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/Many_Librarian9434 Dec 14 '24

Why is this so different from the rule set we were looking at online recently where leg grabs are allowed but not if initiated without a grip. Is that just the kodakan rules? So now we have some total bullshit for ijf rules and far better rules for kodakan. Will people just abandon the ijf and start adopting kodakan rules for tournaments ?

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u/ukifrit blind judoka Dec 14 '24

AJJF is the national governing organization for Japan. They put these new rules, where you can grab the legs etc. for the open weight divisions over there.