Also, WAKO rules state you must impact with the foot, not the shin - therefore the feetpads are definately necessary
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didn;t know about the wako rules. Maybe the impact with
the foot rule is unecessary. That's emblematic of why some (but not all)
just can't appreciate full contact. The rule mananting so
many above the waist kicks per round-under penalty of lost points.
the clown shoes, made necessary by the equally silly
no shins wako rule. (Shins hurt too much:wah wah!

I agree with Mark, there must be something pretty anemic
and ineffective about the footsy kicks above the waist-if you have
to force fighters to throw a minimum number by imposing
a point penalty if they do not.

What that communicate is: we don;t want some boxer coming in here
and beating us at our own game, using only his fists. Its just too damned
embarrassing.

Back in the early 70s when I started FC (after TKD) I remember the
marginal mediocre boxers entering our PKA and SEKA tournaments and ko'ing *us*, and not throwing a single kick.soon, we f got the mimunum kick rule. first six kicks. The boxers would throw six quick anmeoic kicks then
proceed to whoop ass.
So, it became six SINCERE kicks. (Meaning a really hard kick)
still the boxers were winning too often.
Then it got be 8 kicks minimum. That finally disourgaed
most of the boxers.

we also hada similar problem wuth collge wreslters entring the AAU Judi tournaments, tackling the JUdoka, and hldig them for 30 second and scotirng the IIPON. Blackbelst being routinely pinned by a muscled up KId with a whte belt was equlayy mortifying.

I probablt shouldnt say this, but I finally stopped that by kneeing a
muscled up wreslter in the face when he came into tackle me,
(without first trying a legitimate standing technique. (ie, a throw) .

Now Judoka everywhere will "accidently" lift their knees when some
undercover wreslter tries to tackle them and pin them without ever
using any judo technique.

Too bad FC fighters with their huge variety of fancy kicks, back fists,
and etc, dont feel they can cope with boxers without forcing them to
throw eight heartfelt kicks per round.

Like Mark said, something is implicitly wrong with the technique if you
have to force someone to use it.

If eight above the waist kicks per round were effective, you wouldnt have to
coerce anyone to throw them.

I know all sports have rules. Buyt if the rules emascualte the game, the game suffers.

dan



dan