Editing Martial arts (section)

===Full-contact===
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Full-contact sparring or competition, where strikes or techniques are not pulled but used with full force as the name implies, has a number of tactical differences from light and medium-contact sparring. It is considered by some to be requisite in learning realistic unarmed combat.<ref name=SB>{{cite web|url= http://www.straightblastgym.com/aliveness101.html|title= Aliveness 101|access-date= 3 November 2008|publisher= Straight Blast gym|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090107052738/http://www.straightblastgym.com./aliveness101.html|archive-date= 7 January 2009}} – An essay on contact levels in training</ref>

In full-contact sparring, the aim of a competitive match is to [[knock out]] the opponent or to force the opponent to [[submission wrestling|submit]].
Where scoring takes place it may be a subsidiary measure, only used if no clear winner has been established by other means; in some competitions, such as the [[UFC 1]], there was no scoring, though most now use some form of judging as a backup.<ref name="UFC1">{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AuvUi2TrSN_ILBVsuNLmsjk9Eo14?slug=dm-earlyufc111207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns|title=First UFC forever altered combat sports|author=Dave Meltzer|date=12 November 2007|work=Yahoo! Sports|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604072236/http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dm-earlyufc111207|archive-date=4 June 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=3 November 2008}}</ref> Due to these factors, full-contact matches tend to be more aggressive in character, but rule sets may still mandate the use of protective equipment, or limit the techniques allowed.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Nearly all mixed martial arts organizations such as [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]], [[Pancrase]], [[Shooto]] use a form of full-contact rules as do [[Professional Boxing|professional boxing]] organizations and [[K-1]]. [[Kyokushin]] [[karate]] requires advanced practitioners to engage in bare-knuckled, full-contact sparring allowing kicks, knees and punching although punching to the head is disallowed while wearing only a karate ''gi'', [[mouthguard]], [[Jockstrap|groin guard]] for [[Male|males]], or chest guard worn under the karate ''gi'' for [[females]]. Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo matches do not allow striking, but are full-contact in the sense that full force is applied in the permitted grappling and submission techniques. Competitions held by [[World Taekwondo Federation#Sparring|World Taekwondo]] requires the use of [[Headgear (martial arts)|Headgear]] and padded vest, but are full contact in the sense that full force is applied to strikes to the head and body, and win by [[knockout]] is possible.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}