There's nothing new about the seoi nage / seoi otoshi meta in international judo competition. It's pretty much been this way for many years since the 2000s, it's just that vast majority on r/judo don't follow international competition so they have no idea what's going on internationally.
At my times (late '80s) it was extremely rare, the moment you touched the mat with both knees you entered ne-waza. I don't remember anyone getting a penalty for that, but points were rarely awarded. Regular one knee seoi otoshi was kinda advised against even if technically 100% legit and ippon-worthy if executed flawlessly.
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u/wowspare Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 06 '25
There's nothing new about the seoi nage / seoi otoshi meta in international judo competition. It's pretty much been this way for many years since the 2000s, it's just that vast majority on r/judo don't follow international competition so they have no idea what's going on internationally.