The Russian Martial Art of Sambo

Sambo is a grappling martial art with origins in allall of these articles of clothing in both red and blue.
15 of the different republics of the former SovietA Sambo match consists of one 6 minute round
Union. The Soviet Union was known for havingat the senior level. A match can be won in several
varying forms of folk wrestling and needed adifferent ways. If you are able to complete a
way for the different republics to competeperfect throw or submit your opponent this is
against each other without having different rulesknown as a total victory. You can also win by
and techniques. They combined the various formstechnical superiority when you have a 12 point
of folk wrestling and created the martial art ofadvantage over your opponent. Lastly much like
Sambo. Sambo was also used as the main selfother martial arts, the competitor with the most
defense training for hand to hand combat in theamounts of points at the end of 6 minutes is
Soviet military. Much like the many other martialrewarded with the win. If there's a tie there will
arts in the world today, Sambo is practiced in abe a one minute overtime period.
few different ways. The most popular form ofThere are two different ways of scoring in a
Sambo is sport Sambo which is more or less asport Sambo match. You can hold your opponent
submission grappling style more geared towardsdown for 10 seconds and score 2 points or you
competition. Sambo is also still taught as a meanscan hold them down for 20 seconds and be
of self defense known as combat Sambo.rewarded with 4 points. You are only allowed one
The ranking system varies from school to schoolhold down per match. The second way to score
and unlike other traditional martial arts, Sambopoints is to throw your opponent. A throw is
tends to shy away from awarding belts. A rank isconsidered successful when one opponent is able
given to each student primarily based on theirto break the balance of the other and take them
accomplishments at competitions. If a Sambodown in one continuous motion. As stated before
school is an official member of the Unitedif this throw is completed perfectly the match is
Federation of Russian Sambo (UFRS) they willended.
comply with the rules and regulations set fourthSambo and Judo share many similarities and many
by the FIAS which include no belt rankings. Samboof the elite Judo fighters tend to translate well
is considered the official martial art of Russia andinto the sport of Sambo. The martial art of
the tournaments in that country have reachedSambo is not well known outside of Russia but is
quite a large audience. Sambo is now coming outa very effective self defense system. As many
of obscurity in North America as there are manyclubs are opening up worldwide we're beginning to
clubs opening daily and quite a few competitions.see Sambo become a much more popular martial
In Sambo a uniform is made up of shoes knownart and hopefully after reading this you'll have a
as sambofki, a kurtka or Sambo jacket, belt andgreater understanding and appreciation for this
shorts. For a competition you would need to bringmartial art.