Originally Posted by
The Xia
The part about most of it being too lethal for tournament use sounds doesn't sound good at all. The thing is, traditional martial arts can be used for tournaments. Neck breaks, eye gouging, small joint manipulation, groin strikes, and tons of other stuff are out. However, you can still use alot of other things. A single technique can be used in many different ways. For example, you go full force with an armbar and the opponant will be in serious trouble. However, in a tournament you don't do that (just as you wouldn't do that in practice).