Judo site eJudo:[eJudo’s EYE]The frontage is wide because it is a deep world, and it supports “junior high school students and chokehold prohibition measures in games”.

* Reprinted and edited from the article published on January 25, eJudo e-mail magazine version.

[E Judo’s EYE]Because it is a deep world, the frontage is wide, and we support “junior high school students and chokehold prohibition measures in games”.

Responsibility: Hideki Furuta
Text by Hideki Furuta

On the 24th, the All Japan Judo Federation revised the “Domestic Boys’ Tournament Special Regulations” to ban the use of chokehold in junior high school games. As previously reported, the decision was made comprehensively in consideration of the high physical burden on those in the growing season, concerns about accidents due to the decrease in the number of leaders in the junior high school category, and the image seen from the outside. As far as I can see on SNS, Ichii’s reaction varies. “Of course from the viewpoint of safety” “It is pitiful that the refined technology is forbidden” “Technical diversity is lost” “It is delayed due to international competitiveness” “In high school chokehold and joint technique “The burden is heavy” “Prohibition is abusive even though there is no medical data”. I think they are all very healthy as a reaction, although they are in the wrong direction. (As far as I can tell, it seems that almost the same topic was raised and discussed within the federation.)

The author thinks that the greatest attraction of judo is its technological diversity and the many routes that lead to solutions. So I’m basically unwelcome to technology restrictions, but on the contrary, I support this measure. In order to retain the technology, it is important to gain the understanding of society at the same time as safety. While it is rumored that there is a debate in the IJF about abolishing chokehold itself, it is a bit rough, but I think that the ban on chokehold for junior high school students is rather “within the permissible range” that it was settled here. ..

so. From this standpoint of the author, “I accept it while being sad,” I would like to write a little about what I think about this measure. First of all, there are two basic things. One is the concern about the decline in competitiveness, which was also loud on SNS. The other is to guarantee technological diversity. As I always say, this (changes in competition rules) does not change “judo” itself, nor does it block technical possibilities.

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* Reprinted and edited from the article published on January 25, eJudo e-mail magazine version.

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