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K1 Tournament

K-1 kickboxing was established in 1993, however, its predecessor style, Seidokaikan Karate, was formed in 1980. Seidokaikan Karate was originally created by Kazuyoshi Ishii who practiced Kyokushin karate originally.

Although K-1 kickboxing is entirely different from Seidokaikan Karate, it originally used the rules based on Kyokushin Knockdown karate.

However, this developed into more kickboxing-focused rules as the sport progressed. From this, Ishii founded the K-1 organisation as an exclusive kickboxing organisation.