That’s going to Be interesting, orthopedic surgeons will make a fortune for the first couple of years.

Well it's been allowed in NAGA etc. forever, so I doubt much will change

True but the number of people competing is not comparable this rule change will make significant impact and change in training methods strategy etc. vast majority of schools train thinking the ibjjf rules rather NAGA and ADCC, I don’t think is going to be like an easy transition...

A point of trivia that I don't expect anyone to care about. I was mentioned in the article regarding a petition I circulated a few years ago. The contents of the petition were AGAIN misquoted as they sensationally were when I released the petition. The petition I wrote advocated mandatory referee intervention when submissions were locked in for kids under the age of 12, as done by the IBJJF, Gracie Worlds, and NAGA style rules: 'Child safety conscious BJJ tournaments such as the Gracie Worlds do not allow the referee to wait for the children under the age of 12 to tap to a submission. These tournaments will not award a win or points for submissions or submission attempts. If one of the children under the age of 12 attempts a submission-like move on another child under the age of 12, the referee merely restarts the match in a safe position, to remove the incentive for children under the age of 12 to try and attempt chokes or joint locks on their under the age of 12 peers in an attempt to end the match. This is a much safer way to introduce children under the age of 12 to the sport and skills of BJJ than allowing them to try and use submission attempts on their peers under the age of 12 to win their matches. Other large tournaments such as those ran by the IBJJF and NAGA, also address this issue by requiring the referee to stop the match before the child taps, whenever possible, which is another way to prudently address this situation.' Almost no one actually read the petition, whose point was to advocate mandatory referee intervention when submissions were locked in, by the under age 12 divisions. The motivation for the petition was I had attended a fair number of small promotion tournaments where white belt or non-grappling trained referees were not intervening early as kids under the age of 12 were choked out, had their arms injured, or were being picked up by their neck in guillotines, because the young kids did not know to tap, or their idiot fat ass parents were screaming 'don't tap' from the sidelines. The petition I actually wrote here: https://www.change.org/p/[...]ns-illegal I don't expect anyone to care at this point, but even in the URL of the petition 'early referee stoppage' was mentioned, and it was surprising how widely the petition was misquoted and turned into click bait. And still is....

I hope neck cranks are never allowed. Lol

I would have signed it Bill.

Already there are tons of Neck injuries with out allowing them, i have serius neck issues spine issues after 20 years and tell you truth i don't know when i be able to train again if ever... So if something like this is going to be allowed i believe there will be many carreer ending injuries... and could be far worse than a screwed up knee...

I hope neck cranks are never allowed

Next question is, why not allow it with the gi as well? Advanced practitioners are good enough to compete with heelhooks, but not if they're WEARING PANTS? I think the obvious reason for disallowing it in the first place is, that it will make a lot of people uncomfortable with competing there = they'll loose business. Personally, after 3 knee surgeries, countless sprains and 20 years of twisting them, I also think twice about competing in leglock frenzies. Injured myself and others enough in competition with leglocks; I'm focusing on keeping a long-term training career at this point.

That's true. Will probably also creating more separation internally in gyms when members need to train for two very different strategies gi/no-gi.

Traction makes a difference in the leg entanglement part.

Could this be for real?? Today's is not April Fool's Day... https://www.bjjee.com/art[...]s-in-2021/ 'Great news for leg lockers major changes are coming to the IBJJF and their rule set. An official IBJJF referee and 3rd degree black belt, Thiago Stefanutti has just announced that IBJJF will be allowing reaping and heel hooks in the brown and black belt divisions at No Gi competitions starting from 2021. Stefanutti got the news in exclusivity from IBJJF and announced the news on the Absolute MMA academy Facebook group'

If someone is a great fighter with a gameplan focused on wrestling and points, he will create a minimum of opportunities for the leglocker. The fun would start the moment if, for example, saddle or ashi-garami were scoring positions as well by IBJJF rules as side-control. Then it would be something else :D

411 is worth 4 points for sure, but you're probably going to get the sub anyway

Well it's been allowed in NAGA etc. forever, so I doubt much will change