The International Judo Federation's 2017 World Senior Championship took place in Budapest, Hungary, from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. 

Judo and jiu-jitsu are closely related, and even though the two arts have diverged into very distinct sports with completely different rules and strategies, practitioners of both disciplines can still learn a lot from the other. 

Those coming from jiu-jitsu will appreciate the big, match-ending throws and takedowns judo is famous for, but most often they're looking for the submission. 

With that in mind, we've catalogued every submission finish we could find from the World Senior Championship and listed them below. 

Judo permits athletes to attack for kansetsu-waza (joint locks) and shime-waza (chokes). Their time on the ground is limited, and they must always be looking to advance the position. Otherwise, referees will stand them back up. 

The majority of submissions came as counters to failed throws, openings that judoka are highly proficient at exploiting. 


​Photo: International Judo Federation

Submissions that won gold

There were two divisions in which the overall winner was decided by submission, one male and one female. 

The 81kg gold medal was decided by a submission, with Alexander Wieczerzak of Germany defeating Matteo Marconcini of Italy in less than two minutes with a choke. 

Chizuru Arai of Japan beat Maria Perez of Puerto Rico in the women's 70kg final for gold using a nasty clock choke that started with a knee in the back of the neck. 

Fastest submission

The fastest submission we found was Larisa Ceric of Bosnia-Herzegovina versus Kubra Kara of Turkey. Ceric used a clock choke to end the match in only 14 seconds! 

Most unusual submissions

Nearly all the submissions we found fell into a few categories: strong armbars and collar chokes. We saw one reverse triangle, but what really stood out were Inbal Shemesh of Iran hitting a Peruvian neck tie on Ekaterina Valkova of Russia in the -63kg division and Helene Receveaux of France submitting Yunseo Ji with a loop choke from guard! 

Overall submission statistics  

Men's		Women's
-60kg	5	-48kg	4
-66kg	6	-52kg	6
-73kg	5	-57kg	3
-81kg	3	-63kg	4
-91kg	3	-70kg	1
-100kg		-78kg
o100kg	2	o78kg	1
Total:	24	Total:	19

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And now…  links to every submission from the Judo 2017 World Senior Championships!

​*** Editor's note*** 
We've been informed that these videos are not available in all regions due to geo-blocking. Apologies if this affects you -- we suggest you look into getting a VPN, which should enable you to watch them. 

-60kg division

VERY tight armbar
UROZBOEV Diyorbek USB vs PAPINASHVILI Amiran GEO


Armbar
KHYAR Walide FRA def SIHLONGONYANE Nkululeko SWZ 


Choke 
RASHNONEZHAD Mohammad IRI def TORRES MARIMON Yandry CUB


Armbar 
SMETOV Yeldos KAZ def SIGAUQUE Neuso MOZ


Armbar 
TAKATO Naohisa JPN def MOUDATIR Yassine MAR

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-66kg division

Armbar 
VAN GANSBEKE Kenneth BEL def NURILLAEV Sardor UZB


Choke 
VAN GANSBEKE Kenneth BEL def JEREB Andraz SLO


Choke 
JEREB Andraz SLO def OLYMPIO Adebayo Frederic TOG


Armbar 
VARGAS Ryan USA def MAHIT Joe VAN


Armbar 
VARGAS Ryan USA def CULLHAJ Indrit ALB


Armbar 
BOUSHITA Abderrahmane MAR def MOGOPA Gavin BOT

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-73kg division

Choke 
HOJAK Martin SLO def AXUS Benjamin FRA


Armbar 
KANIVETS Dmytro UKR def YOUNIS Eyal Salman JOR


Armbar 
ORUJOV Rustam AZE def GJAKOVA Akil KOS


Armbar 
REITER Lukas AUT def BEKTAS Murat TUR


Choke 
TURNER Alexander USA def FONDO JUNIOR Carlitos MOZ

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-81kg division

Choke 
WIECZERZAK Alexander GER def MARCONCINI Matteo ITA


Armbar 
MARCONCINI Matteo ITA def BOTTIEAU Joachim BEL


Armbar 
OTGONBAATAR Uuganbaatar MGL def LEE Jaehyung KOR

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-91kg division

Choke 
KUKOLJ Aleksandar SRB def SAFGULIYEV Tural AZE


Armbar 
CLERGET Axel FRA def TEMESI Sebastian AUS


Armbar 
ODENTHAL Marc GER def SINGH Avtar IND

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-100kg division

None 

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+100kg division

Armbar 
MOURA David BRA def CULUM Zarko SRB


Choke 
JABALLAH Faicel TUN def CAMPOS Hector ARG

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Women's -48kg

Choke 
GALBADRAKH Otgontsetseg KAZ def BILODID Daria UKR


Armbar 
BILODID Daria UKR def ROUSE Emma NZL 


Armbar 
MUNKHBAT Urantsetseg MGL def CLEMENT Melanie FRA


Armbar 
MUNKHBAT Urantsetseg MGL def POP Alexandra ROU

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Women's -52kg

Choke 
KELMENDI Majlinda KOS def TSCHOPP Evelyne SUI


Armbar 
KUZIUTINA Natalia RUS def PUREVSUREN Buyankhishig AZE


Armbar 
TSUNODA Natsumi JPN def DELGADO Angelica USA


Armbar 
TSUNODA Natsumi JPN def FREITAS Leandra POR


Reverse triangle
FREITAS Leandra POR def BISHOP Justine NZL


Choke 
KRASNIQI Distria KOS def AZIZOVA Nazakat AZE

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Women's -57kg

Armbar 
LEUNG Po Sum HKG def MAJOROSOVA Viktoria SVK


Loop choke from guard
RECEVEAUX Helene FRA def JI Yunseo KOR 


Armbar 
ZABLUDINA Irina RUS def BELDIAGINA Kseniia KGZ

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Women's -63kg

Choke 
LIVESEY Amy GBR def TALACH Karolina POL


Armbar 
OZDOBA Agata POL def GWEND Edwige ITA


Armbar 
OZDOBA Agata POL def HERMANSSON Mia SWE


Choke (Peruvian neck tie)  
SHEMESH Inbal ISR def VALKOVA Ekaterina RUS

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Women's -70kg

Choke 
ARAI Chizuru JPN def PEREZ Maria PUR

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Women's -78kg

None

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Women's +78kg

Clock choke (only 14 seconds)
CERIC Larisa BIH def KARA Kubra TUR

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