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If you have entered our website and opened the “About SAMBO” section, it means that you are interested or at least curious. In any case, what you read will not leave you indifferent. SAMBO - a powerful means of self-defense, physical and spiritual education - was invented in the Soviet Union and quickly spread throughout the world. USSR sambists won many medals of the highest standard not only in SAMBO, but also in judo, freestyle and classical wrestling, and MMA. Having finished sports performances and forged character, many sambo wrestlers became prominent scientists, military and political figures. These are courageous and selfless people whom the whole world knows today.

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SAMBO (an abbreviation formed from the phrase "SELF Defense Without Weapons")- a type of martial arts and a comprehensive self-defense system developed in the USSR. In SAMBO, the authors (Anatoly Kharlampiev, Vasily Oshchepkov, Viktor Spiridonov) combined the techniques of many national types of martial arts, including the Georgian Chidaoba, Tatar, Karachay, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Finnish-French, Free-American, English, Swiss wrestling, Japanese judo and sumo.

History of combat sports

The struggle at the dawn of mankind helped keep people alive and provide themselves with food. The accumulated experience was passed down from generation to generation, and over time, wrestling was recognized as a means of physical development and education of valuable applied skills.

Primitive fights became a sport after the appearance of the rules for their conduct. The first information about sports fights is about five thousand years old: they are mentioned in the Babylonian and Indian epics, Chinese chronicles, their images are on ancient Egyptian bas-reliefs.

In ancient Greece, wrestling was part of the program of the ancient Olympic Games. In addition, it was part of the system of physical education for children and youth, including sprinting, long jumps, javelin and discus throwing. The first rules for wrestling competitions were developed and described by the founder of Athens - Theseus.

The traditions of ancient Greek wrestling were revived in the middle of the nineteenth century in France. This sport was first called French, then classical wrestling, now it is called Greco-Roman wrestling.

Almost immediately, French wrestling finds its way to America. Here, its development takes on a new direction, which in modern sports is called freestyle wrestling.

Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the program of the modern Olympic Games from the very beginning, revived by Pierre de Coubertin in 1886. And already in 1904, freestyle wrestling was included in the program of the Games.

Each nation has its own national types of wrestling. And on the territory of the former USSR there are almost as many of them as there are nations - including the Georgian Chidaoba, the Tatar kuresh, the Karachay tutush, the Russian wrestling. All of them, as well as the experience of European and Asian culture, became the basis for SAMBO.

Annals of sambo

1936 At the Moscow Institute of Physical Education, Anatoly Kharlampiev defended his thesis, in which he collected and described all the techniques he studied under the guidance of Vasily Oshchepkov and collected independently.

1938 Moscow is hosting the 1st All-Union Coaches' Gathering, "which brought together coaches of various types of national wrestling - Kyrgyz, Tatar, Turkmen, Kazakh, Caucasian, etc." (“Red Sport” June 27, 1938), and a scientific and methodological conference. Oshchepkov's student Kharlampiev was appointed as the head coach of the training camp.

"National types of struggle of our vast Soviet Union,- said Kharlampiev at the conference, - served as the basis for the creation of a large common wrestling, which now we all call the Soviet freestyle wrestling. The Soviet freestyle wrestling includes all the best elements from the following national types of wrestling: Georgian, Tatar, Karachai, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, etc.”

He adds that the most original techniques of the Finnish-French, free-American, English wrestling of the Lancashire and Cumberland styles, Swiss, Japanese judo and sumo are involved in the system.

From the first moments of laying its foundation, the synthesized system assumed its openness to all the best and expedient, without giving priority to one thing, and the universal rules, according to Kharlampiev, should have given an opportunity to a wrestler of any nationality, using his favorite tricks from folk wrestling, and as well as others, on an equal footing with everyone to compete.

It was then that the main conclusion was made: as long as the search continues only in the field of purely applied, limited in the number of methods of self-defense systems, there can be no real self-defense. For this, a foundation is needed, and wrestling should become this foundation. (Kharlampiev A.A., “SAMBO System”)

November 16, 1938 The All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports issued Order 633 "On the development of freestyle wrestling." "This fight- said in the order - formed from the most valuable elements of the national types of wrestling of our vast Union and some of the best techniques from other types of wrestling, is an extremely valuable sport in terms of its variety of techniques and applications. This day is considered to be the birthday of SAMBO.

November 25-26, 1939 The first USSR championship in "freestyle wrestling" is held in Leningrad. "Freestyle wrestling" - that was the name of SAMBO wrestling at that time.

1940 The first manuals on "freestyle wrestling" by N. Galkovsky and R. Shkolnikov are published. A textbook for NKVD schools under the authorship of Viktor Volkov (a student of Oshchepkov and Spiridonov) "Sambo self-defense course" is being published. The author tried to combine the legacy of teachers and outlined his concept of teaching the system of defense and attack. Thanks to Volkov, the word SAMBO appeared.

1941-1945. The Great Patriotic War interrupted the competitions in "freestyle wrestling" (SAMBO wrestling). But it was also a test of the viability of SAMBO in combat conditions. Athletes and coaches, brought up on the Soviet system of self-defense, defended their homeland with honor, participated in the training of fighters and commanders, fought in the ranks of the army in the field.

1946"Freestyle wrestling" received a modern name - SAMBO. The concept of the SAMBO system is being formed as a system that combines SAMBO wrestling (sports section) and self-defense without weapons "SAMBO" (combat section designed to solve combat tasks).

The All-Union Section is being created, competitions and coaching camps are being resumed.

1947 Rules of SAMBO wrestling competitions are coming out. (Sambo wrestling: Competition rules. - M .: "Physical culture and sport", type. "Kr. Banner" - 6th type. Transzheldorizdat, 1947). The USSR SAMBO championships are resumed, which are held regularly until the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

1948 The All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the USSR for the first time approves the SAMBO Wrestling Program for sports sections of physical culture groups.

1949 The first edition of Anatoly Kharlampiev's book "SAMBO Fight" is published. The book begins with these words: “Techniques used in sambo wrestling are substantiated by scientific data in their technique. In one case, the expedient use of body levers; in the other, the application of the laws of motion of the chain of links of the human body; in the third - the achievement of lightning-fast movements through the addition of velocities, etc. - in all cases, in sambo wrestling, success does not depend on the chance finding of a successful technique, but on the correct analysis of the movements of the human body.

Further in the chapter on tactics, Kharlampiev writes: “In such a complex sport as sambo wrestling, one technique, physical and volitional qualities are still not enough to achieve complete success in competitions. Tactics in all its diversity plays a huge role both in a single fight and in the whole complex of competitions. Therefore, in sambo, an important place should be given to the study of the most rational ways of defeating the enemy.”

1950s for SAMBO were marked by entering the international arena. It all started with foreign students studying in the Soviet Union.

1953"Voenizdat" publishes for official use two books by Kharlampiev - "SAMBO Combat Techniques" and "SAMBO Special Techniques".

1957 The first official meeting of sambists of the USSR with judokas of Hungary. At the Dynamo stadium in Moscow, the wrestlers of the Soviet Union won a convincing victory with a score of 47: 1 over the followers of Japanese wrestling. Our sambists in this meeting fought according to the rules of judo. The first foreign sambo federation was formed - the Sambo Wrestling Federation of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.

1958 The first sambo championship of the People's Republic of Bulgaria is taking place - this is the first tournament of this level abroad. In Belgium, at the Brussels World Exhibition “Expo-58”, a demonstration of SAMBO techniques is taking place.

1962 A judo section was organized in the USSR SAMBO Federation. Sambists continue to actively prepare for the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where judo will make its debut.

1965 The SAMBO Federation is being created in Japan.

1966 At the FILA Congress, which was held in the American city of Toledo, SAMBO wrestling is recognized as an international sport. A team of Japanese sambists comes to the Soviet Union for the first time. Guests could not win any of the four match meetings.

1967 The first International SAMBO Friendship Tournament was held in Riga. Athletes from Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Mongolia, Japan and the USSR took part in the competition. Since this year, international competitions are regularly held in different countries of the world.

1970 David Lvovich Rudman founded the SAMBO-70 school in Moscow.

1971 SAMBO is included in the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.

1972 In the USSR, in Riga, the first open SAMBO European Championship is held. Athletes from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Spain, the USSR, Yugoslavia, Iran, Mongolia and Japan took part in the competition.

1973 The first World Sambo Championship is held at the Farah Stadium in Tehran. Athletes from Bulgaria, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Yugoslavia, the USSR, the USA, Iran, Mongolia, South Korea and Japan participated in these competitions.

1976 The book of the legendary sambo master Evgeny Mikhailovich Chumakov "Tactics of a sambo wrestler" is published, where the author notes: “In order to successfully draw up a plan of action, a wrestler needs knowledge and experience. He must be able to assess the capabilities of his own and his opponents, otherwise he will not be able to choose the right tactics and implement them. Tactics is both an art and a science at the same time. Significant experience in the use of tactical actions has been accumulated in sambo wrestling, which has been intensively summarized and systematized in recent years.

1977 The first World Cup is played in Spain in Oviedo. The first Pan-American SAMBO Championship (Puerto Rico) is taking place.

1979 The first book on sambo for children is published. Author David Rudman begins it with the words: "Dear friend! I do not know how old you are and whether you are familiar with sambo wrestling. But you picked up this book and started reading it.” And just below: “Do not expect supernatural recipes and mysterious secrets from me. The most super-mysterious recipe has long been revealed. Sport is work! You want to become a sambist. Great wish. But one desire is not enough. You can lie on the couch, read books on SAMBO and dream of becoming a champion. You can talk a lot and smartly about wrestling and know the names of all the tricks. But still not being able to do anything. Therefore, we must work hard, selflessly, intelligently. Search, make mistakes, lose and win. And to believe, strongly believe in yourself, in your character, in your will.

1981 SAMBO is included in the Bolivarian Games (South America).

1982 The first international sambo tournament "Memorial of Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiev" is taking place in Moscow. This tournament has already become traditional. SAMBO is included in the Cruz del Sur Games program (South America, Argentina).

1983 The first World Sambo Championship among women was held in Madrid. SAMBO is included in the program of the Pan American Games.

1984 A decree was signed on the development of SAMBO among women in the USSR. At the founding Congress in Bilbao (Spain), the International Amateur Sambo Federation (FIAS / FIAS) was created, which in 2001 at the next Congress was renamed the World SAMBO Federation, World Sambo Federation (WSF). Spaniard Fernando Compte was elected the first president of FIAS. John Henson of the United States of America was elected First Vice President.

1985 FIAS has been included in GAISF (AGFIS). GAISF - General Association of International Sports Federations)

1986 Tokyo (Japan) hosts the first Asian SAMBO Cup.

1987 For the first time the SAMBO World Cup is held in Africa, Casablanca (Morocco).

1989 First New Jersey World Youth Championship (USA).

1997 In Russia, the International SAMBO Academy (Kstovo) hosts the XXI World SAMBO Championship. For the first time in the history of the existence of the International Amateur SAMBO Federation, it is headed by Russian Mikhail Tikhomirov.

year 2001. At the next Congress of the International Amateur SAMBO Federation (FIAS/FIAS), which was held in Russia in the city of Krasnoyarsk, it was decided to rename the International Amateur SAMBO Federation, International Amateur Sambo Federation (FIAS/FIAS) into the World SAMBO Federation, World SAMBO Federation (WSF/ WSF).

Types of sambo

Although SAMBO was originally developed as a single system, there are currently three versions of SAMBO:

– Sports sambo is a martial art close to judo. However, sambo wrestlers wear a jacket with “wings” and slits for the belt, shorts instead of pants, and “sambos” on their legs.

For a duel, a round carpet is chosen instead of a square one in judo. In sambo, you can do painful holds on the legs, but you can’t do chokeholds, and in judo it’s the other way around. In addition, judo and sambo have completely different scoring systems.

- The art of self-defence. This form is similar to aikijutsu, jujitsu and aikido. Techniques are designed to repel the attack of both armed and unarmed opponents.

- Combat Sambo is a system developed and adapted for the needs of the army and the police. Combat sambo includes techniques with and without weapons.

Combat sambo competitions are reminiscent of modern mixed martial arts fights ("fights without rules") and include extensive use of strikes, grabs and throws.

Sambo is a combat sport, as well as a defense system without weapons. Many believe that Sambo has absorbed and continues to absorb the most effective defense and attack techniques, which are carefully selected from various types of martial arts. Along with wrestling techniques, sambo absorbed the moral principles of peoples who transferred part of their culture to sambo.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) is a non-governmental public non-profit organization uniting national Sambo federations.

History of origin and development

Throughout its existence, sambo has developed in two directions: as a mass sport and as a means of training personnel for special forces and law enforcement agencies. Since 1923, in the Moscow sports society "Dynamo" V. A. Spiridonov began to develop an applied discipline - self-defense. In "Dynamo" there was a study of various martial arts and national types of wrestling of the peoples of the world. This direction was closed and was intended for the training of special forces.

Oshchepkov V.S., a graduate of the Kodokan Judo Institute and a second dan holder, begins to develop sports sambo. At this time, he teaches judo as an academic discipline at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education, but gradually moves away from the judo canons in search of the most effective techniques self-defense, forming the basis of a new combat sport.

Over time, Spiridonov's self-defense system merged with Oshchepkov's system. A. A. Kharlampiev (one of Oshchepkov’s students) and E. M. Chumakov made a great contribution to the development and dissemination of the system of self-defense without weapons.

November 16, 1938 is considered to be the birthday of Sambo. It was on this day that the order of the All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports was issued, in which sambo was recognized as an "extremely valuable sport in terms of its variety of techniques and defense significance." A decision was made to organize a system for training athletes in all the republics of the USSR, and an All-Union Sambo Section was created, which later became the Sambo Federation.

In 1939, the first national championship in a new sport was held, and in the 1950s, international competitions began to be held.

In 1966, sambo was officially recognized as an international sport. In 1972, the first open European championship was held, and in 1973, the first world championship. In subsequent years, European and world championships, international tournaments are regularly held. Sambo federations are being created in Spain, Greece, Israel, the USA, Canada, France and other countries. Today, sambo is represented by two areas: sports and combat.

Sambo rules

Competitors are divided into age groups, the participant's belonging to the age group is determined by the year of birth.

• Younger age (11-12 years old);
• teenagers (13-15 years old);
• middle age (15-16 years);
• older age (17-18 years);
• juniors (19-20 years old);
• adults (20 years and older);
• veterans (35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59 years old, over 60 years old).

In Sambo, it is allowed to use throws, holds and painful holds on the arms and legs. Throws can be carried out with the help of arms, legs and torso.

In Sambo, points are awarded for throws and holds. A throw is a technique by which a sambo wrestler unbalances an opponent and throws him onto the mat on any part of his body or knees.

If a sambo wrestler, pressing against an opponent with any part of the body, holds him in this position for 20 seconds, then such a technique is called a hold.

In SAMBO there is a possibility of an early victory, for this it is necessary to throw the opponent on the back, remaining in the stance, hold a painful hold, score 8 points more than the opponent.

Scoring principle:

4 points are awarded to:

• for throwing an opponent on his back with the fall of the attacker;
• for throwing the opponent to the side without the attacker falling;
• for holding for 20 seconds.

2 points are awarded:

• for throwing the opponent to the side with the fall of the attacker;
• for a throw on the chest, shoulder, stomach, pelvis without the attacker falling;
• for holding for 10 seconds.

1 point is awarded for throwing the opponent on the chest, shoulder, stomach or pelvis with the fall of the attacker.

A painful hold is a technical action in a prone wrestling that forces the opponent to surrender. In Sambo, it is allowed to carry out levers, knots, infringement of joints and muscles on the opponent's arms and legs. The bout time in sambo is 3-5 minutes of pure time.

Equipment for sambo

At all official competitions, it is allowed to use the form in accordance with the requirements established by these Rules and the sports Regulations of the All-Russian Sambo Federation.

Sambo equipment includes: a jacket (red or blue), boots (wrestlers), shorts and a belt. Participants are provided with a white T-shirt.

Sambo jackets are made of cotton fabric. The sleeve of the jacket should reach the wrist, the width of the sleeve should provide a clearance between the arm and the fabric of at least 10 cm along its entire length. .

Sambo boots of red, blue or combined (red-blue) color are made of soft leather or synthetic fabric and have a soft sole. All seams of boots are hidden inside. The ankles and foot in the area of ​​the thumb joint are protected by pads covered with leather on top.

Sambo shorts are made of woolen, half-woolen or synthetic jersey. From above, they should reach the line of the belt, and from below, cover the upper third of the thigh.

The main thing that has always distinguished the Russian duel is humanity in relation to the enemy. In the system of Russian hand-to-hand combat, there have never been tricks specially designed to kill or cripple the enemy. Russian martial art, therefore, is a reflection of the humane Russian spirit, ennobled by the Orthodox faith and characteristic of our people. In good intention and direction of strength lies the power and invincibility of the Russian people.

“We are Russians, and God is with us!” - said the invincible Suvorov. This calm courage and nobility of Russian strength is what anti-Russian ideologists are trying to destroy, introducing Eastern martial arts based on cruelty, preaching Western individualism alien to us, where in order to save one's own life, one must kill one's neighbor or take away his last.

We should be proud of that unique phenomenon, the name of which is Russian hand-to-hand combat. And one of its initial systems is SAMBO wrestling.

Prehistory of SAMBO development

For those who are superficially familiar with SAMBO, the following statements are typical: “Sambo is the same as judo!”, “Sambo cannot even be compared with karate (aikido, taekwondo, and so on).” Those who see only the “tip of the iceberg” can say so. The foundation of sambo wrestling is associated with the name of the famous researcher and wrestling practitioner of the 20th century Anatoly Kharlampiev. He was from a famous lineage of wrestlers, athletes and fist fighters.

The Kharlampievs have always been characterized by a craving for martial arts and physical culture. Georgy Yakovlevich (1861-1911) daily practiced athletic gymnastics with his children, according to modern terminology. For the male half of the family, athletic training and physical labor were, as it were, preparatory exercises for youthful fun - fisticuffs held on the banks or ice of the Dnieper.

His son, Arkady Georgievich Kharlampiev, grew up in such a family, but became ... an artist, graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. In his free time, Arkady Georgievich worked part-time in the circus as an acrobat and wrestler in order to be able to study and support his family. Helped him in this excellent physical preparation. At the circus arena, he met with such wonderful people and famous wrestlers as Zaikin, Poddubny and Lebedev.

Ivan Vasilyevich Lebedev, better known as the “professor of athletics” or simply “Uncle Vanya”, was the first in Russia to publish a book on self-defense for special use, Self-Defense and Arrest (Petrograd, 1915). The book outlines the techniques of Japanese wrestling "jiu-jitsu", which was just beginning to gain popularity in Europe and completely unknown in Russia at that time.

While studying at the Paris Academy, after classes, Arkady Kharlampiev was heading to the Box Club. Perfectly mastering the techniques of fisticuffs, he easily mastered English boxing and after a few months he was performing in the ring under the name Charles Lampier. The victories of the Russian Charles followed one after another. After graduating from the Academy, he returned to Moscow, where he acted as a teacher, organizer, propagandist, judge and practicing boxer. In addition to wrestling, Arkady Kharlampiev was fond of mountaineering and even participated in the ascent of Stalin Peak (later Communism Peak, now Ismail Somoni Peak).

Since the beginning of the First World War, Arkady Kharlampiev went to the front, where, as the newspapers wrote, he was considered missing. However, a few years later, after escaping from captivity and the hospital, the athlete reappears in France and performs in the ring under the name already known to us. Again victorious fights, resounding success, a trip to bourgeois Estonia and coaching activities in it. In 1922, with the help of the former chairman of the Military Revolutionary Committee, N.I. Podvoisky, Kharlampiev returns again, to already Soviet Russia.

The Kharlampiev family carefully preserves the archive, the beginning of which was laid by Arkady Georgievich, who collected books on various types of martial arts and martial arts. In the mid-20s, Arkady Georgievich developed more than a dozen physical education programs for technical schools and institutes; self-defense training occupies a significant place in these programs.

Shortly thereafter, for health reasons, Arkady Kharlampiev ends his performances in the ring and begins coaching and scientific activities. The sons of Arkady Georgievich, after graduating from the courses of instructors of physical culture, begin to work under the guidance of their father in the OSMKS (Society of Builders of the International Red Stadium). His father instructs his son Anatoly to search for and process games, both known and forgotten, to organize and conduct mass actions.

In his notes (1922-1925), along with bast shoes and towns, descriptions of Russian, Tatar, gypsy and other types of folk struggle appear. It is from this moment that the development of a new self-defense system begins.

In 1929, Arkady Georgievich brings Anatoly to the Central House of the Red Army, where he worked at that time, and introduces him to his friend, judo coach Vasily Sergeevich Oshchepkov, a widely erudite teacher and connoisseur who in practice studied the secrets of Japanese wrestling at the Institute Kodokan. A true professional, Oshchepkov was well acquainted with various types of martial arts and martial arts systems and taught what he knew best. In a collection of materials on academic disciplines, published in 1934, he gives the methodology and tactics of the martial art of jujitsu, and also gives the rules for sports judo.

An interesting fact is known: Vasily Oshchepkov was one of the first graduates of the Tokyo Theological Seminary, founded by Archbishop Nicholas of Japan at the Japanese Theological Mission. Left without parents early, by the will of fate, Vasya Oshchepkov, as a boy, ended up in Japan, where he remained at the Tokyo mission. St. Nicholas himself blessed Vasily Oshchepkov for martial arts.

Oshchepkov student of the Tokyo Theological Seminary

Grieved by the news of the crushing defeats of the Russians in the war with Japan, Vladyka Nicholas saw one of the main reasons for the failures of the Russian army in the unpreparedness of the soldiers for hand-to-hand combat.

Over time, for health reasons, Vasily Sergeevich limits his coaching activities and transfers the judo section he organized at the Wings of the Soviets Palace of Physical Culture to his student Anatoly Kharlampiev, who was still a student at that time. In 1935, Anatoly Kharlampiev headed the Moscow City Section, and in 1937 he was elected a member of the Presidium of the All-Union Judo Section.
During these years, severe trials awaited Anatoly. His father, who suffered from a serious illness - pyelonephritis, which he received while participating in the Pamir expedition, died in the summer of 1936. A year later, on October 2, 1937, the coach and teacher Kharlampiev V.S. was arrested on charges of espionage. Oshchepkova. On December 10, while in pre-trial detention in the dungeons of the NKVD, he died of a heart attack.

Freestyle wrestling

Having survived the death of his father and mentor, Kharlampiev, with even greater zeal, took up the work begun by them. At first, even his students did not know about the research activities of Anatoly Arkadyevich, who took the educational material he offered in training for “pure juu-do”.

1938 is a significant milestone not only in the activities of Anatoly Kharlampiev, but also in the history of self-defense and wrestling. Having prepared the holding of the Moscow championship and successfully participating in it, Kharlampiev receives an offer from the All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of People's Commissars to head the 1st All-Union Judo Camp.

Kharlampiev, with his usual enthusiasm, set about organizing a coaching camp, but not in judo ... "Freestyle wrestling" - that was the name of the new self-defense system in the Soviet press and official documents. Anatoly Kharlampiev introduced the participants of the conference to the baggage of knowledge that he had managed to collect and systematize by that time.

The proposed SYSTEM used all the best and most expedient of the national types of wrestling and various self-defense systems, and the universal rules made it possible for a wrestler of any nationality to compete on an equal footing with everyone else.

Vasily Sergeevich Oshchepkov with students

November 16, 1938 VKFKiS issued Order No. 633 "On the development of freestyle wrestling." This day became the birthday of SAMBO wrestling. In 1939, the first USSR championship in "freestyle wrestling" was held.
The Great Patriotic War, which began on June 22, 1941, suspended the development of sambo, but it was also a test of the new struggle for viability in extreme conditions. Athletes and coaches honorably defended their homeland, participated in the training of fighters and commanders, fought in the ranks of the army, successfully applying the knowledge and skills they had acquired, which often saved their lives and their comrades. Many of them have received high government awards.

Anatoly Kharlampiev almost from the very beginning of the war volunteered for the front, reached Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) and ended the war in the Far East. In whatever sector of the front he was, everywhere he successfully put into practice the knowledge gained and the accumulated combat experience. Anatoly Arkadyevich was awarded government awards - the Order of the Red Star and many medals. He ended the war with the rank of lieutenant.

Development of SAMBO in the post-war period

After the war, A.A. Kharlampiev works in the Dynamo Sports Society, where in the 1920s and 1930s Spiridonov’s self-defense system was cultivated on the basis of jujutsu, which was called SAM, SAMOS, Self-defense without weapons. The last name was also transferred to the system created by Kharlampiev. It is more correct to decipher the abbreviation SAMBO as a system of SELF-defense and Fight. Thus, SAMBO wrestling is an integral and indivisible part of the entire SAMBO system.

In the post-war period, the popularity of sambo wrestling grew, the number of its adherents increased, as sambo wrestlers easily defeated wrestlers who knew only one kind of national wrestling.

In the early 1950s, the leadership of Dynamo decided to make sambo wrestling a departmental sport. Anatoly Kharlampiev could not agree to this, since he saw the further development of the SAMBO system exclusively in its mass character. In March 1953, Kharlampiev submitted a resignation letter to the reserve and went to work as a teacher at the Department of Physical Education of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. In a very short time, he becomes an associate professor of the department, and his students win prizes at competitions of all levels.

In 1969 A.A. Kharlampiev took a direct part in organizing the activities of the club "Paratrooper" in the Khamovnichesky district of Moscow. Later this club was transformed into the Sambo Club named after A.A. Kharlampiev, who continues to this day the traditions of the first coach and creator of the Sambo system.

Over a quarter of a century of work at MPEI, Anatoly Kharlampiev brought up, as they say, “from scratch” more than 70 masters of sports, which is unique in itself. Half of them later became candidates and doctors of technical sciences.

Popularity of SAMBO in the world

The recognition of the priority of the domestic wrestling system led to the cessation of the cultivation of judo in the USSR for a while. In addition, judo began to be considered a forbidden system, promoted by the "Japanese militarists."

It should be noted here that Sambo, which originated from judo, over time, accumulating and absorbing the experience of various martial arts, began to significantly surpass its predecessor. Despite this, in the early 60s, due to the predominance of the financial side over the professional side in Soviet sports, publications such as “From Ju-Jitsu to Sambo”, “Sambo - Renamed Judo” began to appear in the press. Spiridonov and Oshchepkov are declared the founders of sambo, and the name of Kharlampiev is relegated to the background. Competitions were held not in sambo, but in judo, for the development of which significant sums began to be allocated.

It is indicative that the first independent sambo federation appeared not in Russia, but in Bulgaria (1957), then in Japan (1965) and in Spain (1972). In 1972, the First European Sambo Wrestling Championship was held in Riga, in 1973 the First World Championship was held in Tehran, and the World Cup was held in Oviedo in 1977. Despite resistance from officials from the Sports Committee, Kharlampiev's students from MPEI, with the support of the Government of the city of Moscow, organized the All-Union Memorials in Moscow in 1981.

In 1996, Sambo entered the world arena and was recognized at the Congress of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) as an original and independent international sport, along with freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. FILA Secretary General Fernando Compte, commenting on his ardent sympathy for this type of wrestling, said:

“SAMBO is the most democratic, the most accessible, the most dynamic and therefore the most modern type of wrestling. This is what explains such a rapid increase in its popularity.

In March 2001, the XXII International Sambo Tournament "Kharlampiev Memorial" was held. Sambo wrestling will soon become an Olympic sport by right and will be included in the program of the Games.

invincible weapon

Adherents of various types of wrestling and martial arts often state that only their type of martial arts is universal and has significant advantages over others. Kharlampiev himself gives the following description of his system:

“Which is better, SAMBO or judo, SAMBO or karate? To this I always answer this way: the part cannot be greater than the whole. The SAMBO system absorbed all the best and expedient that folk wrestling and self-defense systems could offer us.”

Sambo wrestling is one of the cultural symbols of our Motherland, which we can and should use. It was born in Russia and, being the property of our multinational people, is open for further development and improvement. Its revival should serve to unite and unite the Russian state, return to the former great empire its invincible weapon - Russian hand-to-hand combat. It is appropriate here to recall the words of the famous practitioner and theorist of the "Russian style" A.A. Kadochnikov:

"Hand-to-hand combat is an invisible weapon that cannot be discovered until it has been used, and cannot be taken away as long as the person is alive."

And anyone who considers himself a citizen responsible for his life and the well-being of his neighbors can and should master it to the best of his ability. It is also necessary to remember the indispensable condition for the success of the use of this weapon: the good direction of the will of the person using hand-to-hand combat techniques. Otherwise, it can turn against him:

“All who take the sword (with evil intent) will perish by the sword,” says the Lord (Matt. 26:52).

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Sambo(a syllabic abbreviation formed from the phrase "self-defense without weapons") - a type of martial arts, as well as a complex self-defense system, developed in the USSR as a result of the synthesis of many national types of martial arts and judo wrestling. It is one of the types of wrestling in clothes. The official date of birth of this sport is considered to be November 16, 1938, when it was published Order of the All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR No. 633 "On the development of freestyle wrestling" ("freestyle wrestling" was the original name of the sport, renamed in 1947 "sambo").

Sambo includes two sections: sports And combat.

History and Philosophy of Sambo

Founders of Sambo

At the moment, there is no consensus on who is the founder of SAMBO. Officially, the founder of sambo wrestling is MPEI teacher Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiev, whose book "Sambo Wrestling" was published many times in the Soviet Union. Anatoly Arkadievich chaired the scientific and methodological conference of the "1st All-Union Coaching Gathering", held in May 1938, at which the main issues of the creation and development of "freestyle wrestling" were discussed, and was also appointed head coach of the gathering. He was also the first to head the All-Union Freestyle Wrestling Section (the future Sambo Federation) organized in 1938.

Oshchepkov was an excellent judoka, a student of Jigoro Kano, the third European to receive a second dan in judo at the Kodokan (personally from Jigoro Kano). It should be noted that at that time in judo there were not 10 dans, as now, but only 5. In Oshchepkov, he fell victim to general spy mania, was arrested, accused of spying for Japan along with other intelligence officers of the 4th NKVD Directorate and died in prison after 10 days after being arrested for a heart attack. In 1957, Oshchepkov was rehabilitated.

Spiridonov was an officer in the Russian imperial army, and later worked in the NKVD system. He studied jujutsu even before the 1917 revolution. He headed the work in the field of sports and applied discipline “self-defense without weapons” in the Dynamo society, developed a self-defense system.

After the death of Oshchepkov, Kharlampiev became the head of the All-Union Freestyle Wrestling Section, since Spiridonov could not be a public figure. The study of the struggle of the peoples of the USSR began under Oshchepkov. Spiridonov, in addition to jujutsu, was an expert in boxing and savate (however, these techniques were not included in sports sambo as traumatic).

Combat Sambo Tournament

Combat Sambo

Modern combat sambo combines striking and throwing techniques. The rules of combat sambo, approved by the International Sambo Federation, allow armlocks in the stance, punches (except for the base of the palm), elbow, legs (knee, shin, foot, heel), head, and strangulation. There are no restrictions on blows to the groin area. It is believed that combat sambo is the toughest of all martial arts. To reduce injuries during tournaments and in training, athletes wear a boxing helmet (blue or red), special shock-grabbing gloves, leg pads covering the front of the lower leg and wrestling lacing. A clear victory can be achieved by knockout, two knockdowns, submission after a painful or choke hold, for a clear advantage (a difference of 12 or more points), or if one of the opponents is unable to continue the fight (technical knockout).

• Freestyle sambo(Free sambo style)

Freestyle sambo is an American version of sambo competition created by the American Sambo Association (ASA) in 2004. In this American version, the rules differ from the traditional rules of sports sambo, they allow choking and make it possible to use some technical actions from combat sambo that are not allowed in the sport of sambo, as well as some tricks on the neck, twisting the lock on the legs. Freestyle sambo, like all sambo, focuses on throwing skills and speed on the ground. In the American version, strikes are not allowed. The ASA created this set of rules in order to encourage non-practitioners of sambo, judo or jiu-jitsu to participate in sambo events.

In 2006, the Sambo Cup of the President of the Russian Federation was established. The Cup is awarded to the winning team of the annual SAMBO tournament (with the presentation of its reduced copy).

Sambo rules

There are seven age groups in SAMBO competitions:

Sambo is divided into weight categories depending on age and gender.

1. In Sambo, it is allowed to use throws, holds and painful holds on the arms and legs. In Sambo, throws can be performed using the arms, legs and torso.
2. In Sambo, points are awarded for throws and holds.
3. A throw is a technique by which a sambo wrestler unbalances an opponent and throws them onto the mat on any part of the body or knees.
4. When holding, the sambo wrestler, pressing against the opponent with any part of the body, holds him in this position for 20 seconds.
5. A sambo wrestler can win ahead of time if he throws his opponent on his back, while remaining in a stance, performs a painful hold, scores 12 points more than his opponent.
6. Scoring: 4 points are awarded: for throwing an opponent on his back with the fall of the attacker; for throwing the opponent to the side without the attacker falling; for holding for 20 seconds. 2 points are awarded: for throwing the opponent to the side with the fall of the attacker; for a throw on the chest, shoulder, stomach, pelvis without the attacker falling; for holding for 10 seconds. 1 point is awarded: for throwing an opponent on the chest, shoulder, stomach, pelvis with the fall of the attacker.
7. A painful technique is a technical action in a prone wrestling, forcing the opponent to surrender.

In Sambo, it is allowed to carry out levers, knots, infringement of joints and muscles on the opponent's arms and legs. The contraction time is 3-5 minutes of pure time.

Currently, there are six competition systems in SAMBO:

• Olympic with repechage fights from semi-finalists;
• Olympic with repechage fights from the finalists;
• Olympic without repechage fights;
• up to six penalty points;
• up to two defeats;
• circular with a breakdown into subgroups.

Dress

Modern rules provide for the following costume for the participant: special jackets in red or blue, a belt and short shorts, as well as wrestling shoes. In addition, a protective bandage for protecting the groin (swimming trunks or a non-metallic shell) is provided for participants, and a bra and a closed swimsuit are provided for participants.

Sambo jackets and belts are made of cotton fabric. The sleeve of the jacket is wrist-length, and wide, leaving a clearance up to the arm of at least 10 cm. The skirts of the jacket are not long, 15 cm below the waist.

Wrestling shoes are boots made of soft leather with soft soles, without protruding hard parts (for which all seams must be sealed inside). The ankles and foot in the area of ​​the thumb joint are protected by leather-covered felt pads.

Shorts are made of woolen, semi-woolen or synthetic jersey, must be of one color and cover the upper third of the leg. Clasps, pockets and other hard decorative elements are excluded.

At official competitions, participants perform in shorts and a jacket of the same color. The athlete who was announced first must take the “red” corner and wear the appropriate color uniform.

International tournaments

The largest international sambo competitions are: world championships, European championships, Asian championships, a series of stages of the World Cup, category A and B tournaments.

Stages of the World Cup:

• For the prizes of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Memorial Kharlampiev;
• In memory of Astakhov (Venezuela)
• For Aslakhanov's prizes.

• For the prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus;
• US Open;
• African Open (Casablanca);
• Potapov Memorial (Vladivostok).

• Gordeev Memorial (Kyrgyzstan);
• Dutch Championship;
• UK Championship;
• Grand Prix of Paris;
• Rakhimov Memorial (Tajikistan);
• Open Bratislava (Slovakia);
• Doga Memorial (Moldova);
• EU Cup;
• Memorial of Santiago Morales (Spain);
• Germaniade (Germany);
• Cup of the Balkan countries;
• Mikhailovich Memorial (Serbia);
• Eigiminas Memorial (Lithuania);
• For the Markarian prizes (Armavir, Russia)

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Famous sambists

• Baydakov, Sergey Lvovich - President of the Moscow SAMBO Federation
• Vasilevsky, Vyacheslav Nikolaevich - international master of sports, two-time world champion in combat sambo.
• Galiev, Vener Zainullovich - two-time world champion (2008, 2009) in combat sambo in the weight category up to 74 kg.
• Emelianenko, Alexander Vladimirovich - brother of Fedor Emelianenko, a professional athlete who competes in MMA.
• Emelianenko, Fedor Vladimirovich - today the most famous Russian sambo wrestler in the world, a multiple world champion in mixed martial arts, who was considered in the period from 2003 to 2010. the strongest fighter in this sport according to many publications.
• Zvyagintsev, Georgy Nikolayevich - head of the CSKA sambo and judo team (early 60s), head coach of the USSR Armed Forces team, coach of the USSR national team.
• Kurinnoy, Igor Igorevich - Soviet and Russian sambist, three-time world champion, European champion, four-time winner of the Sambo World Cup.
• Maly, Alexey Alekseevich - President of the Combat Sambo Federation of Russia, President of the World Combat Sambo Federation, Master of Sports in Sambo, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RANS), Doctor of Economics.
• Markaryan, Ashot Yurievich - Honored Master of Sports of Russia, repeated world and European champion in sambo and judo.
• Minakov, Vitaly Viktorovich - four-time world champion in sports sambo.
• Orlovsky, Andrey Valerievich - Belarusian mixed martial artist, eleventh Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion (2005-2006). In the world of MMA has long been considered one of the leading fighters. Nicknamed "Pitbull" for his grip.
• Pogodin, Vladimir - First Vice-President of the Sambo Federation of Russia. He died on September 14, 2008 in a plane crash in Perm.
• Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich - President of Russia. In 1973 he received the title of Master of Sports in Sambo.
• Pushnitsa, Alexander Mikhailovich - honorary citizen of the city of Omsk, three-time world champion, three-time winner of the Spartakiad of the peoples of the USSR, nine-time champion of the USSR. At present, international sambo competitions for the prizes of the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR A. Pushnitsa are held annually in Omsk.
• Rakhmatullin, Rais Khalitovich - seven-time world champion in sambo.
• Rodina, Irina Viktorovna - eleven-time world champion in sambo.
• Rudman, David Lvovich - Honored Master of Sports in Sambo, World Sambo Champion, six-time USSR Champion in Sambo, Honored Coach of the USSR, founder of the Sambo-70 Education Center, Honorary President of the International Amateur Sambo Federation (FIAS).
• Savinov, Victor - six-time world champion in sambo, honored master of sports. Since 2007, a tournament named after him has been held in Kharkov. Viktor Savinov holds the rank of Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• Taktarov, Oleg Nikolaevich - Russian sambist, participant in professional and amateur mixed martial arts Pride and UFC, winner of the UFC 6 tournament.
• Kharitonov, Sergey Valerievich - champion of Eurasia in combat sambo. One of the strongest Russians performing in mixed martial arts (MMA) fights.
• Khasanov, Murat Ruslanovich - eleven-time world champion in sambo, chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Adygea.
• Chumakov, Evgeny Mikhailovich - four-time champion of the USSR (1939, 1947, 1950, 1951) in sambo, student of Anatoly Kharlampiev, honored coach of the USSR. Prepared a galaxy of outstanding athletes on the basis of the sports club of the State Central Institute of Physical Culture "SKIF". Among his students are Oleg Stepanov, an eight-time champion of the USSR; Heinrich Schultz; Evgeny Gloriozov - five-time champion of the USSR in sambo; Anatoly Yudin; Ilya Tsipursky - European champion in judo, two-time USSR champion in sambo; Vitaly Darashkevich - two-time champion of the USSR in sambo; Alexander Lukichev is a two-time champion of the USSR in sambo. Evgeny Chumakov is the author of over 200 manuals and publications on SAMBO.
• Schultz, Genrikh Karlovich - six-time champion of the USSR, captain of the first national team of the USSR in judo. He performed in the weight category up to 85 kg.
• Yudin, Anatoly Egorovich - European champion, four-time champion of the USSR, Honored Master of Sports.
• James Chico Hernandez is the first American sambo champion. Won a World Championship silver medal in 2000, US Championships in 1987 and 2000. Tajke has won three British silver medals and a bronze medal. First sambist to appear in CNN/Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd".
• Oganezov Sergey Surenovich - President of the Odessa Regional Sambo Federation, Honored Coach of the USSR, Ukraine. Included in the top ten best coaches in Ukraine.
• Stepanov, Oleg Sergeevich - Soviet judoka and sambist, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1965), Honored Coach of the USSR. Bronze medalist of the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo in judo, 6-time European champion, 8-time champion of the USSR in sambo.
• Sergey Darbinyan - Master of Sports in combat sambo, prize-winner of the championship of Russia in combat sambo 80-time champion of the Moscow region ... Sergey is a machine, a killer Darbinyan

see also

direct predecessors of sambo

• Samoz - Spiridonov's system, which existed before the unification of Samoz with ju-do Oshchepkov's version

other

Sergey Darbinyan, Sergey Serebrov

Notes

Educational films

• Film course sambo. The film is the first. Standing wrestling technique.. Soyuzsportfilm. 1985. 15 minutes.
• Sambo. Film second. Throws with arms and torso.. Soyuzsportfilm. 1986. 19 minutes.
• Sambo. Training in the technique of fighting lying down.. Soyuzsportfilm. 1987. 25 minutes.

Literature

• Kharlampiev A. A. SAMBO system (collection of documents and materials, 1933-1944). - M.: Zhuravlev, 2003. - 160 p. - ISBN 5-94775-003-1.
• Kharlampiev A. A. SAMBO fight. - M .: "Physical culture and sport", 1964. - 388 p.
• Rudman D. L. Self-defense without weapons from Viktor Spiridonov to Vladimir Putin. - M., 2003. - 208 p. - ISBN 5-98326-001-4.
• Rudman D. L. SAMBO. Lying wrestling technique. Protection. - M .: "Physical culture and sports", 1983. - 256 p.
• Lukashev M. N. Pedigree of SAMBO. - M .: "Physical culture and sport", 1986. - 160 p.
• Kolodnikov I.P. SAMBO fight. - M.: Military Publishing, 1960. - 80 p.
• Zezyulin F. M. SAMBO: Educational and methodical manual. - Vladimir, 2003. - 180 p. - ISBN 5-93035-081-7.
• Shulika Yu. A. Combat SAMBO and applied martial arts. - District / D: "Phoenix", 2004. - 224 p. - ISBN 5-222-04657-5.

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The history of the development of sambo wrestling began with the founding of the first wrestling section on the basis of the Dynamo society. It was headed by Viktor Spiridonov in 1923. In the classroom, he teaches law enforcement officers and fighters of the border troops in combat techniques.
It was Spiridonov who singled out two directions for the development of sambo - sports sambo and combat sambo. Viktor Afanasyevich not only taught wrestling, he actively promoted its spread throughout the country. He opened sports sections in Leningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Sverdlovsk, Novosibirsk and a number of other cities.
He proposed rules for holding competitions, the first of which was a categorical prohibition "to get excited during a fight, no matter how fast it goes."

Another enthusiast in the development of sambo was Vasily Oshchepkov, who in 1913. He graduated from the Kodokan Judo Institute in Japan. From 1918 to 1926 he was a resident of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Red Army in Japan. Before moving to Moscow, he worked as a self-defense instructor in the Novosibirsk branch of Dynamo, teaching cadets of the local police school. The closed system of Spiridonov "CAM" was already being introduced there. In Moscow, Oshchepkov organizes groups at the Central House of Arts for the study of hand-to-hand combat among military personnel, conducts classes for the highest command staff of the Red Army. Works at the Moscow Institute of Physical Education and teaches judo wrestling. Oshchepkov's idea is to develop a system of techniques available not for a limited number of "initiates", but for everyone. To do this, he prepared a course of lectures and in 1932 recruited the first group of students to train coaches and sports propagandists from among them. Already in those years, Oshchepkov departed from the rules of judo, actively supplementing Japanese wrestling with techniques taken from the rich arsenal of national types of wrestling of the peoples of the Soviet Union. He began to add the most spectacular techniques from national types of wrestling to judo, change the cut of the jacket, the rules for holding competitions, and introduced protective shoes - wrestling shoes. So a new sport arose, which was called at that time “free style wrestling”.

Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiev, it is he who is often considered the founder of sambo wrestling. Kharlampiev traveled a lot, collecting and systematizing the techniques and methods of training national sports. In 1983, a film was made about the creation of sambo - "Invincible".

Kharlampiev is the author of the first textbook "Sambo Wrestling". While still a student, in 1936 he defended his thesis, which collected and described the techniques he studied under the guidance of Oshchepkov. For many years he systematized the techniques and methods of struggle of the peoples of the USSR. Kharlampiev is the author of many books on the theory and practice of SAMBO training, the organizer of numerous referee seminars and training camps for athletes. He founded schools for the education of athletes in such sports societies as "Wings of the Soviets", "Dynamo" and the Moscow Energy Institute, having trained more than a hundred masters of sports, candidates for masters of sports and thousands of dischargers.

In July 1938, being the senior coach of the camp, Anatoly Kharlampiev suggests cultivating his own, original type of wrestling and delivers a report “Fundamentals of freestyle wrestling”: “... Soviet freestyle wrestling includes all the best elements from the following national wrestling: Georgian, Tatar, Karachay , Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen ... Our struggle should be the most extensive in terms of means of victory, therefore we are not limited to the struggles that are cultivated in the Soviet Union, we borrow the technique of struggle from other countries ... ”Kharlampiev proposes to systematize the experience accumulated by times and peoples. He says that the basis of victory should be taken from a standing position on the entire back - "with this throw, the enemy can be stunned so much that he does not get up." The main advantage of the nascent struggle is called its “applicability”.

Sambo birthday - or official recognition.

On November 16, 1938, the All-Union Committee for Physical Culture and Sports issues Order No. 633 "On the development of freestyle wrestling." This day is considered to be the birthday of Sambo.

First All-Union offset

1938 The set of norms of the TRP of the II degree, as test disciplines, includes wrestling (for men) and self-defense (for women).
First competitions and first champions

1938, Baku All-Union competition in freestyle wrestling - a match of five cities. Teams from Baku, Moscow, Leningrad, Kyiv and Saratov are participating. The first place is taken by the team of Leningrad.

1939, Leningrad. Individual championship of the USSR in freestyle wrestling. 56 people participate in eight weight categories.

1940 The first 16 people receive the title of "Master of Sports of the USSR".

First heroes

1941-1945 years. Many athletes go to the front, the most experienced remain in the rear: Leningrader Ivan Vasiliev teaches self-defense skills to paratroopers, Muscovite Nikolai Gladkov trains airborne troops. Winners of the first championships of the USSR E. Baev, N. Sazonov, V. Sheinin, V. Salmin die during battles. The first champion of the USSR Evgeny Chumakov and Leningrader Ivan Vasiliev go through the whole war. They founded sambo schools that thundered throughout the country. Permian Leonid Golev returns from the front as a Hero of the Soviet Union.

The first popular book about sambo

1949 "Sambo fight". Author - Anatoly Kharlampiev. The book has been reprinted several times. The only textbook of that time. In the chapter “Advice to beginner sambists”, Kharlampiev writes: “Sambo wrestling classes should primarily serve to educate and train young people - healthy, politically literate, devoted to the party of Lenin-Stalin and ready for work and defense of our great Motherland. Therefore, it is important that there are more people involved. Set yourself the task of attracting at least three of your comrades to the SAMBO section.”

First statistics

1952 According to statistical reports, 4,437 people are engaged in sambo wrestling in the USSR, 47 coaches work.
1965 The popularity of sambo is growing. More than eighty thousand people are engaged in wrestling.

First international starts

1957 A friendly match is being held in Moscow between Soviet sambo wrestlers (Dynamo, Burevestnik) and Hungarian judo wrestlers (Dozha). Our wrestlers win a convincing victory with a score of 47:1.

1967 The 1st International Sambo Tournament starts in Riga. Representatives of five countries take part in the competition: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Mongolia, Japan, and the USSR.
First official worldwide recognition

1966 The International Amateur Wrestling Federation (FILA) has officially recognized Sambo as an international sport.
The first performance of sambists at the Olympics

1961 Judo is included in the program of the XVIII Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Sambo Wrestling Federation receives a task - to prepare a team of wrestlers. The composition of the team is completely formed from sambo wrestlers.

1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The performance of the Soviet wrestlers becomes a sensation. Bronze medals are won by Aron Bogolyubov, Oleg Stepanov, Anzor Kiknadze, Parnaoz Chikviladze.
First European and World Championships

1972 The first European Championship starts in Riga. A decree is issued on the separate cultivation of sambo and judo in the USSR. The first European champions are V. Kyullenen, A. Hosh, K. Gerasimov, V. Nevzorov, A. Fedorov, Ch. Ezerskas, N. Nisinaki, N. Saito, S. Novikov, V. Kuznetsov.

1973 First World Cup in Tehran. The USSR team wins nine gold medals out of ten. The first world champions are G. Georgadze, A. Shor, M. Yunak, D. Rudman, A. Fedorov, Ch. Ezerskas, L. Tediashvili, N. Danilov, V. Klivodenko.
First women's competition

1981 Madrid hosts the first Women's World Cup. Soviet athletes do not take part in competitions.

1987 The USSR State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports issued an order "On the Development of SAMBO Among Women". Nizhny Tagil hosts the first women's All-Russian tournament.
The first film about sambo

1983 Yuri Boretsky is shooting the film "Invincible" about Anatoly Kharlampiev. After the release of the film, the number of people wishing to enroll in SAMBO increases significantly.
The first starts of the new millennium

year 2001. The first International Youth Tournament "Victory" opens in Moscow. The first Russian championship in combat sambo is taking place.
National and Priority

On April 23, 2003, a meeting of the Goskomsport Board of Russia was held. The decision taken at this meeting changed the fate of SAMBO. Sambo has been recognized as a national and priority sport.

In 2007. The first Cup of the President of the Russian Federation is held in Moscow.