Referees in international competition are way too lenient towards Japanese judokas when it comes to sacrifice throws and newaza. They tend to give more time to the average Japanese judoka to work their newaza compared to non-Japanese judokas, even in cases where the non-Japanese judoka enters a pin or submission right away and is being urgent with it.
Natsumi Tsunoda would not be able to get away with her non-continuity tomoe nages if she had not been Japanese. The rules clearly make it clear there must not be a pause in the throwing motion for it to be scored, but several of Tsunoda's tomoe nages with very obvious pauses in them get scored all the time.
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u/wowspare Jun 08 '25
Referees in international competition are way too lenient towards Japanese judokas when it comes to sacrifice throws and newaza. They tend to give more time to the average Japanese judoka to work their newaza compared to non-Japanese judokas, even in cases where the non-Japanese judoka enters a pin or submission right away and is being urgent with it.
Natsumi Tsunoda would not be able to get away with her non-continuity tomoe nages if she had not been Japanese. The rules clearly make it clear there must not be a pause in the throwing motion for it to be scored, but several of Tsunoda's tomoe nages with very obvious pauses in them get scored all the time.