Fighting

1. Full-contact Kempo - K-1 Rules

    Standup Kickboxing, with 8-10 oz boxing gloves, full contact punches and kicks to the head, body and legs.  No throws or ground fighting 

2. Full-contact - Mixed Kempo 

    Standup Kickboxing, with 8-10 oz boxing gloves, full contact punches and kicks to the head, body and legs, with throws, take downs,  submissions on the ground.  No punching or kicking on the ground, only submissions; armbars, legbars, chokes, etc,.

3. Full-contact Knockdown Kempo 

     Standup Kickboxing, bareknuckle, (4 oz MMA/Grappling gloves are used in some jurisdictions due to sport regulations), with full contact punches to the body and legs only, (no punching or elbows to the face or head), full contact kicks to the head (just circulars), body and legs.  Full grappling, all types of judo and wrestling throws, take downs, grappling and ground fighting, submissions, locks and holds.  Punching, elbows and knees to body only during ground fighting. No punches or elbows to head while ground fighting. While standing only punches, knees, and elbows to body, round kicks only to head.  While standing all kicks to body, only round kicks to legs.

4. Submission Kempo - Grappling

    Grappling only, no ground fighting (striking or kicking), only submissions; chokes, joint locks, arm bars, leg bars, etc,.

5. Semi-contact Kempo - Light touch point 

    Standup fighting only. With 8-10 oz boxing gloves, light contact touch point punches and kicks to the head and body. No ground fighting, No Grappling, No leg kicks.

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