  A Letter from the Editor of Kickboxingmonthly.com
Welcome to Kickboxingmonthly.com, an online magazine that covers many of the world’s most popular styles of martial arts that rely primarily on the legs for strikes. When I say it’s an online magazine for the various forms, I’m probably more correct in saying it’s the only online magazine that specifically focuses on kickboxing and its various styles.
One of the benefits of Kickboxingmonthly.com is it brings together practitioners of the many forms under one roof. You can see what other styles are, compare them to your own particular interest, read articles from writers of those methods, and keep up to date on events and activities for most kickboxing styles. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the types, here’s a list and brief description of each from Wikipedia.com. The first types are grouped together under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickboxing, and the last two—Yaw-Yan and Capoeira—have their own links. For further information, follow the links. I think you’ll find this very interesting reading, as to be expected. Adithada (Indian kickboxing) — A form of kickboxing that uses knee, elbow and forehead strikes. Lethwei (Burmese Kickboxing) — Traditional Burmese martial arts of which has now grown into a popular kickboxing event with strong emphasis on knee, elbow strikes and head strikes. Any part of the body may be used to strike and be struck. Pradal Serey (Khmer kickboxing) — A possible predecessor of Muay Thai. Muay Thai (Thai boxing) — Traditional Thai martial art of which has now grown into a popular kickboxing event with strong emphasis on knee and elbow strikes. Japanese kickboxing — Similar to Muay Thai, but different point system is taken. American kickboxing — Similar to Japanese kickboxing and full contact karate, but different point system is taken Savate (French kickboxing) — Allows competitos to wear specialized shoes. Sanshou/Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) — The applicable component of wushu/kung fu of which takedowns and throws are legal in competition as well as all other sorts of striking with use of arms and legs. Shoot boxing — A Japanese form of kickboxing which allows throwing and submission while standing similar to San Shou. Yaw-Yan (Filipino Kickboxing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Yawyan — Sayaw ng Kamatayan (Dance of Death) is the proper name for Yaw-Yan, a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon Fernandez. The art resembles Muay Thai in a sense, but differs in the hip torquing motion as well as downward-cutting of its kicks Capoeira http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 19th Century. As you can see, Kickboxingmonthly.com will cover a lot of territory. Since we’re new, we’d like to get your feedback on what we can do to continue making this a better magazine. Please feel free to write us at
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