American combat sports were introduced to the American public in 1973 when ABC wide World of entertainment televised the most watched sporting event of the decade as Telly Savalas ( Kojack) and Mike Anderson ( Kickboxing Developer founder of PKA) captured the imagination of the viewers with the images of martial arts competition in FULL CONTACT.

Television once again became the springboard for Martial arts growth in 1982 when Koplar Communications and Anheuser Busch developed a syndicated series of events from Las Vegas to New York directed and sanctioned under K.I.C.K. by Frank Babcock, Fred Wren, Larry Castor, Ken Norton, Chuck Norris.

1988 saw the emergence of The 88 Olympics and Tae-Kwon do took center stage as the focus of an emerging Nation – A Korean sport exhibiting the mastery of Korea n kicking techniques. In the same year Frank Babcock organized the historic syndicated televised series of events featuring Don “The Dragon” Wilson against Branko “the Bull” Cikitik of Yugoslavia.

1989 brought about by the influence of Chuck Norris and many other movie stars the next series of Kickboxing cable programming delivered by Kick International produced, directed and distributed by Frank Babcock on Primetime Sports and in 43 countries creating a wave of martial arts followers and contributors of a myriad of kickboxing organizations that watered down the legitimacy of the sportin the USA while Kickboxing grew at an astounding rate throughout Europe.

2006 brings about a historic development in the arena of Martial Arts sports. In October the General Assembly of international Sports Federations approved kickboxing as a World recognized sport under the direction of the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations. In November, Kick International has been delegated as the recognized National Governing Body on behalf of WAKO and to file for recognition under United States Olympic Committee. Under WAKO In the United States Kick International governs programs for amateur combat sports encompassing: Musical forms for Empty hand competition and Weapons no contact point competition, light contact, semi contact, full contact low and high kick, Muay Thai-K1 and Mixed Martial Arts amateur sports.

Kick International
483 S. Kirkwood Rd Ste 11
St. Louis, MO 63122