British Sombo Federation

Sambo is one of the major events in this Combat Games the equivalent to the Olympic Games and the British Sambo Federation will be sending a team.

Sombo is a Jacket Wrestling sport from Russia. It consists of throws, pins and submission by leg leg and arm lock. Competitions are fought in age groups, male and female, weight groups. Senior bouts are normally 5 minute duration, Junior bouts can be shorter.

A match is conducted by a centre referee, mat judge and mat chairman. The centre referee will normally wear all white apparel with one arm blue, one red. A match starts and finishes on a whistle. The aim of Sombo is to defeat your opponent in as shorter period as possible by either submission, total victory throw or by points.