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/QuailTraditional2835 Dec 18 '24
Respectfully, look around outside of your community more often, then.
Common topics I see, just off the top of my head: It's unrealistic due to overreliance on the gi, no leg grabs in competition, weird ruleset, little ground game, judoka can get an ippon while still ending up on their back, failed throws frequently give up your back, little success in MMA, steeper learning curve than wrestling, less effective than wrestling, less effective than BJJ.
I am not necessarily putting any of these ideas forward myself, merely presenting things I've heard in person or seen online.