I have refereed hundreds of Judo matches and have also won hundreds of
tournaments in my youth.
In every junior Judo tournaments I refereed in the sixties, Morote seoinage
and drop to the knee and makikomi, was a favorite at that time.
We used to teach it at orange belt and found it was never a problem.
Where are all those whossy rules come from anyway, from the girls
tournaments??!.

DeCutMan.

"MatMite" <matmite@cs.com> wrote in message
news:20021212185423.29691.00000013@mb-cv.news.cs.com...
> At what age should children be taught drop-knee  seionage.  At our local
> tournaments drop knee is not allowed in the children's matches.  The
reason is
> that the younger children never twist during the throw, (even though they
are
> taught to in the Dojo) they just make their entry, drop and pull their
opponent
> straight into the mat face first. There is a very big risk factor with
this
> throw until they get to the age where they understand the mechanics of the
> throw. Have any of you had any experience with this problem?
>