Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Sambo the ideal Grappling Sport for Children
I ask many Judo Coaches why they do not encourage there players to
participate in other Jacket Grappling sports like Sambo, Kurash, Belt
Wrestling, BJJ etc. and I get the same answer they prefer the purity and
traditions of Judo. What traditions? The founder of Kano never originally
entertained Competitive Judo so is that the traditional Judo they aspire to? Or
is it the Judo of the first Olympics in 1964 when there was just Waza-ari and
Ippon and referees wore Judogi and Kids could only grade to 3rd Mon
is that the traditional Judo they mean? Or is it the Judo of Starbrook, Jacks
and Adams where there was Koka Yuko Waza-ari Ippon, Chui Shido etc. where the
Tatami had 1 metre demarcation area and referees wore Blazers is that the
Traditional Judo they mean? Or is it the modern day Judo of multi Coloured
mats, Coloured Judogi and rules where you get penalised for throwing a person.
No the only traditional part of Judo today is Kata which was there from the
beginning and how many teach or practice that? Sadly it is only taught and
practised to pass a grading and with the practitioner knowing very little about
why they are doing them. Judo like most sports evolves sometimes for the better
sometimes for the worse. Judo in truth is nothing more then an Olympic Jacket
Grappling sport.
Part of the decline of Judo is it rules as soon as youngster’s steps on the Tatami they are restricted and not on health and safety reasons but because of the rules of the sport.
I had great pleasure and great results from teaching Judo in the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s but I looked up my lesson plans of those halcyon days of Judo and realise half of what I was teaching is no longer allowed in 2014 that does not say a lot about Judo.
That is why I recommend Sambo to all Juniors there is a wider
range of techniques which they are allowed to do, this allows them greater
involvement and brings out natural talent rather then stifling their
creativity. So the enjoyment level is a lot higher and if they enjoy themselves
they stay. I am not saying stop Judo in fact Sambo can compliment the Sport,
the Eastern Europeans who start with Sambo then move on to Judo do not do to
bad.
I recently looked through the Internet there seems to a great deal
of people advertising Sambo and Combat Sambo who I have never heard of or seen,
this proves to me that Sambo has become very popular and well known, with
people jumping on the band wagon to cash in on our success but contributing
nothing least of all knowledge of the Sport
We must concentrate on the Juniors to expand the sport, so I will
be reintroducing the BCSA Sambo Grading syllabus my two Sambo Coaches Keith
Costa and George Loscombe (Both have trained in Russia) will be organising a
junior grading for BCSA members.
An other thing that has been brought to my attention some people
want to participate in Recreational Sambo like Judo, so I will introduce a non
competitive Sambo Grading System for Adults based on Technical Ability. I also
intend to introduce Sambo Patterns similar to Judo Kata. Sambo can compliment
other grappling sports but it needs to be recognised as a sport with its own
dynamic it is a sport that can accommodate people from all walks of life and
ability.
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