<mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
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> Anyway, afterwards, several people told me that grabbing fingers is very
> common among Japanese judoka.

That has not been my experience at all, unless you mean grabbing all four
fingers and doing the "scoop-pry." I don't think anyone has ever
intentionally fouled me, either in randori or shiai.

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Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com