06-21-2007, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by asronn
Ive tried watching WCL and I just cant. They want you to just swing and swing. Ive seen fightes penalized for actually trying to use technique. I like action. I just think there comes a point where urging them to fight takes away from the display of skill
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That has to be wrong as well. Unless you mean the leg kick rule. If a fighter in the WCL throws a single leg kick, but fails to follow up with other techniques, then that is a penalty. This is to make the fighters fight. So, a fighter cannot leg kick, retreat, leg kick, retreat, and hope for a win from the judges. The fighter must leg kick, and then throw a punch of another kick to follow it.
Also, no holding and no clinching. BUT, it's no clinching unless you throw more techniques (knees usually). Again, this is to keep the fighters fighting. It prevents a fighter from constantly clinching and doing nothing else (which is construed as holding and avoiding the fight).
The whole idea is to force the fighters to stay in range. To strike nearly constantly for three minutes. That is NOT as easy as it sounds. It is hard to fight for three minutes without pause. Even the best cardio guys need a few seconds to breathe and think. The WCL encourages a more instinctive style of throwing near constant techniques. |
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