According the the Facebook page ‘The Grapplers Guide‘:
The IJF – International Judo Federation shared an official statement on their facebook page addressing the recent scandal of not allowing international Judo competitors to compete in other grappling sports before they quickly DELETED their facebook post and DELETED their website page with this letter because they were getting so much backlash.
Here’s the statement from IJF president Marcus Vize as captured by ‘The Grapplers Guide’ before it was taken down.
Marcus Vizer talks about preserving Judo and not ‘spiritually contaminating’ Judo with Migration to other sports:
