Section 23.16 - Legal Techniques for Professional ContestsAll 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;(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.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1331, eff. 1/27/2017.