I, personally, don't see how white is scoring ippon here. As a BJJ guy, I see blue initiating to attack uchi mata, white attempting to defend, almost stuffing blue's attack by sweeping him onto his back, but blue gets his balance and ends on top inside white's closed guard.
I don't understand how white scores anything from this position, much less wins the match.
In judo, you don't have to end up in a top or even dominant position to score ippon. Here, blue landed on his back (or rather in a bridged position to avoid his back touching, but it's scored the same), so white gets the score. Doesn't matter that both rolled through and blue ended up on top. Very different from bjj where you have to land in a dominant position and maintain it for a few seconds to get the points.
Frankly, it's one of the things that bjj gets right, and it's illogical even by the judo scoring sytem. In a throw, ippon requires speed, power, AND control. If your opponent ends up on top, how are you in control?
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u/Senior-Chapter-jun91 Jun 14 '25
can someone explain to my non judo eyes?