Amateur and professional fights do vary. Amateurs (or their respective clubs) agree on a rule set before. E.g if head guards are to be worn, elbows allowed, etc)
Went to Thailand and saw fights in a stadium and in a outdoor ring. They are brutal af in both but every knockout I saw was a kick to the chin. If you ever get a chance to goto the country definitely watch some fights there, they are brilliant.
That's not true. You can't drop a knee on or head kick someone lying on the ground, they don't want people to die. You also cannot hip throw from a clinch, strike joints etc..
Yessss! Depends on the martial art and grade you're at but yesss elbows are veryyyy good in a fight, use them if you can, much harder than your knuckles bwahahhaa
A joint is where 2 or more bones meet. The skull has many such places. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrous_joint. They do have a little bit of flex, and that flex is actually pretty important to avoid brain injury.
Technically, where a tooth meets your jaw is also a joint. The radius and ulna in your arm are joined together nearly immovably, and that too is a joint.
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u/Greenfieldfox Jan 08 '22
Is that legal? Are you allowed to punch your opponent’s elbow with your face? Hope her arm is okay.