UFC and Hitting Below the Belt!

I new the UFC had rules but I did not know there were 31 of them. I would say more like 19 of them truly relate to physical fighting technique, e.g., striking certain areas and throwing over the ropes etc… I guess spitting on some one and cursing at someone are some of the rules that are not as physically lethal but
psychologically can lead to losing a fight, ya think? Oh, I guess that is unsportsmanlike conduct. Wow , I remember when no hitting below the belt was good enough.




My teacher once told me a story about a man that was caring something on each end of a pole and as he was transporting theses goods on his pole, he bumped into a man. When the man was bumped, he demanded an apology but the man with the pole did not apologize. This infuriated the man so he said to the man with the pole, “I am a Kendo master and I challenge you to a duel!” he took his bamboo sword out a and commenced to hit this man with the pole. The man with the pole slid his pole off the buckets that he was caring and struck the Kendo master in the shins very effectively. This devastated the Kendo Master and immediately put an end to his attacks. He lay on the ground in agony and said,” Hey, you can’t strike like that, it is against the rules of Kendo.” The man put his buckets back on his pole and walked off. As he was walking off, he said to the Kendo Master, “Kendo, I do not know anything about Kendo.” I was just trying to protect myself!



Kendo, is not a martial art that actually uses swords. The word , Ken does mean sword, but it is not a real sword , it is a Shinai made of bamboo. A real sword has weight and has a point, and is really sharp. The training using a real sword and the training using a bamboo sword are completely different.

There are also many types of cutting techniques, none which are included in Kendo. Also there are many ways to draw the sword, none which are employed in Kendo. My sensei use to say it should be called, Take Do, it means bamboo way.

The rules of Kendo are; no hitting in the back, no hitting in the legs, Ah.., where have I heard that from?, no throwing the sword, etc..

So, since the Kendo Master thought he was dueling someone else who understood the rules, he knew where he stood. But actually in real combat you are not going to have rules and will be lucky to know who, what, where ,when and how.



In old times when a Samurai had severely injured his opponent by cutting him with his sword, he purposely would go on and kill him off with a cut called , Kiri Oroshi. This cut was from the top his head to his belly button. This way of cutting insured that he would not have to live a life as a crippled man and have to be a burden .In some cases, he was let to take his on life instead if it being taken from him. Therefore he was given the opportunity to save face.

Were those rules or codes of ethics?

The only rule to fighting is there are no rules. When we look at sports martial arts and the martial arts , rules are  the contradiction.