In the 2009 World Championships there were 572 winning techniques. Below are the numbers and percentages showing only the ones that won at least 10 matches.
Penalty Non-Combativity 71 (12%)
Te-waza Te-Guruma 41 (7%)
Te-waza Seoi-nage 30 (5%)
Other Undetermined Nage-waza 28 (4%)
Te-waza Ippon-seoi-nage 28 (4%)
Penalty Defensive-Posture 21 (3%)
Osae-komi-waza Kesa-gatame 20 (3%)
Ashi-waza Uchi-mata 18 (3%)
Ashi-waza Deashi-barai 18 (3%)
Te-waza Kata-guruma 18 (3%)
Other Undetermined 17 (2%)
Ashi-waza O-uchi-gari 17 (2%)
Penalty False-Attack 15 (2%)
Sutemi-waza Tani-otoshi 12 (2%)
Other Undetermined Katame-waza 12 (2%)
Sutemi-waza Tomoe-nage 11 (1%)
Osae-komi-waza Yoko-shiho-gatame 10 (1%)
Ashi-waza O-soto-gari 10 (1%)
Other Yusei Gachi 10 (1%)
When looking at the data for all scores (not just the ones that won matches), these are the top 10:
Penalty Non-Combativity 698 (36.7%)
Penalty Defensive-Posture 206 (10.8%)
Penalty False-Attack 141 (7.4%)
Te-waza Te-Guruma 64 (3.3%)
Penalty Avoid-Grip 64 (3.3%)
Penalty Undetermined Penalty 50 (2.6%)
Other Undetermined Nage-waza 48 (2.5%)
Te-waza Seoi-nage 44 (2.3%)
Te-waza Ippon-seoi-nage 43 (2.2%)
Sutemi-waza Tani-otoshi 30 (1.5%)
It looks like the objective of judo competition is to avoid penalties. 63% of all scores were penalties, and the top reason for winning was a non-combativity penalty.
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Hi Matt.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be a lot of controversy on judo forums about rule changes to competition and its impact on the broader art. The numbers you posted above also seem to demonstrate ongoing issues. You may have covered this before, but as an experienced international competitor, I'd be really keen to read your thoughts.