 1998 W.A.K.O. first started introduce two European championships to be held in the same year (every two years) in a similar vein to the world championships – with one event representing kickboxing styles such as musical forms, semi-contact and full-contact, while the other represented styles such as low-kick, Thai-boxing
and later K-1
, which became common practice from 2006 onwards.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...
Amateur European Championships were organized by George Bruckner and held in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
in 1977 and between 1977 and 1982 the organization held a European Championships each year. W.A.K.O. began to change the timing of the championships after 1982, making sure that they were every two years, thus (generally) falling between world championships. In 1998 W.A.K.O. first started introduce two European championships to be held in the same year (every two years) in a similar vein to the world championships – with one event representing kickboxing styles such as musical forms, semi-contact and full-contact, while the other represented styles such as low-kick, Thai-boxing
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
and later K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
, which became common practice from 2006 onwards.
List of European Championships
See also
- List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
- List of kickboxers
- List of kickboxing organizations