Code of Massachusetts Regulations
523 CMR - STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION (FORMERLY, STATE BOXING COMMISSION)
Title 523 CMR 23.00 - Southeast Asian Kickboxing
Section 23.16 - Legal Techniques for Professional Contests

Universal Citation: 523 MA Code of Regs 523.23

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

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.

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