r/judo • u/MasterofLinking shodan • Dec 17 '24

Competing and Tournaments Kouchi while grabbing your own leg.

At a recent local tournament we had this situation, that was a little bit of a controversy. While Tori is not grabbing Ukes leg, in my opinion preventing the possibility of stepping back and thus defending the throw would still fall under blocking the leg. What's your opinion? Would you have given the score or shido?

>! decision was score !<

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u/MarsupialFormer Dec 18 '24

The fact that we have to question whether this is legal, or not, shows how absurd it is to pile on so many rules....to a point where, then, you have to interpret whether such a wonderful technique is.....LEGAL!!!!

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u/Uchimatty Dec 18 '24

It’s a cool throw, but wonderful is not the word I would use. This variation has no advantage over modern kouchi makikomi. There is little chance of uke’s leg escaping until Tori is already on the ground (at which point this self-leg grab also will not prevent uke from stepping out), and grabbing with the left arm creates the wrong angle for the throw.

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u/kwan_e yonkyu Dec 18 '24

Maybe no advantage in general, but at least for that specific situation, it looked to be the appropriate adjustment.