I'm good with the elbow pad vibe, will stop a lot of novices going buck-crazy with elbows when they eventually fight A class, its like christmas with a new toy sometimes.
Clinch too takes on a completely different feel when there's the chance of an elbow strike. Its a massive missing piece of the thai jigsaw, seems crazy to have all your boxing,kneeing, kicking sorted, in time to change your game completely for A class. Reckon the 'chicks dig scars' crew will rail on about cuts being part of mt, but I accept that as more people want to fight A class without compromising their day job, its probably a good idea to work elbows and therefore elbow defence/awareness from an early stage with pads to mitigate having a short and bloody A class career. Oh yeah, and its the science of 8 weapons apparently. Slightly off thread...i'd rather have elbow pads than headguards.