Semi-contact is a fighting discipline where two fighters fight with the primary goal of scoring a greater number of points using controlled techniques with speed and focus. The main characteristics of semi-contact are delivery, technique and speed. The competition in semi-contact should be executed in its true sense with light and well-controlled contact. It is a technical discipline with equal emphasis on hand and foot techniques from an athletic viewpoint. Techniques (punches and kicks) are strictly controlled. At each valid point (a point that is awarded, with a legal part of hand or foot to legal targets and with legal technique), the central referee halts the fight and at the same time as the two judges, shows with his/her fingers the number of points in the direction of the fighter who is being awarded points. Fighters will enter the tatami and touch gloves. They will then step back and assume a fighting stance and wait for the command FIGHT from the referee. The time will only be stopped on the command of the referee, by calling TIME toward the area control table. Time is not stopped to award points or penalties unless the referee feels it is necessary. A fighter may have one coach and one second in his corner during the match.
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Competition in light contact kickboxing should be executed, as its name implies, with well-controlled techniques. In light contact competitors fight continuously until the central referee commands STOP or BREAK. They use techniques from full contact, but these techniques must be well controlled when they land on legal targets. Equal emphasis must be placed on both punching and kicking techniques. Light contact has been created as an intermediate stage between semi and full contact kickboxing. A fight is controlled on running time. The central referee does not judge the fighters, but makes sure they respect the rules. The fight could be held in a tatami (on mats) or in a ring.
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Full contact is the same as light contact, however it focuses more on power shots and in some cases low leg kicking. The basic premise is to incapacitate your opponent using combinations of punches, strikes and kicks including kicks below the waist but excepting the groin. Elbows　and　knees　are forbidden as are　Clinch fighting, throws　and　sweeps.

Styles such as K1 allow for the use of clinching and single knee-strikes, but most of the Kickboxing taught at Fusion is semi-contact or light contact and is done using full protective equipment.
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