Amateur Thaiboxing Tournament Registration Form:
www.uskba.com/2006registration.htm

• A class (over 10 fights experience)
• B class (beginners up to 10 fights)

Weight Classes (WEIGH INS WILL BE DONE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2006)
 

International teams may request an Official Letter of Invitation

• www.uskba.com/2006tournament_invitation_request.htm

Procedural Rules

1) Rounds: This event is standard tournament style.
2) Length of rounds: Each round shall be TWO (2) minutes with a one minute rest period.
3) Tournament area: Matches will take place in a boxing ring.
4) Safety equipment: All participants are REQUIRED to wear head gear, mouth guard and shin-n-instep protectors (heel does not have to be covered). In addition, all male participants must wear a groin cup. Boxing gloves will be supplied by the organizing party.
5) Dress code: All participants must wear shorts, no long pants are permitted.

LEGAL TECHNIQUES
1) All boxing techniques and spinning back fist , elbow strikes to the body and thighs.
2) All kicks to legal targets.
3) NO sweeps allowed.
4) Knee strikes below the collar bone and thighs (no knees to head)
5) Throws that do not violate safety rules.
6) Catching kicks
7) Clinching up to 5 seconds to strike (knee) or throw (not to delay action)
8) Plowing

ILLEGAL TECHNIQUES
1) Striking the back of the head
2) Striking the throat 
3) Striking the groin (the genitals) 
4) Attacking the knee joint 
5) Knees above the collar bone (no knees to head) 
6) Any joint attack including neck locks 
7) Throwing an opponent onto head or neck 
8) Throwing in a way that attacks a joint 
9) Trying to force opponent out of the ring 
10) Striking after break has been called 
11) Striking an opponent who has fallen 
12) Holding the ropes either for offense or for defense 
13) Putting Vaseline or grease on body 
14) "Dirty tactics" including head butts, gouging, etc. . 

TRAVEL
The tournament is being held at:
Rahway Recreation Center 
275 East Milton Ave. 
Rahway, New Jersey USA 
(732) 669-3600 

The venue is: 
1. 10 minutes from Newark Liberty International Airport 
2. Approximately a 25 minute drive from New York City (Manhattan) 
3. Approximately an hour drive from Atlantic City. 

If you are coming from New York City, you can take a NJ Transit train from Penn Station. Both the Northeast Corridor Line (NEC) and North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) will leave you less than a block from the tournament site.

Other questions, contact:
Stephen Strotmeyer at sstrotmeyer@sit-dragonleg.com, or send a letter to: