Legal Techniques for Professional Contests

All of the following legal techniques are to be read in harmony with, and are subject to, the rules governing illegal techniques/fouls in professional contests set forth in 523 CMR 23.17. All of the following techniques are legal: (a) All kicks to legal targets; (b) Knee strikes to legal targets; (c) Elbow strikes to legal targets; (d) Strikes with all padded/gloved surfaces of the fists; (e) Spinning and jumping techniques; (f) Neck wrestling to unbalance and show control; (g) Catching kicks; (h) Clinching to strike or unbalance; (i) Sweeping the leg of an opponent using the front of the leg as defined by malleolus to malleolus through the front of side of the leg; (j) Sweeping the leg of an opponent using the knee; (k) A legal strike of the opponent's leg in a manner which causes him or her to fall; (l) Twisting of an opponent over a planted leg; (m) Pushing an opponent in a manner to unbalance him or her.