Kent Open Sombo Championship
For Junior & Seniors
Sunday March 19th 2013
British Sombo Centre of Excellence
Sittingbourne
Medal Winners
Over the last couple years people taking part in competitive
sports has been on a rapid decline with many tournaments across all form of
Martial Arts/Combat Discipline being cancelled. The so called Olympic legacy
has proved a damp squid what it produced was a population that wants to watch
sport rather then participate and of course made all those companies involved
in the Olympics very rich including a few Olympians. So the organisers were
shocked to see the response to the Kent Open we had Somboist from Bedford,
Essex and all over Kent participating and the only category we could not fill
was the Ladies section. Ladies Judo is very popular but for some reason Ladies
Sombo is not.
To attract more people to Sombo we lowered the standard of
equipment, in the past we would insist on full Sombo kit i.e. Red and Blue
Sombo Jackets, Sombo Shorts plus Sombo Boots but sometimes you have to realise
that we are in very hard financial time. Not every one who wants to try Sombo
for the first time can afford or wants to buy equipment, so the organisers
loaned equipment, plus allowed Judo Jackets various coloured shorts and bare
feet. This was why we had such a good entry, with some of the players having a
minimum of 5 matches
All the fights were good but it was the men’s Open and Heavy
weight section that created some real interest. Very experienced Sombo Wrestler
Danny Carrott won the Open weight division with great gusto at 92 kilo he was
still somewhat over his normal fighting weight but this did not prove a hindrance
as he used full array of skills, throws, hold-downs and submissions. 82 kilo
Jamie Marzetti cam second but had to work hard for his place nearly losing to
Heavyweight newcomer from Bedford. Went
on to win the Heavyweight section but one of the best throws of the day was
from Amateur MMA Coach Michael Hutchinson, who threw Jamie Marzetti with a near
perfect inner thigh throw (Uchi Mata) what was so unique about was Michael
doesn’t do any Jacket Grappling and only learnt the technique in a CombatSombo class,
he now tells me he will be doing some Jacket Grappling after his MMA class on a
Wednesday.
It always surprises me that more Junior Judoka do not take
part in Sombo events as the similarities to the sport are very similar in fact
those who have done Judo for more then 25 years have reported that it bares a
striking resemblance to what Judo was in those days. The Russian will try and
say it was a sport invented by them but if you look back into the history of
Sambo the founders were students of Jigaro Kano. Some Judoka still have the
belief that once you do Judo you cannot do any other grappling form as it may
hinder their Judo development to me this is nonsense. Just look around the
World and see the amount of different styles of Jacket Wrestling’s styles there
are, Kurash, Sambo, Mongolian Bokh, Georgian Chidaoba, BJJ Cornish Wrestling to
name a few all have similarities. The one thing that makes Judo different and
more then just a sport is Kata but the competitive side of Judo can be enhanced
by learning other styles and a lot of Judoka have excelled at all these other
wrestling styles plus they have been very successful in MMA and Cage events.
The only real difference for Junior Sombo players is the
scoring system; Judo still relies very much on the Japanese influence so we
still have commands in Japanese plus we have the unusual scoring in that some
scores are accumulate others are not which always confuses children and the
their parents plus the unusual hand signal do not help. In Sombo everything is
indicated on the hands and the scores are 1 point, 2 points, 4 points and Total
Victory all scores are accumulative plus you can not lose out right on a hold
on the ground one of the bug bears with parents of children. At the Kent Open a
parent commented that within 3 matches she could understand roughly how the
scoring worked. It is interesting to note that in the past I have organised
events under the name of Points Scoring Judo and used Sombo rules and everyone
enjoyed it but ask the same people or should I say their Coaches to try a Sombo
event and the answer is NO we only do Judo.
It seem that Sombo is on the move upwards Spitfire Club in
Folkestone will be organising a Southern Counties Open in August, Scotland’s
Red Star Sambo have two events planned for July and September, Warriors
Grappling Academy Sittingbourne have Jacket and No Jacket event planned for
November and let not forget the British Open in Bedford in June, plus Bedford
Grappling Academy has a Judo/Sombo event in October. Combat Sambo does not seem
to want to take of in GB in spite of all the hard work done by National Coach
Allan Clarkin.
You will find details attached of the British Sombo Open,
which is being held in Bedford and organised by BSF International Co-ordinator
Russell Dodds. Russell has decided to encourage more people to the sport , he
will allow children to wear Judo Jackets and shorts for the adults proper
colour coding will be expected but he will loaning equipment. The USA and
Cameroon will be bring fighters for Sombo and Combat Sambo but as of yet he has
no interest in the Combat Sambo if any of you want to have a go there will be a
Doctor at the event to give you a medical.
WHAT IS COMBAT SAMBO
This Sport has developed from Sambo which is a Russian
Jacket Wrestling Style, it has come about because of the interested of mixing
Striking and Grappling Combat Sambo you wear the same equipment a Sambo player
i.e. Sambo Jacket, Shorts and boots plus you have a head guard, Shin and instep
proctors and light weight Combat Sambo Gloves. The match is on a matted area
the scoring is the same as Sambo but you can also score by knocking your
opponent out? It is a hard tough sport and is very spectacular but you have to
be a certain type of person to do this real Mans Sport. Competitors have to 18
or over and have to have Doctors medical before competing
WHAT IS SPORTCOMBATSOMBO?
This is a watered down version of Combat Sambo with no
strikes to the head while on the floor and the Head guard having to have full-face
protection, these tournaments come under the auspices of the British
CombatSombo Association
You may notice I have used the word Sambo and Sombo Sambo is
the world wide pronunciation of the Sport, because of the racial connotations
the English Speaking countries use the word Sombo
Want more details on Sombo or Warriors Grappling Academy go
to www.sittingbourne.org or email IBFBCSA@Gmail.com
| name | group | position | club |
| HARVEY TOLMAN | 1 | GOLD | SPITFIRE JUDO/SOMBO CLUB |
| REGAN SANDS | SILVER | YOUNG JUDO CLUB | |
| JARED BUSTEN | BRONZE | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY | |
| MATTHEW LOEFFLER | 2 | GOLD | BEDFORD GRAPPLING |
| LUKE SAUNDERS | SILVER | BEDFORD GRAPPLING | |
| KIERON HIGGINS | BRONZE | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY | |
| OLGA BALDYGA | 3 | GOLD | BEDFORD GRAPPLING |
| NICOLE SMIGELSKA | SILVER | YOUNG JUDO CLUB | |
| DAVINA HIGGINS | BRONZE | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY | |
| EMILY WOODS | 4 | GOLD | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY |
| FRANCESCA ASPEY | SILVER | SPITFIRE JUDO/SOMBO CLUB | |
| JACK SPROSTON | 5 | GOLD | SPITFIRE JUDO/SOMBO CLUB |
| LEWIS CLARKE | SILVER | YOUNG JUDO CLUB | |
| OLVER BRUTON | LIGHTWEIGHT | GOLD | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY |
| SIM GRANT JONES | MEN | SILVER | BEDFORD GRAPPLING |
| JED GOODRUM | BRONZE | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY | |
| KEITH BROWN | MASTERS | GOLD | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY |
| KEITH HADMAN | MEN | SILVER | SPITFIRE JUDO/SOMBO CLUB |
| DAVID FRAZER | BRONZE | BEDFORD GRAPPLING | |
| WARREN LOEFFLER | HEAVY WEIGHT | GOLD | BEDFORD GRAPPLING |
| MICHAEL HUTCHINSON | MEN | SILVER | WARRIORS GRAPPLING ACADEMY |
| AARON PETERSON | BRONZE | EESSEX SAMBO | |
| DANNY CARROTT | OPEN | GOLD | SPITFIRE JUDO/SOMBO CLUB |
| JAMIE MARZETTI | SILVER | UNIVERSITY SAMBO | |
| WARREN LOEFFLER | BRONZE | BEDFORD GRAPPLING |
