";s:4:"text";s:3077:" He's the face of Sambo, if you like. I would recommend a combination, perhaps of BJJ + Judo or BJJ + Sambo. Our time is spent learning techniques that devastate opponents; our art was not designed for the street but the battleground! So really it's up to you. Sambo, Judo and Wrestling all engage opponents with a different mindset and strategy. Sambo has more emphasis on groundwork and submissions, as where judo is mainly throws. Sambo is a very effective mix of Judo (as its founder was a student of Jigoro Kano) and Wrestling. There are a lot of other good Sambo fighters, especially at a very good school in Moscow called Sambo-70.
Sambo first began to spread outside of Russia in the 1960s and ‘70s, when many sambo practitioners started competing in international judo. Sambo - Overview. Although it isn’t an Olympic sport, Sambo has its fair share of supporters for this cause and a decent fan following as well.
Sambo is influenced by other forms of martial arts as well, such as Wrestling, Judo, Folk style wrestling, etc. Most Russians take both Judo and Sambo as compared to Brazilians who usually take only BJJ rather than both BJJ and Judo. Judo has larger competition, so sambists tend to compete in both Judo and Sambo. They both are just as effective as the next. In Sambo, we have a point scoring system and unlike Judo to get what they call an Ippon we have to throw our opponents and remain standing, just like you should in a real fight! • What is constitute difference between been a style vs. been system of its own? Sambo is kind of like a mix of Judo and Ju Jitsu, with an emphasis on wrestling techniques, as well as Judo throws, and a submissions emphasis on leg locks wspecially and other limb locks (no chokes). Then in 1968, the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) recognized sambo as a style of international wrestling alongside judo and Greco-Roman wrestling. I am 38 now, and practicing Judo on a regular basis is too hard on my body.
Sambo is very different than BJJ. At present Sambo is a dynamically developing sport that keeps on perfecting. Sambo fighters practically won all the bouts competing with the representatives of other Single Combat sports.