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Maddy Fairchild

Mrs. DeBock

English IV Honors

March 24, 2017

Essential Question: How is kickboxing beneficial?

Working Thesis: Kickboxing is a unique type of exercise that is fun, easy, and effective.

Refined Thesis: Kickboxing is a unique workout growing in popularity that is fun, easy, and

effective.

Annotated Bibliography

Asp, Karen. "Secret Perks of Every Workout." N.p., Jan. 2017. Web. 23 Mar. 2017.

This article talks about the benefits of a workout overall not specifically kickboxing. This

article goes into detail on the physiological benefits on humans, In this article, Asp goes into

great detail about how exercising can change the quality of an individual's life. She provides

examples such as better sleep, memory, stronger bones and muscles etc. For each of these topics,

she goes further into depth about exactly how that area is being affected. This article will be

beneficial for my paper because it provides factual evidence of the changes that occur within a

person from exercise. I chose this article because it gives me more points to discuss on the

benefits of exercise.
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Cengiz, ebnem arvan, Mehmet Gktepe, akir Bezci, and Dana Badau. "Study of Nutrition

Habits and Information Levels of Sportsmen Interested in Fighting Sports." N.p., Apr.

2016. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.

This article is a study of the eating habits of athletes that participate in kickboxing and

other forms of martial arts. The goal of this study is to see how much fighters pay attention to

their nutrition and what they know about it. The study looked at individuals in Turkey. After

research, it shows that the nutrition was mostly supplied by the personal trainers, and that the

fighters themselves relied on the media to know what was good or bad. This emphasizes the

importance of the athlete's diet because the quality of food that these people eat will directly

impact their performance. I have decided to include this article in my research because not only

does exercise affect your body but the food you put in it can completely cancel the positive

benefits that exercise provides.

Crouch, Michelle, and Michael Byers. "Secrets of People with Highly Stressful Jobs." N.p., Feb.

2017. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.

This article interviews many people who work jobs that cause a lot of stress. The article

provides quotes from actual people about what they do to help relieve some of this work-related

stress. There it discusses how some people take kickboxing classes because hitting a punching

bag helps them release anger. Another example it had was about someone who takes zumba class

to help get rid of stress. I chose to include this article for my research because it shows examples

of real people who use exercise to reduce stress caused by daily things. This will provide good
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examples in my research paper because I will have names of people who actually use exercise

for stress relief.

Haidar, Baqir. "Fitness: Kickboxing for Wholesome Fitness." Business Today, Nov. 2016. Web.

24 Mar. 2017.

This article is about the benefits of kickboxing as a whole. The article goes into detail

about how kickboxing shapes an individuals body, improves balance, and improves confidence.

This discusses how people are taking kickboxing classes to get over physical strength barriers as

well as mental blocks. This provides facts about how kickboxing and how it is an exercise that

can target all of the main muscle groups in the human body. This article also contains examples

and explanations about how kickboxing can improve alertness and concentration from blood

flow that is improved during exercise. I chose to use this article because it gives me good

information about both physical and mental benefits of kickboxing.

Hern, Jessica. "Fitness: Pick Up the Gloves Ladies." N.p., Dec. 2016. Web. 23 Mar. 2017.

This article is about the increase in women starting to participate in kickboxing. This in

particular can be seen in the country Oman. Hern gives background about how most women did

not participate in any boxing activities until the the 70s and 80s because it was seen as

unladylike. However, now it has become more common for women to participate because it

increases self esteem and can give a sense of power. In addition to this kickboxing can burn

calories, tone muscles, and improve flexibility. I chose to use this article because it portrays

many positive influences of kickboxing on the human body.

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Shaffer, Alyssa. "Get A Knockout Workout." N.p., Nov.-Dec. 2016. Web. 23 Mar. 2017.

This article gives an explanation of what it takes to train like a fighter. In this article,

Shaffer interviews professional UFC fighter, Paige VanZant, and gets an exclusive about her

workout. Vanzant demonstrates what she does when she goes into the gym starting with a good

cardio warmup moving up to the harder things. This article also has lots of pictures which would

be good for me to use in my website. I chose this article because it provides a simple definition

with many examples of what kickboxing is like. It is also helpful because it uses a real person

who has used kickboxing to pursue her goals.