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Kickboxing became popular in Japan, stimulated by the techniques pioneered by Kenji Kurosaki, and the marketing promotion of Osamu Noguchi.
Japanese kickboxing is a hybrid version of karate with full-contact rules, which is based on a mix of karate and Muay Thai rules put into one style of fighting. The founders of this style were Tatsuo Yamada and boxing promoter Osamu Noguchi, who first named their style "Kickboxing."[...]Noguchi founded the first kickboxing association in 1966, and this marks the birth of Japanese kickboxing.
