the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

So many of you know I like to relay upcoming fight events, but I also have a hard time promoting fight events if they have sketchy stuff like the following:


10. Often the promoters do not have your interests at large.
9. you have 2 fights and get matched up with a 20+ fight experienced opponent/full time teacher.
8. you do not get paid for many of the local event fights, just some glory and a medal/trophy.
7. often the gloves, headgear and other mandatory equipment they make you use is sub-standard.
6. you enter a kung fu fight tournament only to find your opponent doesn’t do Kung fu, he straight up Muay Thai or American kick boxing.
5. The officials at your san shou event are all qualified to judge Muay Thai.
4. The schools that bring large amounts of cheering students get the upper hand in scoring for their fighters. The coaches who are friends of promoter get upper hand in choosing the match-ups/scoring.
3. The dangers of fighting in a event that does not have EMT personnel on-site.
2. Officials allowing a punch drunk fighter to continue.
1. No PED drug testing of fighters. Obvious roid-raging of fighters.

OMG! Nailed it!

i do not see why this got moved to "been there done that". these are real safety concerns for choosing a fight event.


which admin moved this?

that was brilliant. I am not an admin. I moved nothing

Another common occurrence is for judges and referees to blatantly ignore the established, published rules for the fights by awarding match victories to fighters who defeat their opponents using illegal techniques and tactics, rather than immediately disqualifying such fighters.

Of course, it's needless to say that politics, money and personal associations of judges and referees with the teachers and coaches of the fighters in question is NEVER an issue!

*lol* I had a mate who entered a push hands competition, where he was immediately put into this category with everybody else who did not train in the school of the teacher who ran the tournament. He won it, but was not recognised as the 'champion' - the other divions winner was.