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  1. Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!gritz
  3. From: gritz@seas.gwu.edu (Larry Gritz)
  4. Subject: Re: TKD rule survey
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan28.213319.21702@seas.gwu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu
  7. Organization: George Washington University
  8. References: <C1In3I.8K7@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:33:19 GMT
  10. Lines: 17
  11.  
  12. In article <C1In3I.8K7@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> burdickd@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Dakin Burdick) writes:
  13. > ...How would people rule the following?
  14. >
  15. >1.  [kick] to back of thigh to jam opponent's back spin kick.
  16. >2.  Push kick to opponent's butt to stop his back side kick
  17.  
  18. I teach my students both of these techniques.  I would say that it
  19. should be perfectly legal, *as long as it isn't too forceful*.  What
  20. does that mean?  Well, if it's more like a push, it's okay.  If it
  21. becomes a strong kick to the back or leg, then it's illegal.
  22.  
  23.     -- Larry Gritz
  24.  
  25. --
  26. Larry Gritz,   gritz@seas.gwu.edu      Dept. of EE & CS
  27. The George Washington University          801  22nd St. NW, Rm. T-624G
  28. (202) 994-0460 (voice) -0227 (fax)      Washington, DC 20052
  29.