Sombo News
Russell Dodds senior Coach at the Bedford Academy is
certainly doing a good job of promoting Sombo and the British Sombo Federation.
He has already organised a Sombo Competition early this year and has another planned
for July. This course was attended by 25 of his students, a lot of
them were juniors. British National Coach John Clarke and English National
Coach Colin Carrott both gave the instruction. Well done Russell keep up the
good work
You cannot keep a good man down and that is certainly the
case with 60-year-old British national Full Contact Sombo Coach Allen Clarkin.
He has run one very successful Level 1 Full Contact Sombo Course and now has
another planned for Sunday July 8th. Allen has been involved with
Martial Arts for over 40 years and has a lot of contacts which hopes to bring
into CombatSombo, he tells me he has several clubs in Wales which want to get
involved. Plus he wants run a Championship Belt Competition for Full Contact
Sombo Now that would be something.
Robin tells me the entries are better then expected for the
British on May 5th we were expecting an extremely low turn out of
about 25 because of the cost of travelling and accommodation but the numbers
have already reached 60 and closing date is not till May 3rd so
things are looking up , Robin also tells me that CLOSING Date means closing
date none of this “I am a top class Judo player and do not need to book on
time”
Commonwealth Sombo/Full Contact Sombo is on May 175h
at Dumfries this will be a good competition. It will be open to all affiliated
Countries with regard to UK if you belong to a BSF recognised Sombo Association
you can compete for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England, Channel Islands
so starting booking your accommodation now
The proposed Commonwealth Sambo Association led by a Russian
Judo player (What’s Russia got to do with the Commonwealth) has caused a lot of
controversy on the International Scene as this new group sort to usurp the
power of FIAS Commonwealth Counties by placing Judo men in charge of
Commonwealth Sombo. Within GB the BSF is recognised by all 5 sports Council and
is run by Sombo people for Sombo people, most importantly it is not run for
profit. Yet out of something that had a dubious beginning some good has come
The formation of the Commonwealth Sombo Championships this will decide whether
there is a demand for Commonwealth Sombo, it is a shame the BSF have to fund it
rather then the Russian who wanted it also Northern Ireland Sombo federation
Chairman Chris St john has made contact with Terry Watt and extremely good Judo
man and some one who is genuinely interested in Sombo
More and More people are approaching the BSF for courses and
competitions, this years British will see a good contingent of Sombo Players
from the Liverpool area , Sue King from Mushin Academy has been pushing Sombo
in the area and her members have joined a BSF Association well done Sue
Look out for our advert in Combat and some of our features
Marin Clarke
BSF President
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