Just my take. I feel that the rules are disadvantaging muay
thai, jujitsu and judo leh. Muay thai regularly kick the shin,
thigh and arms to weaken opponent defense mah. The latter two
usually mainly use locks and grappling technqiues to force
submission. Just my 2 cents.
Agree totally with your views...but Muay Thai can still employ
all their technique to hit the legal areas and develop other
aspects of their art in a different perspective. You must remember
this is just a game that people play not in the mindset of harming
anyone seriously in the short or long term because almost all the
participants are not fully conditioned for a prize fight.
It is of some importance for anyone to be able to spar in a less
harmful fight in order to internalize the martial art technique
that they have been practicing among themselves. In order to make
it a practical skill they must be able to spar with other martial
arts to expose themselves because if there were to be any attacks,
chances are the attackers may not belong to the same martial art as
them and this will definitely reduce the anxiety of the imminent
danger...
Definitely jujitsu and
judo clearly belong to a ground fight and submission kind of
concept hence they will not be able to compete effectively in this
one and they may not be able to enjoy it fully... but they are
welcome to play if they can come in and do effective takedowns
within the confines of the rules and regulations...
I definitely feel that Muay Thai combatants can still enjoy the
concept by using their kicks not to the extend of weakening and
damaging the limbs but as a distraction in order to get points (as
in a follow up attacking set pieces). We want to promote a clean
kind of fight and not animosity among contenders because great
friendship bonds based on respect and empathy will be formed among
fellow contenders even right after a high adrenalin bout is
witnessed...
If the sparring allows contenders to purposely weaken the
opponent, the game become one that may result in anger and revenge.
You must remember a good and steady martial artist only inflict
enough damage to subdue the opponent and by doing this demonstrates
the amount of control they have over the art they are practicing
and this is not even a fight, it is only a game. Why should anyone
even think of weakening and injuring anyone else ? A game is
determine by the amount of point the victor gains not the amount of
injury is inflicted on the opponent. If one can demonstrate control
by hitting only at designated areas and all other areas are hit
with much lesser impact with the objective of gaining hits to the
legal areas through distraction, then this is what a game is all
about...
If a game allows one to weaken the other as a strategy to gain
points why are yellow cards and red cards given to soccer player
when their tackle is directly injuring the opponent ? Can you argue
that it is a strategy to weaken the other team in order to score
more goals to become the victor ?