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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that emphasizes kicking.Fully padded fighters compete to see who can land the most kicks. The head and body are legitimate targets and all kicks are scored electronically; fighters wear special sensor socks and kicks to their opponents body protector are recorded only if they are executed with sufficient force, which is calibrated differently for every weight division.For safety reasons, kicks to the head are scored whenever the fighters foot simply touches the opponents head guard or face -- no force is required. Punches to the body are allowed, but not to the head.A match consists of three two-minute rounds and will go into a golden point round if the score is tied at the end of three rounds. At that point, the first fighter to score -- with any technique -- wins. Heres a quick guide to taekwondo scoring.1. Body shots. Kicks to the body score one point. But if they incorporate a spinning technique, like a back kick, they can score three points. Punches to the body score one point.2. Head kicks. Kicks to the head score three points, unless they involve a spinning technique, in which case an extra point is awarded.3. Penalties. Fighters can be penalized if they withdraw from a fight, are inactive for 10 seconds or fall, even if thats the result of being kicked. Fighters cannot grab their opponents and no kicks below the belt are allowed. Referees have significant leeway, however, on handing out penalties and are encouraged to keep the fight active rather than constantly stopping and starting the action.4. The 12-point gap. Taekwondo fights are automatically suspended if one fighter gains a 12-point lead on the other. That gap is considered too big to claw back and fights will usually be stopped at the end of that round.5. Video replays. Coaches may request a video replay if they feel their fighters technique hasnt been scored or if they think their fighters opponent was improperly awarded points. The decision is made by a panel of taekwondo judges who watch an instantaneous video replay. If coaches lose the challenge, they must surrender their video replay card to the referee.Kurt Warner Cardinals Jersey . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. Byron Murphy Jersey . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. http://www.nflcardinalsrookiestore.com/Cardinals-David-Johnson-Jersey/ . -- Yogi Ferrell orchestrates pretty much everything in Indianas offence. Kurt Warner Youth Jersey . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Kyler Murray Cardinals Jersey . Note: The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that Sean Monahan would not be made available to Canadas World Junior team.DETROIT -- Moral victories wont put the Detroit Tigers in the playoffs, but this was one loss with a clear silver lining.Anibal Sanchez pitched effectively into the seventh inning before Minnesota finally broke through, and the Twins went on to beat the Tigers 6-2 on Tuesday night. Sanchez struck out 10 in only his second quality start of the season.He did an outstanding job -- thats probably as good an outing as hes had this season, Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. He did give up three runs, but two of those were after he was out of the game. He had really good fastball command, and thats big for him.Tommy Milone held Detroit scoreless until the ninth, and the Twins scored five runs in the seventh.Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer, Eduardo Nunez had three RBI and Milone (3-2) breezed through the Detroit lineup until the ninth, when the Tigers finally chased him from the game. Down 6-0 at the start of the inning, Detroit scored twice and actually had the tying run at the plate with one out when James McCann came up with the bases loaded against Brandon Kintzler.McCann and Jose Iglesias both struck out to end it.Milone allowed two runs and four hits in 8 1/3 innings. The Tigers had only one hit before the ninth.This was Milones longest outing since July 5, 2013, when he also went 8 1/3 innings for Oakland against Kansas City.Sanchez (5-11) allowed three runs in six-plus innings, an encouraging sign for Detroit after he entered the game with a 6.75 ERA. Sanchez allowed seven hits and two walks. His line would have been even better, but the two runners on base when he was pulled in the seventh both came around to score.Sanchez received a warm ovation when he left the game, and he raised his glove to acknowledge thee fans.ddddddddddddThey deserve more than Ive given them this year, he said. Hopefully, I can keep throwing the ball the way I did today, and we can get some wins.Nunez opened the scoring in the third with a sacrifice fly, and Sanchez and Milone were locked in an impressive duel until the Detroit right-hander allowed a walk and a single to start the seventh. Bruce Rondon came on in relief, and after a sacrifice bunt, Nunez poked a two-run single to center.Nunez stole second and scored on Joe Mauers two-out single. Dozier followed with his 16th homer of the season to make it 6-0.LAST-DITCH RALLYMilone allowed consecutive singles to Cameron Maybin, Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez to start the bottom of the ninth. He came out of the game after a sacrifice fly by Nick Castellanos made it 6-2.Kintzler came on and allowed a single by Justin Upton and an infield single by Mike Aviles before retiring McCann and Iglesias.To have a good night and have it come, the tying run up to the plate there, it gets your attention pretty fast, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. But he made some really quality pitches those last two hitters.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: Ausmus remained noncommittal about a timetable for LHP Daniel Norris (right oblique strain) to return. Norris made a rehab start Monday night, but there may not be any rush to bring him back after Sanchezs solid outing.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Ervin Santana (3-8) starts Wednesday in the finale of this three-game series. He has a 2.18 ERA in his last five starts.Tigers: RHP Justin Verlander (9-6) takes the mound, trying for his sixth win in seven decisions. ' ' '