Below you will find educational information regarding the Martial Arts that we teach.
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Wrestling is part of the martial arts. A wrestling match consists of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over, or control of, the opponent. Physical techniques used, include clinching, holding, locking, application of leverage and takedowns. Today there are a wide range of styles with varying rules.
Particular wrestling styles, have particular rules. Also, one can distinguish between traditional and non-traditional styles of wrestling, and wrestling techniques found in military hand-to-hand combat and self-defense systems.
Here is a video to better understand what Wrestling looks like in action. Wrestling is an Olympic sport.
Grappling refers to the gripping, handling, and controlling of an opponent without the use of striking, typically through the application of various grappling holds, choke holds, and counters to various hold attempts. Grappling forms an important part of both ground fighting and standing clinch fighting. Sports that use grappling include Brazilian jiu-jitsu, catch wrestling, Judo, luta livre esportiva, mixed martial arts, Sambo, and wrestling. FILA uses the term grappling interchangeably with the sport of submission wrestling.[1]
Grappling is a mode of fighting used by many different martial arts around the world. The modes can be subdivided into:
- Throws (as used in catch wrestling, judo, jujutsu, luta livre esportiva, sambo), shuai jiao and wrestling .
- Joint locks (as in submission wrestling, bjj, catch wrestling, Judo, hapkido, luta livre esportiva, and malla-yuddha).
- Pinning Techniques; a victory condition in wrestling and judo and used as transitional technique in others.
Most include all of the above aspects while others focus on one. There is no definite dividing line between the sections as locks may be used in throws and a throw may lead directly to a pin. A possible fourth category is sweeps and escapes, used to improve position in ground fighting either escaping from or moving into a position where a lock or pin may be better applied.
Here is a video to better understand what Grappling looks like in action. Grappling is known as a complete mix of all ground fighting arts.
Sambo (Russian: самбо—also called Sombo or Cambo and sometimes written in all-caps) 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), 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.
Sambo: Russia’s Extreme Fighting (From History.com)
The Russian martial art of Sambo was developed in the first several decades of the 20th century, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and the fall of the czarist regime. A martial arts training program within the Bolsheviks’ Red Army produced a new hand-to-hand combat system derived partly from traditional Russian and other native regional wrestling or grappling styles and influenced by various foreign martial arts, notably Judo and Jujitsu, as well as the traditional Olympic sports of boxing and Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The new system was dubbed “Sambo” (sometimes written Sombo or SAMBO), which is an acronym of the Russian words “Samozaschita Bez Orujiya,” or “self-defense without weapon.”
From the beginning, Sambo has been a constantly changing system, adapting itself to fit the needs of its fighters, from soldiers on the battlefields of World War II to crime fighters on the streets of Moscow. Today, Sambo is practiced in three distinct ways: as a competitive sport, as a self-defense method and as a lethal combat system employed by police and military forces. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as “Russian Judo,” Sambo was recognized as an official sport in 1938. It was included in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 as a demonstration sport, though it failed to gain the popularity necessary to become a competitive event.
As a self-defense method, Sambo is based on body movements and joint locks, combined with punches and kicks, all aimed at defending one’s self without injuring the attacker more than is necessary. Specific techniques help defend against various types of attacks, including weapons, choke holds or direct foot or hand strikes. The combat version of Sambo takes the sport and self-defense techniques to the next level, including more vicious kicks, punches, throws and spine locks and even dirtier techniques such as biting, which is outlawed in sport competition. Fighters also learn techniques that can be used to fight in small, enclosed spaces, on the floor or against more than one opponent.
A number of fighters trained in Sambo have found success in the realm of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), another no-holds-barred fighting style popularized by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) competitions in the United States and the PRIDE Fighting Championships of Japan.
Fedor Emelianenko – Many consider Fedor to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. He is a powerhouse with excellent takedowns and ground control skills, not to mention very good submission capabilities. Along the way to an overall MMA record of 24-1 (11 submissions), he’s defeated elite fighters such as Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mark “The Hammer” Coleman, and Renato “Babalu” Sobral. Fedor is also a World Combat Sambo and Russian Combat Sambo Champion.
Andrei Arolvski – This former UFC Champion is, in reality, known for his striking more than his Sambo or ground skills. However, in his first fight against Tim Sylvia, he demonstrated the leg locks that at one time had helped him to become the Junior World Sambo Champion quite nicely. His overall MMA record stands at 9-5.
Aleksander Emelianenko – Sports an overall MMA record of 9-2. Like Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko is known best for his striking. Still, he is a two time Russian Sambo and World Sambo Champion. Further, he is Fedor’s brother.
Here is a video to better understand what Sambo looks like in action. Sambo is known for its leg locks.
Judo (柔道 jūdō?), meaning “gentle way”, is a modern Japanese martial art(gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one’s opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one’s opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or by executing a choke.
Ultimately, the philosophy and subsequent pedagogy developed for judo became the model for almost all modern Japanese martial arts that developed from “traditional” schools (koryū). In addition, the worldwide spread of judo has led to the development of a number of offshoots such as Sambo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Practitioners of judo are called jūdōka.
Here is a video to better understand what Judo looks like in action. Judo is an Olympic sport.
