r/judo • u/Repulsive-Owl-5131 shodan • Dec 13 '24

Judo News IJF announced new rules

https://www.ijf.org/news/show/judo-presents-the-new-rules

No leg grabs. but lest no leg grabs again limitted to legs not lower back.

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u/judo_matt Dec 13 '24

⁠Positive activity in ne-waza will be taken in consideration.

I hope this means that spamming seoi otoshi is no longer viable as a means to shido out your opponent.

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u/JapaneseNotweed Dec 13 '24

I'm sure that's the intent, in which case it's probably the most significant change in terms of the how the sport will look and a good one imo.

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u/averageharaienjoyer Dec 14 '24

Yeah I agree and it is an interesting solution to the drop game meta (if that was the intent) (as opposed to just trying to enforce false attacks more regularly/consistently)