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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9428706"><p>That happened in karate, yes. Which should never occur in a combat sport. You should always win if you knock out the other person. I can't imagine getting a gold for being knocked out. This was TKD, so they can still knock each other out as far as I know (I competed under the rules in the 2000s, so I am not sure about that, but it looks like you can still win by knock out). The big change though is the chest guard and headgear have sensors to detect points. By the time I was doing it, there was already a shift towards speed, so when guys from the 80s would come to our school, they clearly hit much harder than we did and used the balls of their feet as their kicking surface (something I learned to do from them because it was very effective). But we still hit hard and still were trying to knock each other out or score points through hitting hard enough to cause 'trembling shock'. It isn't like every fight is all light, you still see hard exchanges now, but the sports always shift according to rules and equipment changes. So the sensor just makes the sport visually very different and puts a lot more emphaisis on things like leading kicks</p></blockquote><p></p>