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/EchoingUnion Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

I wonder why confidently ignorant people within the martial arts sphere always grade Judo on a different curve, unlike any other martial art.

This happens in literally every highly competitive sport in the world. Judo isn't unique in this respect.

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u/powerhearse Dec 18 '24

It's far worse than most grappling combat sports though