kick-boxing
Noun
Meaning
kick-boxing (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of kickboxing
Synonyms
Examples
I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some basketball and softball growing up, but most of my activity was martial arts.
I'm a big fan of spinning and yoga. To strengthen my core, kick-boxing is really effective. The resistance tones everything, and it's a great stress reliever.
I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, you'd do the same thing.
He says he keeps fit by doing Muay Thai kick-boxing classes three times a week.
Vargotskii, whose surname is also spelled Vargotsky, is himself a former kick-boxing champ from Ukraine and an ex-Soviet Union special forces sniper who served in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
He attended Air Academy High School in Colorado, where he began bull riding before taking up kick-boxing in his late teens.