r/judo 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/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