Travis Stevens' unbreakable Judo grip 

Yes, if the guy knows anything about grip releases, when he starts the technique you won't be able to let go because your fingers are wrapped inside the sleeve and you get your fingers broken.

It’s legal .. I means we can put the finger inside of gi…thanks

No shido…

I'm not familiar with the rules of Judo and was wondering what the reason was for the rule. Just curious, as I feel like some rules are absolutely necessary (for example: not arching the neck back to prevent ippon) and I consider others to be an attempt to drive the direction of the sport (i.e. not allowing touching of the legs).

@Jay Lee Thank you! I'm always a little concerned when I see rules that have huge impacts on a martial art. Taekwondo caused the loss of countless techniques in Korea because the sport was designed around kicks, and Kyokushin used to be one of the most devastating martial arts in and out of the ring (they used to go to Thailand and beat Thai kickboxers) until the sport decided on making head punches illegal. Sometimes I think these rules can be helpful for protecting competitors, but I feel like more research needs to be done on the real effects. In the case of this grip, I feel like it should be illegal for lower level competitors (like leg locks in BJJ) or have a limitation like you mentioned to avoid stalling. However, as I used to be an EMT, I do think that the the neck arching to avoid ippon should be an automatic loss, only because it has no real word application and can be dangerous in both the short and long term. That being said, I've done several different TMA since I was a teenager, so I'm probably a bit biased haha :)

It's not cheating if you admit to it. ... ?

Minor rules in every sport are broken at every level and age

My position is that you cheat and hide from the referees because your not good enough to defeat the oponent and because you are not strong enough to accept that your technique is not there yet. So, you cheat and steal and life goes on. If you are in a street fight or to protect your life there's no problem to try to do lots of stuff, but when you are in a competition and you are expected to be fair play... well... if you cheat that's bad character from you. But everyone is free to do whatever they want to do :).

If you are not cheating you are not trying. You will find the best competitor will take any edge

@@shouldrz123 well, people are different in many ways, and the same goes with their points of view :)

The unbreakable Judo grip (i.e. contribution of value to the world). ;-)

He probably is around 95 right now. 81 was a few years ago when he was competing.

He is not 81 for sure.

During interviews he's mentioned being over 90 before a weigh-in and having to cut all the way down to sub 81

No. You can still pistol grip. You just need immediate attacks.

at 01:30 He is showing how to hide from the Referee LOL!!!! So its illegal in Judo too. Next video he will show how to get your fingers inside the opponent eyes without the Referee seeing it jaja

@@carzoparazzo9698 Yeah. He learned it from going against Bishop and his secret eye claw technique...

Carzo Parazzo Sure it’s illegal. He is showing you how to not be caught LoL

‘Shido!’ Oos

D D I heard pistol grip is legal now in IJF matches

Just shido if you leave the fingers\thumb inside.if you twist enough is the inside becomes the outside and TECHNICALLY it's no longer a grip inside the sleeve as the end of the sleeve is inside out. Koreans are doing this last tweak some

@Jay Lee I've been doing judo since 2005 and was always told you cannot take a grip inside the gi. If you can cite your source on it being legal for the grip reprieve of 2017, I'd be happy to read the rules. Pistol grips were allowed during that time, but as I recall, not with fingers or thumb inside

@Jay Lee I've always been told fingers in is a safety issue. I do appreciate the citation. 👍

that would be the same as saying why are you teaching how to kill people when u watch a martial arts video it's not made for cheating and cheating only and martial arts are not made for killing and killing only

@@lauri6052 incorrect. Teaching illegal techniques for the sake of knowing them is one thing, teaching specifically how to apply them in competition without the ref realizing is purely a way to incentivize cheating. And I would expect more from a respected athlete.

Mirage- he is also teaching the ref how to see illegal griping ;)

@@36424567254 nah bro

@@36424567254 So you know when and how the OTHER person is cheating. Duh.