Council of amateur sport kickboxing

Manitoba is the home to many successful university sports programs. Explanation of S. Under the previous law, it was an offence to have any involvement in prize fighting defined as an "encounter or fight with fists or hands" except for amateur boxing and professional boxing events under authority of the province. Many well established amateur sport events such as Judo, and Karate, and even those without monetary prizes, were technically included in this offence. Federal Law on Prize Fighting. The Bill s.

Skip to content Ontario. Download a printable fact sheet PDF. Through an Order in Council , the Government of Ontario has designated 11 amateur sports in which contests are now legal if held with the permission of a government-recognized Provincial Sport Organization PSO. A PSO is a not-for-profit organization recognized by the Ministry as the governing body of a particular amateur sport in Ontario. The primary function of a PSO is the development of athletes, coaches and officials. Currently there are 10 government-recognized PSO s in Ontario for combative sports.

Kickboxing is a modern contact fighting sport created on the basis of many traditional combat sports and martial arts. Kickboxing is a unique Western response to many Eastern martial arts. It can be practiced on competitive or recreational level depending on the aspirations of the kickboxer, but for sure it is a sport designed to improve your overall health, strength and endurance. WAKO kickboxing has 7 competitive disciplines, three ring and four tatami disciplines. Fighting area is the ring.

The current world of combat sports has been dominated by MMA , and although the positive developments of MMA has overwhelmed the sports world it has left a huge vacum for 'striking' based combat sports. Professional organizations like K1 in Japan have virtually shut shop and replacement shows like 'Glory Kickboxing' focus only on the commercial side of the sport. Amateur kickboxing bodies like WAKO have moved totally into the 'Sport Accord' space and have left many stones unturned. WCK has been formed : To strive to be a non-political International kickboxing organization which will focus on developing itself and creating itself as its own entity purely for the sport of Kickboxing To provide itself as a training , grading and certifying International authority which would present its experienced officials with opportunities to work with world class kickboxing brands and promotions as well its own events through the worldwide network of championships and tournaments. To create a worldwide database [ comprising of kickboxers from different striking promotions and organizations ] on one platform with an international ranking system which will be available to all online via our website.