Legal Techniques for Amateur 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 amateur contests set forth in 523 CMR 23.19. All of the following techniques are legal: (a) All kicks to legal targets; (b) Knee strikes to legal targets; (c) Strikes with all padded/gloved surfaces of the fists; (d) Spinning and jumping techniques; (e) Neck wrestling to unbalance and show control; (f) Catching kicks; (g) Clinching to strike or unbalance; (h) 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; (i) Sweeping the leg of an opponent using the knee; (j) A legal strike of the opponent's leg in a manner which causes him or her to fall; (k) Twisting of an opponent over a planted leg; (l) Pushing an opponent in a manner to unbalance him or her; (m) Elbow strikes with elbow pad to legal target.