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Wendy Rowe wrote:
Cage Rage rules are the same as UFC, except for a weird new "open guard" rule that isn't particularly relevant to this discussion.
"No small joint manipulation" rules out grabbing a finger or two and cranking them, for instance, but doesn't rule out irimi and ikkyo and tons of Aikido techniques.
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Well then....it is possible to train in Aikido specifically for these types of matches. The only drawback is tha you have to include some type of offense in your strategy and Aikido is defensive relying on the opponents Ki to blend with or as in Tomiki to steal/snatch. I still remember the UFC reality show where we followed the MMA fighters throughout there training that in those matches turning the head in anyway was not allowed. So I looked in the rules I figured small joints were elbows, shoulders and wrists since I never see any type of that stuff being done in the MMA matches. Just arm-bars.