I just came back from the California State Games, which used the current IJF rules.  As always when I go to even a few events that run IJF rules, I wonder how we have allowed ourselves down this ugly road of issuing hansokumakes and shidos for what used to be good Judo just a few years ago.  Everyone complains, but few do anything constructive to offer alternatives.  So, here are the Judo America rules I use when I host our in-house tournaments.

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