Sambo to be included in European Olympic Games

Below is an article about the acceptance of Sambo into the European Olympic Games, this is great news for us in the British Sombo Federation and as Andrew says below the start of Sambo/Sombo/Cambo started in 1967 yet the real work has been done by the British Sombo Federation founded in 1986. The BSF has had to rely on its members to cover the costs of Tournaments and International events for many years. In recent years since the FIAS Presidency of Mr V Shestakov the BSF has had financial help and practical help with equipment etc.

This development could get us recognition with the British Olympic Committee and maybe some funding who knows but we will be looking for a selected GB Team for the event in Azerbaijan. This news coupled with the the Presidents Cup and Commonwealth Sambo Championships in Dartford last weekend of September proves that Sambo in GB is on the move and all the hard work done by the BSF since 1986 has come to fruition. This success could not have happened without the hard work of FIAS.

Congratulations to everybody !

Great news came through today as SAMBO was officially approved as part of programme of the 1st European Olympic Games to be staged in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2015

It would not be possible without the true efforts and dedication of the "pioneers of Sambo in GBR and Europe", who started promoting this sport since late 1960s and 1970s here in UK and Europe-wide. Patrick Hickey, President of European Olympic Committee, who compete in the first SAMBO event in GBR for Ireland - is one of them. The Sambo match USSR-ENGLAND-IRELAND (1967) should be commemorated as the staring point of this long road, resulted in such an achievement of FIAS under the current leadership of Mr. Shestakov. 

This is a tremendous breakthrough for all of us in UK, who was keeping the fire in the fireplace for all of these years and made it happen at the end of the day.

What's next?  Serious work and close liaison with British Olympic Committee due course.

Congratulations, and lets go serious.

Great Britain proved that we can have medals at the Worlds and we shall have them at the Euro Olympics.

 

Regards

 

Andrew Moshanov

FIAS

Head of Development

Spitfire Events

Georgian and Mongolian Wrestling

Georgian Wrestling Chidaoba 1000 years old





Mongolian Wrestling

GB Combat Sambo Trials

Dear Combat Sambo Fighters,
GB Team selection.
5/6th July 2014
Venue
The address is
Quayside centre
Upper Kingston lane
Shoreham by sea
West Sussex
BN 42 4RE

Cost 25.00 PER DAY

THE WEEKEND IS FOR THE BSF CS COMMITTEE TO DECIDE FIGHTERS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE AT THE COMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.

2 Fighters have been selected in +100 KG and -100KG already.
We are looking for all other weights.

The team coaching will be DarrIn Richardson, Vadim Kolganov, Leigh Till and Russell Dodds
All have experience at world level in sambo and combat sambo.
The weekend will consist of training and fighting. we will expect you to prove yourself to be of the highest level.

You will need all relevant combat sambo equipment with you including EVERYTHING. (Russel can be contacted if you need to buy gear) no excuses or didn't have time, or will these gloves do please. WE are THE BRITISH TEAM lets look like it.

IF you want to make the team we will expect you to attend both days, if you want to come for some top quality training and not try for the team you are most welcome.

Please contact anyone of us to pay a deposit for this very rare opportunity.
bring yourself and your best game.

 Contact Darren
rafuk001@rocketmail.com

ALL PLAYERS MUST BE MEMBERS OF BSF RECOGNISED ASSOCIATION AND MUST HOLD A BRITISH PASSPORT

Catch Wrestling

Many people make a big thing about MMA Grappling, I personally have registered our club with the British Wrestling Association which does the FILA Version which is call Amatuer MMA. Yet long before this form of Submission Wrestling came to prominence there was Lancashire Catch as Catch Can or Catch Wrestling. This was a hard brutal form of wrestling not for the feint hearted and I believe started in the the late 18th century. I first came across it back in the 1980's when the famous Jiu Jitsuka Iron Man Trev Roberts showed me some moves, what a lot people do not realise  Trevor was a very competent wrestler. Later a young man named Gary Pollard form the Northeast joined my organisation and he actually had classes in Catch he also wrote a small book on the subject. I recently came accross the YouTube clip below which prompted me to put a piece on my Blog as a reminder to those that think they have reinvented the wheel the past should not be forgotten. On a different subject but in the same vein of remembering the past.  Who uses the Shield Techniques of the ancient Romans? The Police!

Presidents Cup

Presidents' Cup is sponsored by 

"Jewelers of North Capital" ( St. Petersburg)"

Jewelers of North Capital" ( St. Petersburg)

AUGUST SPECIAL

AN AUGUST SPECIAL

A student from the USA is travelling to Sittingbourne to take advantage of the Judo/Sombo Course but to take advantage of him being here we will be offering extra days with Colin Carrott 4^th Dan Judo/Master of Sambo. The course will start Tuesday August 19^th and the price will include the Friday Night and Saturday section plus training every night with members of the Warriors and Young judo Club. Book before July 10^th the fee is £250 after July 10^th £300

For further details contact IBFBCSA@Gmail.com or Colin Carrott delmaine@aol.com Money can be paid to Warriors Grappling Academy 127 east Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4BL, PayPal can be arrange and internet banking

FIGHT NIGHT AND JUDO/SOMBO COURSE 22^ND/23^RD OF AUGUST.

FIGHT NIGHT ON 22ND.

FIGHT NIGHT CONSIST OF 45MIN OF GROUND WORK FIGHTING FOLLOWED BY 45MIN OF STANDING FIGHTING. THIS IS FOR ALL JACKET WRESTLING PEOPLE IE JUDO, SOMBO, KURASH ETC.

START TIME 8PM AND THE PRICE IS £5 OPEN TO ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 11.

JUDO/SOMBO COURSE ON 23^RD.

THIS COURSE IS FOR ANY IBF MEMBER OVER THE AGE OF 11 AND WILL COVER ALL ASPECTS OF THE JUDO AND SOMBO SYLLABUS EXPECT KATA, AND INSTRUCTOR LEVEL 1,2 AND 3.

ANYONE WISHING TO GRADE OR RENEW OR EVEN MOVE UP AN INSTRUCTOR LEVEL THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED. YOU MAY EVEN WISH TO JUST IMPROVE YOU KNOWLEDGE.

START TIME IS 10AM AND THE GRADING FOR ANYONE NOT ON THE COURSE WILL BE AT 5PM. THE PRICE IS £50 BEFORE THE 10^TH July  . ANYONE NOT BOOKED IN BEFORE 10^TH July WILL HAVE TO PAY THE £80.

ALL GRADING FEE ARE £10 FOR KYU GRADE AND £30 FOR 1st DAN £40 FOR 2^ND DAN AND £50 FOR 3^RD DAN AND SO ON.

ANY ONE WISHING TO DO AN INSTRUCTOR EXAM THE FEE IS £10 MANY THANKS

JOHN CLARKE 5^TH DAN JUDO/SOMBO

This is not my petition

A Petition is being circulated called

"Martin Clarke: Women to compete in Combat Sambo"

This Petition is in no way connected to me.  As BSF President I have to remain neutral for any alteration to Rules of the Sport and Constitution until it has been discussed by the BSF EC and put to the AGM

These suggestions should be put forward to the BSF EC and a petition of BSF members; these members have to be verified, would be welcomed. The BSF will discuss this along with other suggestions like “All Male and Female events should be abolished and the term should be Adult Competition were both sexes meet as equals”

I would like to point out that in GB there is very little interest in Combat Sambo as was seen by the entry at the British Open. Hopefully the Presidents Cup will rectify this

Martin Clarke

BSF President

Presidents Cup-Europeans

The Presidents Cup to be held at the GLOW Bluewater Centre Dartford on Saturday September 27th 2014 http://combatarts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/two-sambo-spectaculars-in-england-2014.html has attracted a great deal of Media interest especially from the Martial Arts Fraternity. FEDOR EMELYANENKO and OLEG TAKTAROV most probably Russia's 2 greatest fighters hope to be in attendance. The spectator seating for this event will be 800 and the BSF have been allocated a 100 seats. Overall organiser is Andrew Moshanov FIAS Technical Advisor, the BSF have a vital part to play as Consultants to the event and are pulling out all the stops to make this an event to be proud of.

In the next few weeks tickets will be available as will publicity packages, this is an an event not to be missed especially as Russia will be sending their top fighters. So if you want see Sambo and Combat Sambo at its best make sure you are there.

Why is it called the "PRESIDENTS CUP" quite simply it is in appreciation of all the FIAS Presidents throughout the World it is a practical way of saying thankyou for the work they have done for World Wide Sambo

Wit many Commonwealth Countries being involved in this event it made good sense to organise the Commonwealth Sambo Championships the following day. The BSF will be helping out with this event by supplying table officials but the overall organiser are Lord Simon Reading President CSA and Andrew Moshanov FIAS Technical Advisor. In the next few weeks full details of this event will be available

M.A.I.

Martial Arts Illustrated

This Magazine has done us proud this month with articles on Sambo and Judo. So get to your news agent for a souvenir copy. M.A.I. is one of Europes largest selling Martial Arts Magazine and they also have a Internet Magazine  http://www.martialartsunltd.co.uk

Faversham Open Judo

Bob Bradley R.I.P.

Bob Bradley a well known Judoka in the 1970's has died following an accident at his home he was just 67 years old. Bob a Superheavy Player had won every Judo Associations National Judo Championships and represented all of them at International Level, he was also an International Free Style Wrestler and Sambo Player.

Bob was very much my Bogey man I fought him on several occasions during the 1970's although I beat him a few times he had bested me more time the I beat him. Looking back I felt I was the better player but every now and then you come up against someone who just syches you out and Bob was that one for me. I think it was because when I was 22/23 nobody was beating me and that made me arrogant, then along came Bob who beat me, this obviously knocked my confidence especially as Bob was a showman and would parade after a win, this humiliated me as well. Funnily enough this defeat made me train harder and I got a lot better but I just could not get over the defeat against Bob every time I met him.

My last match with him was in the BJA 1978 Southern Area Open because I had joined the BJA from the BJC I was not particularly like by the hierarchy in the Southern Area BJA and to top it all me the so called inferior judoka from another organisation had the cheek to win the British Trials. Refereeing in those days was slightly political so I was prepared for some shall we say some suspect refereeing. I lost on a rather dubious penalty score. I never competed in that event again.

Bob was a large man and was well respected and his Harai Makikomi was awesome, he was not a Starbrook, Jacks or Adams but those who followed grappling will remember him with affection and respect


Martin Clarke

International Cadet Sambo Tournament

"International Tournament "POBEDA" took place in St.Petersburg this weekend.

This is the 24th Annual tournament with the great traditions and long history behind it. It was initially organised to commemorate the V-Day and approved by the President of Russia as a means of sports and cultural education for the children. 

It takes place in the same Sports Arena St. Petersburg "Yubileiny" where the latest World Championships 2013 was staged. The 29 full cadet teams of various Russian regions and other countries as Finland, Latvia, USA, etc., came here to participate and compete for the main Trophy.

Practically, this tournament is one of the most established cadet tournaments of this kind in Russia and is the same mature as our British Open, which was staged last year for the 25th time here in Bedford.

With Sombo on the rise in Great Britain - we look very enthusiastic to the perspective to participate there in St. Petersburg in the 25th Anniversary Tournament next year in 2015

Good luck to all teams in the tournament "Pobeda"!!!

Full results and Photos will appear next week

Preview World Championships Japan November 2014

Preview World Championships Japan November 2014

Be Safe Be Insured

I am pleased to see that our IBF/BCSA Members/Coaches/Clubs have been very prompt in renewing their membership. Insurance is a very important part of the Combat Arts. In this day and age training, competing, coaching without insurance is the height of folly as is not insuring your club. The IBF/BCSA would obviously like you to join us but the important thing is to get insurance from a reputable company.

We in the IBF/BCSA cover nearly all Mat based Combat Discipline we now even cover Combat Sambo players at BSF sanctioned events but we do not cover anything that uses live blades or anything in a ring or cage. The main reason is we do not cater for those types of activities 

BE SAFE BE INSURED