ActOne 8 Men Muay Thai Elimination Tournament Competition Rules Part II

The first part of this Blog to be follow as
http://inspire2respire.blogspot.com/2011/10/actone-8-men-muay-thai-elimination.html

 Legal and Illegal Techniques

Legal techniques

1. Legal punching techniques include all boxing techniques and spinning back fist strikes. A spinning backhand must strike with the glove portion of the hand. This portion is from the tape line at the wrist to the end of the glove. Pushing with the open glove is legal. Continuous punching to the head is legal. The use of the forearm and/or elbow to strike is PROHIBITED in Muay Thai matches.                  

2.  Legal kicking techniques include any kick to any legal target including the head, torso, outside of the thighs, inside of the thighs, and calves. Either kicks or sweeping motions with the arch of the foot are legal to both the front and supporting legs. Knees are legal to any area below the collar bone. It is ILLEGAL to kick the groin or the knee joint. Direct (Side Kick Style) kicks to the front of a fighter’s leg are NOT ALLOWED.

3.  Clinching is allowed to seek advantage. However, the clinch must be active. Kicking the legs in the clinch is legal. If the clinch is in active for five seconds, the referee will break the clinch and restart the fighters.

4.  Leg checking is permitted with the shin. Front leg sweeps, foot to foot, boot to boot, to the inside & outside of opponent’s front foot are permitted by BOTH feet of the striker/sweeper. Sweeps (With instep of foot) are not allowed but a fighter may "KICK" his opponents supporting leg with the top of their foot or shin, NOT the instep.

5. Competitors are allowed to catch kicks. Once caught, the fighter has 5 seconds to sweep or strike their opponent. Competitors may drive (“plow”) their opponent during this five second period.  The drive can not be used to throw the opponent out of the ring. Attempts to push, throw or otherwise forcing your opponent out of the ring is a serious FOUL.

6. MUAYTHAI Throws are LEGAL, NOT Hip Throws or “back breakers”. Fighters are allowed to catch their opponent’s leg and take 1 step forward. After 1 step, the fighter holding the leg must STRIKE before taking a second step or more.

 
I will Continue about it in my Next blog in Part III