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In 1976, the WKA was founded by Howard Hanson in the United States and originally named World Karate Association.The organization was the first non-profit governing body to use an independently controlled rating list and the first to establish a world championship division for women and the first to include countries from Asia. [4]
The World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (W.A.K.O or WAKO) is an international kickboxing organization counting over 120 affiliated countries representing all five continents. [1] WAKO is a major governing body of amateur kickboxing and is responsible for the development of kickboxing worldwide.
In 1994, the World Kickboxing Network was founded as a subsidiary of International Sport Karate Association (ISKA) to capture new markets. The ISKA's operations were concentrated in the North American market, while WKN was focusing in Europe. In the 1990s there was strong competition between kickboxing federations. [1]
WKA Kickboxing is a style promoted by the World Kickboxing Association, and uses a mixture of Muay Thai, Japanese Kickboxing and Full Contact Kickboxing moves and rulesets. [64] Rules: World Title bouts consist of 12 rounds, continental bouts consist of 10 rounds and national bouts consist of 5 rounds.
List of current kickboxing world champions; List of boxing organisations; References This page was last edited on 5 January 2025, at 15:22 (UTC). Text is ...
Lisa Howarth (born February 1974) is a British former professional kickboxer, and Muay thai practitioner. She is a multiple-time kickboxing and Muay thai world champion, in which she is a two-time World Kickboxing Association super flyweight champion, while also being the promotion’s super bantamweight Muay Thai world champion.
Name Organization Date No. of title defenses Source(s) Dutch: Rico Verhoeven: Glory: Jun 21, 2014 11 [1]Ukrainian: Roman Kryklia (120 kg) ONE (Muay Thai) Dec 8, 2023
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations This page was last edited on 10 July 2023, at 02:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...