Al <al@privacy.ne.jp> wrote:
> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote:

>> A happy medium would be nice, but these are both, ultimately, combat
>> sports.

> Right. Thus there is training toward skills that allow the practitioners
> to inflict damage while tournament rules would nicely serve the purpose
> of restricting certain moves so that such damage is not attempted. And i

Actually, in the case of judo, that is no longer the primary reason for
restricting moves. Among many examples, wrist locks are far less
dangerous than arm bars, but the former are illegal in judo.

Mike