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?

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u/Tasty-Judgment-1538 shodan Dec 18 '24

In general it is legal to grab your own leg. However tori is also touching uke's leg in the process. So I'd say shido.

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u/Dry_Guest_8961 nidan Apr 14 '25

It is not, nor has it ever been illegal to touch the opponents leg. Rules primarily focus on leg grabbing