Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Summer Camp 2015
IBF Summer Camp 2015
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| Nobby Clarke |
Times have changed when Nobby Clarke 6th Dan
founder of IBF UK started the First Camp at the St Mary’s Bay Schools Journey
Centre St Mary’s Bay New Romney Kent in 1966
in those early days it was fundamentally a British Judo council
supported event and stretched over 2 weeks, one week of Juniors and one of
Seniors. 100 Judoka on each week was not unusual.
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| Junior Week First Senior Week 2nd Senior week |
In the early 1970’s the Camp was closed to make way for a
housing estate. Nobby moved the Camp down the road to the Army Cadet Camp
Jefferstone Lane St Mary’s Bay. A smaller venue but was ideal for the Martial
Arts as no one else could use the facility. At this time he parted company with
the BJC and became the British Rep for the International Budo Federation led by
Dutchman Peter Schonewille an the course changed from just a Judo Course to a
Martial arts course featuring Judo, Sambo, Jiu Jitsu, Aikido, Karate, Tae Kwon
Do etc.
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| Marget Clarke-Ron Reeves-Peter Schonewille- Daniel De-Walle-Nobby Clarke ACF Camp 1982 |
The course featured many top Instructors from GB, Europe,
Japan, Canada and USSR and the Camp went to 4 weeks, 2 weeks of Juniors 2 weeks
of seniors and for many years there was 100 on each week. The highlight of the
Camp was the last Saturday where there was the Senior Grading in all Martial
Arts. There has been occasions when 40 people were taking various Martial Arts
Dan grading’s. The event attracted people from far and wide just to watch this
spectacular.
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| Instructors Summer Camp ACF 1990's Paul Sargent- Tony Benchley- Brian Woodhall- Brenda Jones-Steve Jacobs-Martyn Skipper-John Harris |
The grades were handed out after all the mats were picked up and
the Venue cleaned and tidied. After the presentation people would vanish to the
Pub to celebrate or commiserate but all got thoroughly intoxicated and the
party never finished till the early hours. The problem was at 8am the following
morning Nobby would up shouting time for lot to go home go on clear of, a
lovely wake up call after a heavy night.
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| 1990's ACF Camp |
Sadly Nobby had a stroke in 1988 he died in 1990 and his son
Martin took over for several years the Camp carried on as normal but time were
changing with more legislation and regulation coming with how to run Children’s
Camp the time had come to finish with the Junior side of the camp as it was not
no loner financial viable, this finished in the 1990’s. With foreign holidays
becoming more popular the idea of spending a week at a Martial Arts Camp
sleeping in dormitories became less attractive so by 2000 the Camp was just one
week of seniors and in the early 2000’s the ACF Camp was sold and demolished.
The camp then moved to a brand new ACF Facility in St Martins Plain Folkestone
and this lasted till 2011. The ACF told us we were no longer allowed to use the
facility as the Army were taking over the venue.
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| Dibgate Summer Camp 2000 plus |
So what to do that was the question to get a reasonable
priced facility with accommodation in August was impossible. John Clarke Martin’s
son came up with the idea of having a weekend Camp at the Swale Martial Arts
Club in Sittingbourne. Martin had his
doubts but as John said numbers at the last Camp was just 30 people and only
operated over 4 days, he also pointed out that people will not give up more
then a couple of days for their hobby.
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| Camp 2015 |
So the Camp is now a weekend in its 4th years I
sure Nobby would be disappointed but
also happy that it is still run and by
the 3rd generation of Clarkes
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| John Clarke Head to Head |
This years course was a great success with most of the
pupils sleeping overnight on the Tatami, well I say sleeping training and
partying till 5am is not always the best thing to do before a grading. Many
took the grading and three obtained various levels of Dan Grade Cyeanne Eaton was awarded of 1st Dan Judo,
George Loscombe 2nd Degree CombatSombo and Tim Thomas 4th
Dan Judo. It was remarked by the Examiners that they have never seen such a
perfect demonstration of Kime No Kata and John said his arm locks were
phenomenal
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| IBF Judo Panel Colin Carrott 5th Dan Trevor Davies 6th Dan John Clarke 5th Dan Greg Garside 5th Dan |
Full results of the IBF grading.
Mitchell crosswell
Orange 3 tabs
William Brice
Orange 3 tabs/Green Belt Sambo
Izzy Namey
Junior Brown
Connie Lawrie
Green
Francesca Mental Aspey
Blue
Juris Lescenko
Brown
Brandon Springett
Brown
Richard Seaman
Brown
Blake Southfield
Brown
Nathan Johnson
Brown
Fergus Hamilton-Jones
Brown
Cyeanne Eaton
1st Dan
George Loscombe
2nd Dan Combat Sombo
Tim Tomas
4th Dan
The standard was very high indeed, and all above well deserved their grades.
Well done
John Clarke
5th Dan
Mitchell crosswell
Orange 3 tabs
William Brice
Orange 3 tabs/Green Belt Sambo
Izzy Namey
Junior Brown
Connie Lawrie
Green
Francesca Mental Aspey
Blue
Juris Lescenko
Brown
Brandon Springett
Brown
Richard Seaman
Brown
Blake Southfield
Brown
Nathan Johnson
Brown
Fergus Hamilton-Jones
Brown
Cyeanne Eaton
1st Dan
George Loscombe
2nd Dan Combat Sombo
Tim Tomas
4th Dan
The standard was very high indeed, and all above well deserved their grades.
Well done
John Clarke
5th Dan
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Sambo History part 2
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British Sombo/Cambo/Sambo History
With the 2nd Presidents Cup soon upon us I
thought I would write a small article on the History of Sambo in Great Britain
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| Martin Clarke World Silver 1986 |
Originally Sambo was under the supervision of the British
Wrestling Association during the 1970’s and early 1980’s. FILA (International
Amateur Wrestling Association) formulated a Sambo Sub Committee in which BAWA
Chairman Burt Jacobs was a member of; he then introduced Sambo to Great
Britain.
The first problem Sambo Wrestlers incurred was the name in
the 1970’s Sambo in the English speaking world was considered racist so the
BAWA decide to use the Russian Spelling which was Cambo, so in the 1970’s BAWA
practised Cambo to appease the PC brigade. Some years later the Americans came
up with name Sombo that was used throughout the English-speaking World but as
the years went by the correct translation of Sambo was in use. As of today the
only country to use the word Sombo is Great Britain, most people do not
associate the word Sambo with racism accept for our own Sports Council. The
British Sombo Federation were advised some years ago that if we used the term
Sambo for our organisation we would lose our Governing Body status, we have asked
again to change the name to its correct spelling and am awaiting a reply.
My own involvement started about 1973/74 as a very
competitive Judoka I wanted to try other styles of grappling at the time there
was only two other styles in GB Cambo and Olympic Free style and I tried both
winning a few medals. In 1977 I decide to try for the 1980 Olympic Games so all
my energies went into training in Judo as part of he BJA Olympic Squad
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| 1996 |
Although I had reasonable success in the BJA winning 2
National trials and an All England my bid for the Moscow Olympics was not
successful, I made a return in 1983 after a competitive layoff of 3 years to
take a place in the 1983 National Squad but my heart was no longer in
competitive Judo but I did make a come back in 2001 to win the World
Masters. I needed a different challenge
so I managed a spot with the British Jiu Jitsu team in the 1984 World
Championships in Canada were I won a silver. On the return flight I read an
article in the Daily Telegraph how the World Games was to be held in London in
1985 and one of the sports was Sombo.
On my return I contacted Burt Jacobs of the BAWA asked if I
could take part in the trials for the British Team. I was shocked to be told
that GB was not entering team as no one was running Sombo in GB he invited me
to the Wrestling Academy in Salford and then asked me to reboot Sombo and
select a Team for the World Games which I did. Sadly I received no help from
previous Sombo organisers who had lost interest in the sport in fact the only
person from the 1970’s to be involved in Sombo since that decade apart from
myself was Matt Clempner. The British Team had considerable success at the
World Games 4 Bronze, 1 Silver (yours truly) 1 gold. At the end of 1985 myself
Trevor Roberts and Tony represented BAWA at the World Championships in San
Sebastian Spain where I was place 5th
With the popularity of Sambo/Sombo on the increase FILA
decide to let Sambo Players under the guidance of Fernando Compte to form an
independent International Sambo organisation and FIAS (Federation International
Amateur Sambo) was born in May 1985 and I have been part of that since its
inception. With the separate Federation Burt Jacobs BAWA told me that Sombo
could no longer be associated with the BAWA so he advised me to form a New
British Sombo organisation, which I did.
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| 2006 |
I was lucky that I already had an Martial Arts Organisation
in GB which I headed the International Budo Federation and at the British Sombo
Federation inaugural meeting in 1986 it was senior members of that organisation
who took up the various positions on the new executive Committee. The were
Martin Clarke President/Chairman, Brenda Jones Secretary, Alan Kontozi
Treasurer, Dave Boulding, Valerie Clarke Committee. This was a complete new
beginning for Sombo in GB and a learning curve for all of us as there was none
of the old guard involved. Some years later in 1995 the Sports Council of GB
recognised us as the Governing body for the Sport of Sombo and the BSF would
becoming integral part of FIAS with two Presidents Cups held in GB and Myself
being awarded a FIAS Gold medal to celebrate 75 years of Sambo just 10 medals
were given throughout the World and I was the only one outside e the Easter
Block to be awarded one, although I have won 3 World Sambo Silvers this medal
was the pinnacle of my career. Who would have believed when I read that
newspaper article on the Plane in 1984 I would be where I am now
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| 2010 a lot heaver and bigger then 1986 |
Sambo is now divided into two sections Sport Sambo and Combat
Sambo and it development in the last 5 years has been phenomenal in the 1985
World Championship there was about 18 countries in last years Worlds in Japan
there was nearly 100, Sambo is certainly the Grappling Sport of he future
Friday, August 21, 2015
Garlic Chi
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Who will represent Russia in Combat Sambo British grand Slam?
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
British Sambo Open 2016
ADVANCED NOTICE
BRITISH SOMBO FEDERATION
IN MEMORY OF RUSSELL DODDS
British Open Sport Sambo Championships
Open to all
BSF Affiliated Associations
FIAS Affiliated Countries
Saturday April 2nd 2016
Swallows Leisure Centre Central Avenue Sittingbourne
Age Bands Male/Female
15,16,17 Year Youth/Matched
Senior Men 18 and above
62k 68k 74k 82 90k 100k 100k+
Senior Ladies Matched
62k 68k 74k 82 90k 100k 100k+
Senior Ladies Matched
Masters 35 to 45/Over 45 Matched
FIAS rules will apply
Weigh In 10am
Weigh In 10am
Entry £20 per competitor per weight
This entry Fee includes entry to Combat Wrestling
Correct Dress will be expected for all groups
Red-Blue or Reversible Jackets- Red-Blue Shorts
Sambo Boots
Entries Payable BSF
Closing Date March 12th 2016
Entries Payable
By Cheque British Sombo Federation
PayPal Sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk
Internet Banking Contact IBFBCSA@Gmail.com
118 East Street Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4RX
Email: IBFBCSA@GMAIL.COM
There will No Walk Overs Competitors can move up a weight group.
Entry Fee must accompany Entry Form
Entry Form
Name
Weight
Age
Association
Address
Address
Email Address
Mobile Phone Number
All
competitors must make their own Travel and Accommodation arrangement. The
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