Shoot boxing (シュートボクシング) is both a combat sport and a stand-up fighting promotion company based in Tokyo, Japan. The organization was founded by former kickboxer Caesar Takeshi in 1985.
Shootboxing allows kicks, punches, knees, throws, and standing submissions (chokeholds, armlocks and wristlocks).
Read more about Shoot Boxing: History, S-Cup World Champions, Girls S-Cup World Champions, Match Form, Weight Classes, Match Judgment, Grading, Fouls
Famous quotes containing the words shoot and/or boxing:
“How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)