Kickboxing
Finnish Kickboxing Federation - Suomen Potkunyrkkeilyliitto ry
Lammin Kamppailu-Urheilijat is a member club of the Finnish Kickboxing Association, which enables the organization of belt tests and participation in events and training organized by the association.
Basic kickboxing courses start in January, March and August. After the basic course, there is a good continuation, the Potkis group, where you can continue training with people from the same course, the name of the group is Kickboxing pk jatko, or you can go directly to the thaikick continuation group.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations WAKO
Finnish Kickboxing Federation is member of the WAKO and WAKO Europe.
Kickboxing, or potkunyrkkeily, is a modern and simplified effective form of fighting and a very versatile sport. The exercises include improving muscle condition and endurance, speed exercises, developing sport strength, basic technique, pairs technique, equipment training, match exercises, boxing exercises and functional stretching.
Kickboxing can also be practiced without competitive goals ( Potkis ). You can train to improve your fitness, improve coordination, acquire better self-defense skills and above all to enjoy a nice hobby with fair training buddies. A large part of Finland's several thousand kickboxers are training without hard contact.
Matches with different rules
Kickboxing was originally developed as a full contact form of competition. Today, match formats are divided into match formats with full contact and match formats with light contact. The different shapes are Full Contact, Low Kick, Semi Contact, Light Contact and K1. In Finland, the main focus in competitions is in the K1 format.
An amateur kickboxing match consists of three two-minute rounds. The duration and number of sets of a professional match depends on the format of the match. The sets are two or three minutes long and there are three sets up to the 12 sets of the championship match of the Full Contact format.In an amateur kickboxing match, one of the most important goals is to protect one's integrity, and therefore the importance of the opponent's defense skills plays a big role. In an amateur match, knockouts are rare. The ring judge's most important task is to monitor the safety of the contestants. Uneven matches are stopped well in advance. In amateur matches, the goal is always that the skills of the contestants match each other. When choosing match pairs, age, weight and experience are also taken into account. The rules ensure the safety of the contestants. All competitors must have a license and insurance.Kickboxing is also popular among womenIn kickboxing matches, women compete under the same rules as men. There are a lot of women involved in the sport. Many clubs have their own training group for women. However, more advanced women often want to train with men, so that, for example, they can get the best possible benefit from training for matches. Women and men wear the same equipment, but in the match women have a chest protector as mandatory equipment.
Belt rank system
Kickboxing uses a belt ranking system. The belts around the trainees' waists darken as the level increases.
General information about the belt test system
The participant in the belt exam must have the Kickboxing Association's sport passport and a license insurance receipt (or a license without insurance and a statement of other insurance coverage that also covers kickboxing).
The instructors of the clubs should make sure that the belt players master the belt requirements in all aspects before participating in the belt test.
Belt tests are organized in connection with different kickboxing camps.For the blue belt, the association's instructor training is required: either previously completed club instructor training or current 1st level (VOK-I) coach and instructor training. The association's training committee organizes trainings regularly and they are announced in the association's social mail and on the website. If necessary, you should contact the training committee and inquire about the date of the next training, if one cannot be found in the association's calendar of events.If you can't find the necessary expertise to teach techniques in your own club, you should contact the upper belts of other clubs or the graduation committee.
The black exam belt test is requested separately from the graduation committee.
Belt test fees
yellow €20
orange €30
green €50
blue €60
brown €100
black €200
Description of the typical level of different belt values
white
Undergraduate student. You don't have to wear a white belt.
yellow
An enthusiast who has just completed the basic course
orange
Have practiced the sport continuously for about a year
green
About two years of continuous practice in the sport, possibly competition experience
blue
Those who have practiced the sport continuously for several years, usually have competition experience, have completed instructor training
brown
Trained in the sport for several years, competition experience, instructor training completed, instructor and coach experience
black, 1st dan
Actively practiced the sport for about ten years, competition experience and competition success, instructor training completed, referee training completed, long-term instructor and coaching experience
black, 2nd dan and higher In addition to all the above, developed and moved the sport forward significantly.
Kickboxing equipment that can be purchased directly through the club
To make training as safe and meaningful as possible, a kickboxer needs the following equipment after the basic course:
kickboxing pants or shorts
shin guards
Bottom guards
Hand ties
boxing gloves
boxing bag gloves
Dental guards
boxing helmet
The history of kickboxing
Kickboxing has been contested since the turn of the 1960s and 1970s. The sport reached Finland in the 1980s. The Finns have won several EC and WC medals in the sport's prestigious competitions.
Kickboxing started in the 1970s, when in the United States it was decided to organize competitions between the country's best karatekas and the best boxers of one club. The matches were held in a boxing ring and the competitors of both sports were allowed to use the techniques of their respective sports. The boxers won all the matches by knockout. This gave the organizers the idea to develop a new sport that combines the hand techniques of boxing and the foot techniques of karate. The sport was originally called Full Contact Karate, but quickly changed to kickboxing, i.e. kickboxing.
Kickboxing arrived in Finland in the early 1980s brought by Auvo Niiniketo. The Finnish Kickboxing Association was founded in 1994. The Finns have won several EC and WC medals in the sport's prestigious competitions.