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TARGETS AND TECHNIQUES

LEGAL TARGET AREAS, WEAPONS, AND TECHNIQUES

If a competitor has any doubt whether a particular technique is valid, he/she should ask the referee or tournament commissioner prior to the start of division.

Legal target areas are:

• Any part of the torso above the belt/navel/hip level
• Face, neck, sides and back of head
• FREESTYLE SPARRING : thighs and calves are also valid targets
• FULL CONTACT : head contact only with feet, no hands.

Legal weapons are :

• Fore-fist, back-fist, hammer-fist, and knife/sword hand, ridge hand,
• Instep, shin, calf, sole, heel, ball of the foot.
• FREESTYLE and FULL CONTACT: knees and elbows

Legal techniques include:

• Controlled punches, strikes, and kicks to legal target areas, with legal weapons.
• Controlled take-downs with immediate follow-up punch.
• Sweep, only if followed by a legal hand technique
• FREESTYLE : Knees and elbows to head are allowed BUT NO CONTACT
• FULL CONTACT : Knees to body and head, elbows to body only.

ILLEGAL TARGETS, WEAPONS, TECHNIQUES, AND BEHAVIOURS

Use of any illegal targets, weapons, techniques, and behaviours may incur points penalties up to and including disqualification, as described in the penalties section.

All divisions - illegal targets:

• Any part of the arms e.g. fists, hands, elbows, etc...
• Throat, groin, joints

Freestyle and Full Contact exceptions:

• thighs and calves are permitted - joints still not permitted

All divisions - illegal weapons are :

• Fingers, thumbs, head, and teeth

Illegal techniques and behaviours include:

• NON-CONTACT POINTS: Attacks that make contact
• NON-CONTACT POINTS AND FREESTYLE : any contact above and including the neck.
• Using any of the illegal weapons mentioned above
• Uncontrolled techniques, whether hand or foot, including(but not limited to) and where relevant depending on division:
  • excessive contact
  • uncontrolled spinning kicks and strikes
  • uncontrolled axe kicks
  • Uncontrolled techniques in general
• Feints and attacks to illegal targets
• Grabbing or clinching
• Pushing
• Disregard for personal safety
• Avoiding combat e.g. pretending injury, playing for time by avoiding, rather than evading, the opponent
• Unsportsmanlike behaviour by the any of the competitors, competitor's coaches, or a competitor's team
• Abusive attitude, language, or behaviour (from competitor, coach, or spectator)