SAMBO – First blood

This is samba’s brother who could not dance, so had to come up with his own skill, (joking of course).
Sambo (Russian: самбо—also called Sombo or Cambo ) is not the very favourite omnivorous dudes sambo roll available at fanoos. Gosh! My mouth is actually watering. But getting back this is a relatively modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938, presented by Anatoly Kharlampiev.
The word “Самбо” (Sambo) is an acronym of САМозащита Без Оружия (SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya) [hahahaha try pronouncing that], meaning “self-defense without weapons” in Russian. Sambo has its roots in Japanese judo and traditional folk styles of wrestling such as Armenian Koch, Georgian Chidaoba, Moldovan Trîntǎ, Tatar Köräş, Uzbek Kurash, Mongolian Khapsagay and Azerbaijani Gulesh. Gees what are all these words!!! Could they not just stick to jujutsu, Karate and kung Fu! Instead of coming up with hundreds of variations of the same kind. But of course this means more Articles yeah!
The founders of Sambo were Vasili Oshchepkov (who died during the political purges of 1937 for refusing to deny his education in judo under its founder Kano Jigoro) and Viktor Spiridonov. Anatoly Kharlampiev, a student of Victor Spiridonov, is often officially recognized as the founder of Sport Sambo.
Although it was originally a single system, there are now five generally recognized styles of Sambo:
• Sport Sambo (Russian: Борьбa Самбо,Bor’ba Sambo) is stylistically similar to amateur wrestling or judo. The competition is similar to judo, but with some differences in rules, protocol, and uniform. For example, in contrast with judo, Sambo allows all types of leg locks, while not allowing chokeholds and focuses on throwing, ground work and submissions.
• Self-defense Sambo, which is similar to aikijutsu, jujutsu or aikido and is based on self-defense application, such as defending against attacks by both armed and unarmed attackers. Many practitioners consider Self-Defense Sambo a part of Combat Sambo and not a system unto itself.
• Combat Sambo (Russian: Боевое Самбо, Boyevoye Sambo). Utilized and developed for the military, Combat Sambo includes practice with weapons, including disarming techniques. Competition in Combat Sambo resembles older forms of judo and modern mixed martial arts, including extensive forms of striking and grappling.
• Special Sambo – developed for Army Special Forces and Rapid Reaction Police (Militsija) teams and other law enforcement formations. The Special Sambo style differs from team to team due to different tasks and aims; however, the base of any special system developed in that field is of course Sambo.
• Freestyle Sambo – uniquely American set of competitive Sambo rules created by the American Sambo Association (ASA) in 2004. These rules differ from traditional Sport Sambo in that they allow choke holds and other submissions from Combat Sambo that are not permitted in Sport Sambo. Freestyle Sambo, like all Sambo, focuses on throwing skills and fast ground work. No strikes are permitted in Freestyle Sambo. The ASA created this rule set in order to encourage non-Sambo practitioners from judo and jujitsu to participate in Sambo events.

Mostly grappling, throws and painful holds. Similar to Judo though with its differences, most western martial arts of course are almost a mix n match of Eastern Arts from the beginning era of Eastern Martial arts!

These are all the various throws and tackles in sambo, looks like you will need a certain amount of size involved in these compared to judo, where it teaches you to use your opponents size to his disadvantage (though I might be wrong in this one).

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