c. Safety Equipment and Precautions
(1) Whenever engaged in a pugil stick bout, the student should be equipped with the following:
(a) A football helmet with full bird cage face mask.
(b) Lacrosse gloves.
(c) Protective cup athletic supporter.
(2) Instructors in charge of pugil stick bouts see that proper bayonet fighting procedures are followed by students engaged in bouts. The proper bayonet fighting grip is employed at all times. The pugil stick is not used as a baseball bat. In no instance do the hands leave the pugil stick. Neither throwing or swinging is allowed. Pugil stick fighters refrain from hitting their opponent with the center portion of the pugil stick.
(3) Instructors ensure that protective equipment is properly secured before the bout begins. Bouts will be stopped whenever one participant becomes completely defenseless, after a telling blow has been struck, when equipment becomes loosened or knocked off, or when the pugil stick is being used improperly. Students are instructed to stop all action when the whistle is blown.
d. Regulations for Bouts
(1) Students are normally paired off so that opponents are of approximately equal height and weight.
(2) Each bout is officiated by an instructor with a whistle.