K-1 Rules

Below you can find the rules of K-1

• Each match is three or five rounds in duration, with each round lasting three minutes.

• The match can end by Knockout, Technical Knockout, Decision, Disqualification, Draw or No Contest.

• Both the referee and the ring doctor have full authority to stop the fight.

• The fight is scored by three judges on a ten-point must system (The winner of each round receives ten points, and the loser receives nine or less. If the round is even, both competitors receive ten points).

• If there is a draw after three rounds, the judges' scores are thrown out and one or two extra three-minute rounds are contested. The judges' decision will then come from the scoring of each extra round only. If, after the extra round(s), there is still a draw, the judges will decide a winner based on the flow of the entire match, considering even the slightest difference. A fight can only end in a draw if both fighters go down at the same time and cannot get up, or in the case of accidental injury in the late stages of the contest.

• The three-knockdown rule is in effect (three knockdowns in a round results in a technical knockout).

• The mandatory eight count is in effect (the referee must count to at least "eight" on all knockdowns).

• The standing eight count is in effect (the referee has the right to declare a knockdown on a fighter who appears to be in a dangerous condition to continue in the match).

• A fighter can be saved by the bell only in the last round.

In K-1 single elimination tournament matches:

• Each match is three rounds in duration.

• The three-knockdown rule becomes a two-knockdown rule for all matches except the final.

• One or two reserve fights are held prior to the single elimination matches. If for any reason a fighter who wins and advances through the brackets is unable to continue, a reserve match competitor, or the fighter's opponent from the most recent match, takes his place. There are certain exceptions to this rule (i.e. a fighter who lost a match by knockout might not be eligible to replace another fighter).

Dutch warriors

From now on, I will try to write every week, a small story about famous Dutch K-1 Fighters. Today I start with Peter Aerts, one of the guys who made K-1 so big as it is nowadays.


Peter Aerts, also called ‘The Dutch Lumberjack’ is a professional heavyweight kickboxer and martial artist. He was born on October the 25th in 1970 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands so at the moment he is 39 years old. This is acutally quite old for a K-1 fighter, but for Peter this isnt a big issue as he qualifies himself for almost all final tournament matches. Peter Aerts can still call himself one of the most powerfull fighters on the planet.

Peter has won three times the K-1 World Grand Prix and won once the Muay Thai World Championship.

Traning Spot

Quite funny, I did some research about the training places of the Dutch K-1 fighters and most of them train in my neighbourhood in Breda!

Many of the Dutch K-1 fighters are from the same training team: Team Golden Glory. For example the new champion Semmy Schilt trains overthere, but also other great fighters such as Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki, Robbie Hageman and other great K-1 fighters.

 Part of team Golden Glory is one of the most famous fighter: Ramon Dekkers (retired). He actually has made Kickbox and K-1 famous in the Netherlands, but this is a long time ago. At the moment, he has his own kickbox school, located in Breda as well. Funny fact is that Ramon is the uncle of a good friend of my.

The major trainer of Team Golden Glory is the famous Cor Hemmers. In the recent years he has proven to be a great trainer as he have formed many K-1 champions and other great fighters.

Please see the link below, to see the fighters of Team Golden Glory.

http://www.goldenglory.com/fighters.html

The picture (A) below shows the place where the Golden Glory team trains.

Reephenbahn, Breda

K-1

About K-1

K-1 is a fight sport, combined of many different fight styles. K-1 stand up techniques from Karate, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, Kickboxing, western-style Boxing, and other martial arts. The principle of K-1 is to win either by KO (knock out) or by a unanimous decision by the jury. Compared with boxing, K-1 is a very tough sport. Kicks and knees are allowed in this sport and this makes the game very exciting.

The principal objective of K-1 is to win either by a knockout, a knockdown (3 times, 8 seconds is given), a split or an unanimous decision. At an unaninous decision, the jury decide which fighter will win the match. Victories are usually achieved by kicks to the legs, head or midsection or using traditional boxing punches, such as the jabs, hooks and uppercuts. Effective high and low kicks are common to see. Moreover, flying knee strikes and other spectacular kicks makes the fight game really amazing to follow:

The New Champion 2009

Semmy Schilt

* * * *

 In the last final of 2009, Sem beats Badr Hari by a Time Knock Out in the first round. Both fighters started aggresively, but Semmy was the one who hitted Badr Hari most effeciently. Badr Hari failed to hold his hands high enough, which was an advantage for Sem. With quick punches he knocked Badr Hari out which was very spectacair.

 He has won his fourth GP title, and also getting the record of fastest GP win with a total time over all 3 matches of 5:53 minutes. With this win, Semmy Schilt became the 2nd man in history who have win the WGP Title four times (Ernesto Hoost, Dutch as well, has been the first).

Here you can see the last final:

General information about Semmy Schilt:

Semmy Schilt, also known as the highlander, is a professional Dutch K1 fighter. Semmy has developed multiple fight styles such as; kickbox, mixed martial artists, Ashihara karate and MMA which is a kind of free fighting. Since K-1 is very popular at the moment, there is a lot of money to make with. The last championship Semmy has won (2009) was good for 400.000 dollar!

In my opinion, Semmy does not have the perfect fight style, but as he is very big, heavy and immense strong, he is one of the best fighters of this world. Especially the knees of Sem are deadly as he can easily reach your head by a knee strike.

Other records of Semmy Schilt are:

• 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

• 2008 current K-1 Super Heavyweight Champion

• 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

• 2007 K-1 Super Heavyweight Champion

• 2006 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

• 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

• 2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Paris Champion

• 1999 9th King of Pancrase

• 2 times Daido Juku Hokutoki champion. open-weight division, 1996/1997

• 2 times IBK (International Budo Kai) European Champion Full contact karate (Knockdown karate rules) 1995/1996

• 3 times IBK (International Budo Kai) Dutch Champion Full contact karate (Knockdown karate rules) 1993/1994/1995

For more information, please refer the Website of Semmy: http://www.semschilt.com/