Wie kann man den Schaden von Knockouts minimieren und sind Knockouts wichtig für den Kampfsport?

An interesting topic. I think that in order to do justice, I must answer from two perspectives, both from the perspective of me as a martial sportsman and from the perspective of me as a neuroscientist.

I as a martial artist:

Everyone is chasing other views during martial arts and they are owed if martial arts make sense without knockouts. Many competition disciplines focus on the so-called “pointfight” which is more about hitting the opponent with fist or foot instead of putting a real blow or kick. Others find themselves in full contact instead of forbiding beats to the head, such as Teakwon Do or Kyokushin carate, whereby trits remain allowed to the head.

My claim to a martial sport is that it is suitable for real fighting. Say: what I do in the competition should also work if I have to intervene in a real attack situation for self-defense. Many people don’t like that and many would certainly speak back to me, but full contact, including blows to the head, is essential. You can train 30 years of intensely easy contact, the 5th. Dan have and yet the probability is very high that someone untrained could strike you together without difficulty if he is only aggressive and strong enough. Knockouts are therefore important for my claim to martial sports and must not fall away.

I as a neuroscientist:

It is important to understand what the difference between a knockout (KO) and a blunt skull brain trauma (SHT) is. These terms are often equated by lay people. A knockout at head hits can be achieved without SHT when the Carotissinus Reflex is triggered. The baro receptors of the Carotis artery incorrectly register a strong increase in blood pressure because they register the force of the stroke as blood pressure. Your vegetative nervous system then regulates blood pressure so strongly down that you lose consciousness. This occurs, for example, in the case of punches to the chin or neck. KO blows produced by blow hits are usually due to a blunt SHT. The brain strikes against the skull bone with anger. This requires considerably more impact force. How exactly the mechanism is related to the long-term sequences of repeated SHT is probably largely due to the distribution of various toxic proteins such as beta-amyloid or tau. These are found in large quantities after SHT.

How to minimize the damage of knockouts

I have 2 points

1. Zero tolerance for steroid use. Steroids provide the professional martial athlete body mass and percussion gain that go far beyond the natural. Accordingly, the impact on the skull is also intense. For example, in the UFC, steroid use is now almost completely ignored. Unique detection of steroid use must entail an immediate life barrier. Without tolerance.

Two. Knockdown and Knockout must be equal. Studies have shown that the concentration of beta amyloid and tau is considerably higher and remains substantially longer constant with repeated SHT. So, if a boxer is beaten to the ground, rejoined and then counted to catch further violent blows to the head or a MMA fighter is knocked down to be processed with the fist on the ground, this is considerably more harmful than the fight after a knockdown. The health of the fighters must be in front of the entertainment value.