Sambo

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Sambo, Judo, Greco-Roman Wrestling, and Freestyle Wrestling are the four main forms of amateur competetive wrestling practiced internationally.

A famous character that you might remember who practices in the style of Sambo is Zangief from Street Fighter 2 Turbo.  

A Sambo practicioner usually wears a red or blue jacket called a "kurtka" as well as a belt, shorts of the same color, and Sambo shoes called "sambovki."

3 Forms of Sambo

Combat Sambo - This type of Sambo was utilized by the Russian Military soldiers. They were trained with weapons, disarming techniques, striking, and grappling.

Sport Sambo - Similar to Judo and amateur wrestling. Sport Sambo allows leg locks in competition but not chokeholds.

Self Defense Sambo - This variation is similar to Aikido or Jujitsu. It is based on defending against attacks by both armed and unarmed attackers.

True Sambo, known as "Combat Sambo Spetsnaz" was something altogether different; it was the ancient Slavic martial traditions, hidden from public observation.  In actuality, at it's highest level, Sambo is "the Russian Martial Art."

By placing an impure form of information for global consumption, the actual information remained unexplored. 

To name the system, attempts were first made at "SAM" then "SAMOS" and finally the group agreed upon SAMBO, an acronymic title meaning SAMozaschityz Bez Oruzhiya or "Self-protection without weapons".

Meaning - "Self Defense Without a Weapon"
Founders - Vasili Oshchepkov, Victor Spiridonov