r/judo • u/Eastern-Swordfish776 • Jul 06 '25

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/bom_tombadill Jul 06 '25

We should learn leg grabs in class even if we can’t use them in competition

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u/YourWrongOpinions rokkyu Jul 06 '25

This feels like an extremely popular opinion to me. And even then, my gym teaches, and allows them in Randori. Though that, and a few other techniques, come with the caveat of teaching them after the 'normal' way to do stuff, and make sure to explain that it doesn't work in competition.

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u/glue_drinker9000 Jul 06 '25

YES THIS I NEEEEEED THE LEG GRABS

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u/the_killerpanda ikkyu Jul 06 '25

That depends on the club. My club teaches it, but it’s ofc not the main focus.

And, I might be wrong, but it seems the new BJA syllabus includes leg grabs for grading. Ofc, only relevant if you are in the UK

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u/Wickle2545 ikkyu Jul 06 '25

Im pretty sure the BJA removed the leg grab throws from the syllabus with the new scheme no? I had to do the leg grab throws for all my gradings, but they are definitely not on the new syllabus the BJA have published - https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/get-started/grading/kyu-grade-scheme/

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u/the_killerpanda ikkyu Jul 06 '25

Just checked: no leg grabs in any of the new syllabus. Meh

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u/tedingtanto sandan Jul 06 '25

They've all been added into the new Dan grade syllabus, but only in pieces from 2nd-5th Dan.

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u/Warmachine096 Jul 07 '25

yeah they used to have a few for 1st kyu but they removed them very recently

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u/bobaf Jul 06 '25

Yes! This is needed.

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u/SingleLegs_Ballers33 Jul 06 '25

I must be blessed then because they do teach leg grabs at both my schools. They just warn us that we can’t use it in competition

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u/silvaphysh13 nidan Jul 06 '25

This is gonna be my 4th Annual Leg Grab August as a sensei at my gym, and it's a goddamn great time every year!

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u/bom_tombadill Jul 06 '25

So leg grabs for one month?

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u/silvaphysh13 nidan Jul 06 '25

Exactly! Every Tuesday night we'll spend 90 minutes doing one or two leg grabbing throws, with a bunch of chill randori to help reinforce good timing.

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u/Truth-Miserable gokyu Jul 06 '25

Some places do this but yea I wish it were a more widely held view

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u/Live-Tea-66 Jul 07 '25

osoto gari!

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u/Gear_Gab Jul 07 '25

I agree, even if not for competition those are really good to know

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u/Yamatsuki_Fusion sankyu Jul 07 '25

Super popular opinion.