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