Background & Study Aim Breaking rules in combat sports can finally result in getting lower score that has an impact on the outcome of a bout. Currently there are no papers dealing with demerits in kickboxing. The objective of the paper was knowledge about demerits of the regulations occurred during amateur kickboxing bouts in K1 formula. Material & Methods Thirty one bouts were videotaped and 31 kickboxers were evaluated. Based on computed indicators (activeness, efficiency and effectiveness of the attack - in score points) the relation between the number of demerits and the indicators of technical and tactical training was searched. Results The most common demerit was forbidden holds of the rival (it concerned 13 (41.9%) competitors and it was 31.7% of all demerits). Competitors made on average 1.32 demerits. The effectiveness of the attack was on average 46.63 points, activeness of the attack was on average 91.61 points, efficiency of the attack was on average 2.66 points. Conclusions The largest group of competitors had 2 demerits in a bout. The largest number of demerits in a bout was 3. Forbidden holding was the most common demerit of kickboxers in K1 formula. Effectiveness, activeness and efficiency of the attack were on a high level and were not connected to the number of demerits in a bout.
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