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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 09.14.14.07" title_num="09" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="14" heading="Fouls.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The following tactics are fouls and are forbidden:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Headbutts, elbow strikes, clubbing, kicks, or punches or any other strikes to the groin, attack with the knees, openhand attacks to the eyes or throat, and striking at the part of the body over the kidney or spine, or chopping the back of the neck or head;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Spitting, biting, or, in the referee's discretion, slapping;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Palm heel strikes (using the heel of the palm of the hand to deliver a blow to the face);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Arm bars (grabbing one arm with the other and pressing the grabbed arm against the opponent's throat);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Grabbing or holding onto an opponent's leg or foot, and grabbing or holding onto any part of the body;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Punching or kicking a contestant when he is down, when any part of his body, other than his feet, touches the floor; however, the opponent may continue to attack until the contestant has touched the floor with any part of the body other than the feet;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Leg checking (extending the leg to check an opponent's leg or to prevent him from kicking);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Purposely going down without being hit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>The use of abusive language in the ring;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Any unsportsmanlike trick or action causing an injury to an opponent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Attacking on the break;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Attacking after the bell or gong has sounded ending the round, or when the opponent is out of the ring;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Intentionally pushing, shoving, or wrestling an opponent out of the ring with any part of the body;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Kicking, striking, or kicksweeping below the belt, except blows to the side and back of thighs in a kung fu contest;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Failure to make eight kicks per round;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>Any use of throws or any takedown not executed boot-to-boot;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>Continuous dropping of mouthpiece;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>Holding and hitting;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>Intentional evasion of contact;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>Hitting or flicking with an open glove.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Use of the tactics listed in §A(1)—(20) of this regulation shall result in a warning and a loss of points as determined by the referee.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A contestant guilty of foul tactics in a contest may be disqualified.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>