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