Kickboxing arose from karate in the late 1960’s. Practitioners of karate found they wanted to test themselves fully against other practitioners of their art and hence fight full contact. They took the punches and upper body movement of boxing and blended it with the kicks of karate to create an effective and, when practised with correct technique elegant fighting style. Kickboxing is considered to be a martial art. A martial art is something anyone can practice, martial arts are about self-improvement and challenging yourself to be the best that you can be.

Howard Brown who started Karate with Kyoshi John Richards from white belt to black belt was one of Britain’s greatest Kickboxers during the 80’s reigning supreme around the world holding world, European and British titles both under full contact and low kick kickboxing rules with all the major kickboxing groups.