=== Europe ===American kickboxing was promulgated in Germany from its inception in the 1970s by Georg F. Bruckner, who in 1976 was co-founder of the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations.
Именно в Европе в 1976 году была основана старейшая организация любительского кикбоксинга WAKO (World Association of Kickboxing Organizations).