Judo Mens U73 - Soichi Hashimoto vs. Jack Yonezuka - Tokyo 2022

Judo Mens U73
Soichi Hashimoto from Japan
vs.
Jack Yonezuka from USA
Grand Slam Tokyo 2022

[@nickyonezuka-cranfordjkc4931]

Thanks for the positive comments towards Jack

[@judobreakdowns7616]

Definitely seemed like unusual refereeing. Hashimoto puts so much pressure to make people step out of bounds, he's tough to deal with.

[@nickyonezuka-cranfordjkc4931]

@@judobreakdowns7616 agreed

[@danqfrank44]

@@judobreakdowns7616interesting. Maybe this is why he shido Jack like that to make him actually throw instead of playing aggressively passive. It’s like making things look like work but not actually working. In this context it makes allot of sense.

[@jakelayman-ls7eh]

Its clear the ref was on someones payroll, just come out and say it, jayzus. He made it to the Olympics, they could not stop that

[@ryanwilliams9984]

I thought Jack did well and kept the pace whole time. Hate that it had to end in shidos

[@judobreakdowns7616]

agreed

[@jsw060943]

I am mystified. 50 Years ago I started playing judo. We played Ippon Judo in those days. Now it seems that the rules have gotten so technical that it seems that mastery of the rules is as important as technique. The shidos seemed quite arbitrary to me. Jack held his own. I would be surprised if Hashimoto was satisfied by winning by shido.

[@judobreakdowns7616]

It was bizarre for sure

[@larryzach7880]

Hostile ref just wanted to cut the legs out from under the American

[@judobreakdowns7616]

Just really didn't make any sense to me

[@larryzach7880]

Yeah seriously just let em fight. ​@judobreakdowns7616