All of the following legal techniques are to be read in harmony with, and are subject to, the rules governing illegal techniques/fouls in professional contests set forth in 523 CMR 23.17. All of the following techniques are legal:

1. (a) All kicks to legal targets;
2. (b) Knee strikes to legal targets;
3. (c) Elbow strikes to legal targets;
4. (d) Strikes with all padded/gloved surfaces of the fists;
5. (e) Spinning and jumping techniques;
6. (f) Neck wrestling to unbalance and show control;
7. (g) Catching kicks;
8. (h) Clinching to strike or unbalance;
9. (i) Sweeping the leg of an opponent using the front of the leg as defined by malleolus to malleolus through the front of side of the leg;
10. (j) Sweeping the leg of an opponent using the knee;
11. (k) A legal strike of the opponent's leg in a manner which causes him or her to fall;
12. (l) Twisting of an opponent over a planted leg;
13. (m) Pushing an opponent in a manner to unbalance him or her.