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Full Contact Rules
LONG PANTS are a MANDATORY equipment requirement in IKF Full Contact Rules.
Let this notice be a STRONG WARNING to ALL Full Contact Rules fighters, their trainers/cornermen as well as event matchmakers/promoters that when you fight in or have a Full Contact Rules bout on your IKF Sanctioned event,
"If a fighter comes to the ring in shorts, they will be Automatically DISQUALIFIED!"
FCR KICK REQUIREMENT RULES
Full Contact Rules
DRESS CODE
Long Pants are
MANDATORY-
NO SHORTS!
If a fighter does not have "Long Pants" they
will be forced to FIND Long Pants to use or forfeit their bout. The
reason for this is mainly for the fight fans. This will curtail the crowd from
yelling for a fighter to
"kick to the legs" which is often heard at ringside if the
fighter is wearing kickboxing shorts.
Full Contact Rules
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
FOR EQUIPMENT - CLICK
HERE!
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FRIDAY, June 22nd, 2007, AT 8:00 PM, PT
IKF
Approves
RINGSTAR
Fight Shoes For
Competition!
Earlier today the IKF Officials Board approved the Ringstar® Sparring shoe known as The Maxx (Right) for both IKF Point Kickboxing and IKF Full Contact Rules Kickboxing. If you have never tried these shoes, you need to get a pair because it will literally change the way you fight!
"I find the shoes as a great source of comfort and
protection for my feet." Said IKF
Point Kickboxing Director and former two time Professional (FCR) World
Champion
Johnny
Davis. (Left) "As I sparred with the shoe, I
felt the padding was exceptional because as I made contact, I didn't feel much
shock at all on my foot that delivered the strike. When you get hit with this
shoe its more like being hit with a pad than a shoe and that's a good thing."
Those who have tested the
shoes here at the IKF have come to the
same conclusions such as, If two fighters doing IKF
Point Kickboxing or IKF Full Contact (American
Kickboxing) style fighting wanted to wear the shoes it would be interesting
and perhaps may add some excitement and intrigue to some of the fights as well
as an added safety factor for both competitors.
It is true that the shoe protects the foot better than the currently accepted kick footpads. However, although the impact was safe and padded, the impact of the kick is harder with the shoe on than the foot pads due to the confidence in the use of the shoe as compared to the non stability of the foot pad.
"The protection of the shoe in sparring to the person
wearing them is far better than the old style pads." Said former
Kickboxing
Champion, co-founder of
the IKF and now head of Officials for the
IKF, Dan Stell. (Right) "I no
longer worried about jamming my toes, the pad coming off, and the padded instep
was a major addition as well. I would without a doubt highly suggest them for
serious fighters."
The first Kickboxing Fighter to use them in actual competition
was former IKF World Champion
Don "The Dragon" Wilson (Right)
"I loved them!" Said Wilson. "I used the very
first pair, (-which has been greatly improved upon since then-) in a real
kickboxing fight in Atlantic City at the Tropicana. The shoe gave me better
footing and the safety on that first shoe was easily comparable to a regular
foot pad."
The shoes have greatly improved since then, but back then, the shoes worked great in that bout which was Wilson's last kickboxing bout (So far...) as Don won by KO in the 10th round over Eddie Butcher.
Some other well known IKF
Champions that have been using the shoes are Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson
and Peyton Russell. "We have been
working out in them and sparring with them a lot and tall my students love them,
both full contact kickboxers as well as regular martial artists." Said
their coach Ray Thompson.
(Right). "These shoes are a major addition for safety in the
sport, not to mention the added hygiene issues fighters had to deal with walking
around
in bare feet while
working out."
This was a point Wilson made as well. "How many fighters pick up germs from the floors of gyms, athletes foot or whatever. Wearing these shoes while working out takes away the worry of this." Said Wilson.
"This is a great shoe that will without a doubt
promote safety to the Full Contact Kickboxing arena." Said IKF Chief Medical Advisor
Dr.
Allen Fields. (Left) "We have been watching
Steve (Shepard's) progress with the shoe and I must say, the outcome of what he
has produced is outstanding!"
Like in any new product, IKF will closely monitor the use of the shoes in regards to the decline of foot injuries as well as impact and contact feedback of this full contact Kickboxers that use the shoe. I think the fact that the shoes form to the foot better than the old foot pads, they offer a lot more affective kicking potential.
This is the second alignment deal that the IKF has made with Ringstar
Products®. Previously the IKF announced they, along with their sister
organization for MMA, the ISCF. had come
to a sponsorship agreement with Ringstar Products® to be the official sponsor for Officials
Shoes for all
IKF & ISCF
Certified Referees for ALL IKF & ISCF Events with their Flexx Pro Trainer Martial
Arts Training Shoe. The sparring or "Competition" shoe is
a different shoe itself.
"Making ailments such as this one for us here at the
IKF are a 'Win-Win'" Said IKF President
Steve
Fossum. (Left) I don't just mean for both companies,
which it is of course, but what I mean is when you find a good product like the
Ringstar Shoes and you are dealing with a Martial Arts and Kickboxing Icon who
is as successful yet as humble as Steve Shepard, this is what we look at
as a big 'Win-Win' for the IKF
organization."
The founder and President and CEO of Ringstar Products® is Former Professional Kickboxer Steve Shepherd. "Making our relationship with the IKF has been one of the best moves for our connection with the sport of Kickboxing." says Sheppard. "All of us here at Ringstar are excited about the future of this relationship as well as the future of the sport. Together, Ringstar and the IKF have some great things planned."
As we have already pointed out to you readers here a few weeks
back, Steve is a legend in the world of kickboxing. He is a 5 time, 4
weight division Professional Kickboxing World Champion who ended his career with
a record of 49 wins, 4 losses and 2 no contest. He defeated International
Champions from Canada, Japan, Australia, Europe, and Asia, and defeated World
Champions in 7 separate weight divisions and was voted
pound for pound the
greatest fighter in the world in 1980, 1981, 1982 by Official Karate Magazine.
He along with fighters like Jean-Yves Theriault, Brad Hefton, Jerry Trimble
and others were the first stars of kickboxing when it became a new regulated
sport and helped revolutionized the sport, taking it from small market special
interest, to international recognition. To read more about Steve, click
Here.
VARIATIONS:
SAFETY:
CLEANNESS
- HYGIENE
We here at the IKF who have tested the shoes feel that the shoes will be an asset to the sport of kickboxing but it may take some old school fighters a moment to get use to this form fitting 'boot'. These shoes will add to the full contact and point style fights which is why we have accepted them as a fighting foot pad for those fights that both fighters agree to wear the shoes.
For more info on the
Maxx Competition Shoe or on all the
Products produced by Ringstar Products®
go to
www.ringstaradvantage.com
Ringstar Products®
and the IKF will soon be announcing other
agreements that associate with fighters as well as the upcoming
2007 IKF
World Classic Amateur Championship Tournament this coming August
in Orlando Florida, USA.
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