Should kickboxing replace taekwando at the olympics as it is a more global sport?
The only discussions going on in IOC these days is which sports that may be included in future Olympics (after the London 2012 Olympics) and kickboxing is not on that card. Golf, karate, squash and a few others are. Since IOC is trying to decrease the number of sports (the games have grown out of proportions, both in terms of shere size as well as costs), it is just not very likely at all that yet another martial art is being added. Judo has been a part of the games like forever, so I don’t see how they will be pushed aside. The probable outcome is that they will keep TKD and not let karate in; or, they will substitute karate for TKD. This will be better in my opinion. Let’s be fair – the TKD matches in the last Olympic was as boring as watching the grass grow. Basically nothing happened… Will kickboxing be included in future Olympics? Let’s hope so. However, that will not be until the 2020 events at the earliest… There are some strong politics going on at this level. One last thin
