摘要：Background and Study Aim: Ratio of fights won is important to kickboxers on professional and amateur levels. Knockout is the most economical way of winning the fight. The objective of the paper is the effectiveness of kickboxing techniques and their impact on winning the fight by knockout. Material and Methods: There were 156 participants in the study (61 amateurs and 95 professionals). Their total number of fights won by knockout was 188 and the amateur competitions they participated in complied with the K-1 ruleset. Fighters were 19 to 32 years old and their training experience was on the average 7.36 yrs. ±3.24 yrs. The shortest training lasted 3 yrs. and the longest one 18 yrs. The study was conducted using the analysis of videos of professional fights as well as diagnostic survey conducted in a group of amateur fighters. The survey included questions about training experience and techniques used in a fight won by knockout. The video analysis also included the techniques used in a fight won by knockout. Results: Hook high and roundhouse kick high were the most effective kickboxing techniques in winning fights by knockout. The comparison of techniques used in a knockout between amateur and professional fighters did not bring any statistically significant differences. It was shown however that professional fighters used the most effective techniques: more often than amateurs. Conclusions: During the training the fighters should pay special attention to constructing combinations of punches and kicks using hook high and roundhouse kick high techniques. Using proper techniques as well as numerous repetitions of the most effective techniques should be a part of any training of a kickboxing fighter..
