Are these illegal in a muay thai match?

[bustr]

1. Dropping your elbow into an opponent's incoming knee strike.

2. Pushing your opponent's head backwards (like a defendu chin jab) when he has you clinched.

3. Low Side kicks.

[Ryukyu Damashi]

NO to all 3

I misread the question.

[Stockfreak1]

I had no idea that low side kicks are Illegal in MT.

[pittbulldog]

I would say no to the first two. I've seen it done a few times.

[Caddock]

I have seen the first two done quite a bit in matches I've gotten from the Internet. These were matches from Thailand. I never noticed anyone getting a warning or a matched stopped because of it, but I don't speak the language and could be missing something

The IKF rules prohibit the spike elbow and the low straight kicks in their adapted rules at the NAC from what I remember. I didn't hear anything in the rules meeting about number 2. I am not totally clear on what you mean by chin jab either though.

[Khun Kao]

I think Ryukyu misread the question. All 3 of those techniques are perfectly legal in most MuayThai matches. The most questionable one is the low side kick, but providing that you don't directly attack the knee, it should be "OK"....

[Python]

The rules in Thailand and the "modified Muay Thai" rules, like the majority of the sactioning bodies in the U.S. use, are different with some techniques:

"Dropping elbows" are not allowed as a strike, however, Dropping elbows to the opponents knees is perfectly legal, as long as you approach it as a block. If you catch your opponents roundkick, you cannot "drop" an elbow to his thigh, but you can execute a "snap" or cross elbow the his thigh. When in the clinch (at least with the IKF), you cannot drop elbows to the opponent's collar bone.

Pushing your opponents head back when in the clinch is perfectly legal, and IMO one of the best ways to gain inside position, from outside, when clinching.

Low side kicks are legal, I assume in Thailand or 'outside' the states. I remember Ajarn Chai showing that technique once in a seminar. But, in the states, again..with the majority of the sanctioning bodies, only "round kicks" are allowed (of course knees too) to the legs. No straight line kicks, like the side or front (tiip) are allowed anywhere to the legs with modified muay thai rules.

Hope this helps.

[GonzoStyles]

good spot for Muay Thai rule questions

http://www.muaythaionline.net/disciplines/judgeintroduction.html