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Clothing and Equipment Guidelines : Amateur Muay Thai |
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REQUIRED:
- Protective groin cup
- Protective mouthpiece properly fitted
- Chest protection/sports bra females only
- Handwraps
- Tape permitted on wrists and
hands, but not knuckles
- Regular handwraps secured by
tape permitted
- Handwraps must be signed off
by GCA representative
- Bandaging of each contestant's hands
shall not exceed one roll of surgeon's adhesive tape, not over 1-1/2
inches wide, placed directly on the hand to protect the part of the
hand near the wrist. The tape may cover the hand but not extend within
3/4 inch of the knuckles when the hand is clenched to make a fist. Soft
surgical bandage, not over two inches wide, held in place by not more
than six feet of surgeon's adhesive tape for each hand shall be used.
Up to one 10-yard roll of bandage may be used to complete the wrappings
for each hand. Strips of tape may be used between the fingers to hold
down the bandages, not to cover the knuckles.
- Muay Thai Gloves (taped and signed off
by GCA representative)
- For those matches that include a
fighter with less than three (3) fights, headgear and shin guards will be
required unless both parties agree to fight without it.
- Thai-boxing shorts, kickboxing shorts,
latex bike-style shorts, board shorts, vale tudo shorts
PERMITTED:
- Shin, instep, elbow, and/or knee
supports
- Oil on face
- *NEW: Thai oil may be applied to legs
only
- Rash guard or fitted top (females only)
*FORBIDDEN:
- Tape over knuckles
- Oil or grease on any part of the
competitor’s body (other than face & thai oil on legs)
- Apparel or equipment which
includes metallic and/or hard plastic and/or edge or surface
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