Discipline dossier
Sambo
4 fundamental techniques
01Executive Overview
Developed in the Soviet Union during the early 1920s by Vasili Oshchepkov and Viktor Spiridonov, Sambo is an acronym for SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya ("Self-Defense Without Weapons"). Standardized by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee on November 16, 1938, it merged elements from Kodokan Judo, Catch Wrestling, and regional folk styles (such as Georgian Chidaoba and Uzbek Kurash).
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