international judo referee Mikhail Rakhlin said “” that professional judokas often do not understand the rules themselves, as they often change and are incomprehensible.
At the beginning of 2023, the International Judo Federation (IJF) announced a list with modified rules. Subsequently, many of these points were interpreted ambiguously by judges during competitions.
– Frequent changes in judo rules – where do they lead?
— The stated goal is to make judo understandable to everyone. For a man from the street to come in, watch the fight and figure it all out. But it wasn’t any clearer. Unfortunately, we have too many restrictions, it’s hard to see now. Many things need to be resolved. It couldn’t have been easier. I understand why some things were introduced, but still.
– We have the feeling that the judokas themselves do not understand these rules well, there are too many controversial cases.
– Using the example of the Russian team, I can say that they receive information about the rules not from judges, but from coaches. Coaches often interpret these rules as they see fit, but referees take a very different approach. Here you have to listen to the judges, because on the tatami the decision is made by the referee, not the coach.
I know, at the national team level, sometimes we come to the competition and the athlete asks me: “Why are they giving me shido?” You start explaining, and he replies, “But no one told me.” For a moment, this is the level of participants in the Olympic Games. Therefore, there should be seminars not only for judges, but also for athletes. Yes, sometimes guys can come and ask me something, but these are isolated cases.
– Who exactly among the Russian judoists came to ask for advice?
– I spoke with Inal Tasoev, and with Arman Adamyan, and Mikhail Igolnikov, with Madina Taymazova. I spoke to a lot of people but only named the ones I immediately remembered,” Rakhlin told .
On August 16-17, the All-Russian Judo Tournament in Memory of VM Andreev is held in Moscow. The chief referee of the competition is Mikhail Rakhlin.
Source : MatchTV
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