Petition calls for allowing Heel Hooks for Black Belts in IBJJF tournaments

 

An online petition on one popular site about Bjj is calling for IBJJF to allow heel hook in Gi and No Gi competitions. 

Footlocks in Jiu-Jitsu seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo or Catch Wrestling, they occupy an important place.

In recent years a new school of Jiu-Jitsu players have started to perfect the leg lock game (Garry Tonon or Eddie Cummings in No Gi and Luis Panza, Cavaca in Gi) but they are still not developed so much in Jiu-Jitsu and many people still see them as cheap, low class moves or are frowned upon because of high risk of injury (especially heel hooks).

 http://jiu-jitsu.news/petition-calls-for-allowing-heel-hooks-for-black-belts-in-ibjjf-tournaments/