tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54742806885040049332024-03-19T10:48:26.399+00:00Sambo Talk...A combat sports blog...Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-31784069105528337542013-06-06T12:08:00.003+01:002013-06-06T12:08:43.778+01:00F.I.A.S. History of Sambo from 1985<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">The past year have been a disruptive year for F.I.A.S. (Federation International Amateur Sambo) a pinnacle point was last March when Senior Members of the F.I.A.S. Council were suspended,. Their suspension and the reason for their suspension has yet to be explained and as such legal proceedings are being taken by the suspended members. I cannot understand why we have reached this point, which only brings International Sambo into disrepute no matter who is right or wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">So I have decided to look to the past as sometimes History can help the future. In 1985 Fernando Compte brought together many countries interested in Sambo and on May 16<sup>th</sup> 1985 in Bilbao Spain F.I.A.S. was formed. 25 countries took part in this momentous event you will see these countries list below. What was important was the Cosmopolitan F.I.A.S. Council and its Council members compared that with todays FIAS Council which is dominated by Ex Eastern Block Countries. F.I.A.S. today is a much larger organisation with highly well organised events but one has to ask the question do the administration of F.I.A.S. have the passion for Sambo of those original members or is it just another Sport Business. It seems all the International Sports Organisation are moving down the path of their sports just becoming a vehicle to make money and gain power. They seem to have lost the passion for their Sport being involved just for the love of the sport?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">You will notice that the British Representative was Burt Jacobs he was the President of the British Wrestling Association. Like many of the new members they originally were associated with their countries National Wrestling Associations. The following year Burt Jacobs and the BWA asked me to form a separate independent Sambo organisation for Great Britain. The reason they asked me was I was Chairman of the Sombo Wrestling Sub Committee of BWA and had organised the very successful British Team at the 1985 World Games. So in 1986 the British Sombo Federation was formed which is now one of he longest serving member of F.I.A.S. I was to become FIAS Treasures in 1989 serving on the FIAS Council and for a while I held the title of European President unlike today it was more of an Honorary position, the BSF went on support FIAS Championships winning many International medals, it also held the 1989 European Championships and 1992 World Championships in Herne Bay Kent and the BSF have held over 20 British Opens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">So why the name change? In the English language the name Sambo is a derogatory name for Black people, it originated in the USA and was to do with the slave trade. Many suggested we changed because of the PC brigade this was not completely true. In the early days of Sambo came under the umbrella of F.I.L.A. (International Amateur Wrestling Association) so in GB the BWA were in charge and they decided rather then use the word Sambo they would use the word Cambo, in the Cyrillic alphabet the sound of an S is shown as a C. It was Josh Henson from the USA who came up with the idea of the use of the word Sombo for use by the English speaking countries and this was accepted by F.I.A.S. Strangely enough only the USA an GB use the word Sombo, Commonwealth countries use the word Sambo they seem to have forgotten the link to slavery, yet we have been advised that if we changed the name back we would lose our Sports Council (Governing body for Sport in UK) recognition. Although we receive no financial help for UKSport it is still prestigious to be recognised as your Government Recognised body plus many have been brought up with name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Since those early days Sambo has changed there has been many changes in the demography of F.I.A.S before the collapse of the Soviet Union many of the Eastern Block Countries were not separate members of FIAS including Russia. Many of the original countries have had several different organisations representing them, looking back to 1986 when the BSF was formed it seems the only Countries with the same original organisations are Great Britain, Japan, Morocco, Bulgaria, Mongolia. The World of Sambo has seen many changes at one time there were three organisation claiming to be the World body and in 1993 with the collapse of communism, the new independent countries tried to take over F.I.A.S. which led to a split with one representing the West and the other the East, this would last for nearly 10 years and was the superb negotiating skills of ex FIAS President David Rudman who united all the different factions and made F.I.A.S. once again a united World Wide Body. Ironically the new F.I.A.S. regime have suspended David from the Council for the rather strange conviction of bringing Sambo into disrepute as of yet no one has told me exactly what that means or what he has done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">So why have I wrote this article it seems there are some in F.I.A.S. who want to change the history of Sambo, there some who want break up organisations of long standing because they no longer conform. This cannot happen to the British Sombo Federation unlike some countries we are a constituted amateur organisation recognised by the British Government and more importantly we conform to all F.I.A.S. membership requirements. The question is how many other F.I.A.S. Countries can claim the same and will F.I.A.S keep the same membership requirement?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">On a final point is Sambo originally a Russian Combat System or is it a product of the old USSR? if it is the latter all the old Soviet Republics can claim to be founders? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/
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Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-13859068122153791992013-05-02T08:36:00.001+01:002013-05-02T08:36:48.005+01:00Martial Arts for two year olds? I don't think so...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">I have just had a telephone call from a mother of a 3 year old that is doing some form of Martial Art, which involves kicking and punching. She has complained that the instructor expects to much of the kids and she feels it is unsafe. She asked if her son could come to the Swale Martial Arts Club, I told her that we would not take children until they are 5 years of age and would encourage them to do Judo first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">She asked why 5 as this other clubs takes them at 2 years of age. Yet again I had to explain that children under 5 to not have the mental or emotional facilities’ to perform any Martial Art, never mind what the Instructors says. The idea that anyone should teach kids under 5 to punch and kick another human being is morally wrong and can endanger the physical and mental growth of a child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">A lot of people will say teaching child this young will instil discipline, control their aggression and can be used a self defence? Who are they defending themselves against other 2 year old and is the answer to that to teach them to kick them NO will they be able to defend against an adult NO as for discipline there are many other ways of instilling that in a child and most of that should come from the parent but if you want some form of physical activity for your child why not Street Dance, Gymnastics, Tumble tots these are far better for under 5’s then a violent Martial Art which involves Kicking and Punching either another person or equipment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">In later life Martial Arts can be of great benefit it will teach self-discipline and group discipline but first you will need to understand what discipline is, it will also be way of forging friendships and bonding with same thinking people. It will help you how to eat properly, keep your body in good condition and most importantly it will teach you to respect other people but first you need some idea of what life is a pre school child does not understand this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">I have always recommended Judo or Amateur Wrestling as the first port of call when moving into a Combat Discipline not because I dislike other Martial Arts but purely because it is safer and don’t involve striking and the philosophy of hurting someone. Most grappling Sports do not allow dangerous techniques such as submission techniques for the under 14 and as such it about trying to pin your opponent or throw them in a safe form in fact to intentionally to try and hurt your opponent could lead to a ban. Many top Martial Arts players and Cage Fighter started their career in grappling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">My advice to parents discourage them from behaving like Power Rangers and when they are 5 bring to us our Club has been in Sittingbourne since 1957 and has a proven track record</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/
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Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-92194943981727554452013-03-01T14:15:00.002+00:002013-03-01T14:15:41.864+00:00ALL ENGLAND CANCELLED.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All England Championships to be held in Sittingbourne in March has been
cancelled. I had just 30 entries for this Multi Style event even though I had
spent £600 advertising in Martial Arts Magazines, post and Internet. My hope
was to try and look for the rebirth of competitions in the South for juniors
and seniors and return to the glory days by offering several styles of Jacket Grappling
i.e. Judo, Kurash, Sombo, SportCombatSombo and Submission Wrestling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martial Arts/Combat Sports no longer have the courage to enter competitions and
test their skills; I was very disappointed that many clubs and organisations I
have supported in the past did not want to support this event and me
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So I will no longer run any competitions
myself and leave that to others to organise and fund, a rather disappointing
end to career of organising events. The first event I organised was in 1971
which was the Young Judo Club All England Judo Championships, since then I have
organised countless International Budo Federation and British Sombo Federation British
Championships, IBF Multi Nation tournaments in Karate and Judo, British Wrestling
Association British Juniors, European and World Sombo Championships plus many
area events and club events in Judo, Sombo, Kurash, SportCombatSombo, Karate, Shiai
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in a Sambo/Sombo event my son, John, will be organising a small event at the
Swale Martial Arts Club on the date that was proposed Sunday March 10th. You
will need to contact him directly as he will no doubt have a closing date for entries.
Tel No is 07825224940 e-mail <a href="https://www.martialnews.co.uk:2096/cpsess3409075853/3rdparty/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=john_clarke73%40hotmail.co.uk"><span style="color: blue;">john_clarke73@hotmail.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/
Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span></div>
Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-34416910926076498472013-01-15T11:39:00.000+00:002013-01-15T11:39:04.511+00:00British Sombo Federation 2012 Annual Report<br />
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Costa, Lyn was often seen in her electric buggy and before her MS got really
bad she would be one of our table officials our thoughts go out to Keith and
the rest of the family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The New Year started with an invite to a formation of a Commonwealth
Sambo Association, this was the concept of Lord Reading and Andrew Moshanov.
The idea in principle is a good one but its formation is totally wrong; I have
reported on this on several occasions but just to say at the meeting not one
representative from the Commonwealth was an official member of FIAS; 90% were
Judoka, Andrew Moshanov is a Russian living in England and Lord Reading has
never been seen at a Sombo event. So a very strange meeting especially as they
formulated a committee etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On contacting FIAS they had no knowledge of this organisation or Andrew
Moshanov. It seems Andrew, I believe, is an employee of the FIAS President and
a very experienced Judo Coach who used to work for the BJA. As this
organisation was formed the BSF decide to organise a Commonwealth Sombo
Championships to be held in September in Scotland; this was a complete failure,
so much so, we cancelled the event as the only entries we had were from the UK
so it does put in doubt the viability of a Commonwealth Sombo organisation without
funding from FIAS or Lord Reading. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Alan Jones, the Welsh National Wrestling Coach and 7<sup>th</sup></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Dan Judo, who will be joining his Welsh Wrestling Association in 2013
and I met up again with Terry Watt from Ulster; he made CSA Secretary but has
since resigned. The CSA has had no meetings, competitions etc. since to my
knowledge we have not been approached to affiliate. I hope some sort of
Commonwealth body is formed but it must be done under the auspices of FIAS</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">I attended three major Internationals: the European Championships held
in Moscow, a marvellous tournament; the World Masters in Casablanca, well
organised but dominated by the Eastern European Block, we had just two fighters
and finally, in November, the Worlds held in Minsk, again a marvellous event
with some excellent matches. My only complaints were: the organisation of the
registration, these are always pandemonium and I have written to FIAS and made
some suggestions; and the events used to have a degree of socialising but this
seems to be neglected. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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much appreciated and allowed us to bring two good teams to the event. The
highlight of the these events was Matthew Clempner Junior winning a World
Bronze in the O100k class, the first World Championship medal since 1990 a
great finish to the year. Reports on all these can be seen on a web site and
have been published in various Martial Arts Magazine and Web sites.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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throughout the year but we had a couple of disappointments: the Commonwealth
competition had to be cancelled and this date was taken over by Red Star Sambo,
even this only attracted 30 people and a tournament organised by Bedford
Grappling Academy was also cancelled due to a lack of entries, it seems the
recession is taking its toll especially with the cost of fuel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was time to move back to England but not too Sittingbourne, where it had been
for over a decade as this was too far for people to travel, so next year’s
British Open will be in Bedford on 2<sup>nd</sup></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sunday in June, an
easier venue for people including flights into Luton.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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out to Russell Dodds who has made major inroads in getting different supplies
from around the World. I think one of the best things the BSF has done in recent
years is to insist on correct kit at our events. The BSF looks forward to 2013
but we cannot exist without the support of our members so we do need the
various associations affiliated to push for participation.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/
Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-15271184332639666902012-12-04T18:43:00.000+00:002012-12-04T18:43:15.666+00:00The origins of Judo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">About 25 years ago I wrote an article
about how Judo was started I have been asked to reproduce the article, sorry to
say I have lost the original so I will start again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">My main concern was the age of Jigaro Kano when he started this new concept
of Judo. According to <i><a href="http://www.judo-ch.jp/english/kanou_life/profile/index02.shtml"><span style="color: white;">The Life of Jigoro Kano</span></a></i> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kano never started any form of Martial
Art till he was 18 years of age; at the age of 22 years he started his new
School and style called Judo. Now this is where I have a problem. I have taught
young people for over 40 years some of them extremely intelligent but for them
to come up with a completely unique idea takes some believing. So am I calling
the followers of Kano Judo liars? NO I just question was it a completely new
concept?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once again the above web site states
that at the age of 14 years he started to pursue Western Studies. Geoff Gleeson
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Life, Times & Ideology of Jigaro
Kano, Founder of Judo 1860-1938”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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educationalist was much involved with these questions. He invented Judo in an
attempt to answer them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">During the Meiji period which Kano was
born into, the whole structure of Government and civil society was based around
Western ideals and philosophy; according to Gleeson, Kano would have been very
influenced by English Philosophers like John Stuart Mill and Samuel Smiles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Could a young Kano who was into
Morality and codes of behaviour not try to develop a practical system of
instilling this into the Japanese people or maybe it was a university project,
which directed him this way? Once again by going back to the web site you will see
how Kano benefited by studying Martial Arts and other sports also his full time
job was in physical education. So he already knew the benefits of sport and as
Gleeson suggested he invented Judo because of this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with history or rather the legend of Jigaro Kano; what I do question is how he
supposedly invented Judo?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The established belief is that he
studied Jiu Jitsu and took all the really dangerous techniques out of the art
to invent his Judo. This I cannot accept for we already have seen he was into English
philosophy, which was diametrically opposed to that of the more traditional
Japanese martial arts like Jiu Jitsu, which was seen more as a self defence or
attacking war like system. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I would suggest he wanted to develop a
new moral and ethical system on the lines of the philosophers and Western ideas
he studied; he must have realised that to get this to be accepted by the
Japanese people he had to produce a system which the Japanese could understand,
hence a combat form as opposed to a Western form like baseball, football, rugby
etc. which, though accepted in modern Japan, may not have been acceptable to a
feudal Japanese population; plus did they understand the English idea of “Playing
the Game” or “Taking Part being important”, I doubt it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is where I suggest that the basic
idea of Judo could have come from CORNISH WRESTLING. Japan was in a state of flux
during the period when Kano was born, the influence of the Europeans was predominant
and there was massive trade with the European Countries. So could a young
Jigaro Kano have been watching the foreign ships come into port?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Could he not have seen a British ship
coming in from Plymouth and then watched the sailors fighting on the beach?
Fighting, yet not fighting? Maybe he was watching two Cornish sailors having a
bout of Cornish wrestling, two men with cloth jackets grappling, each trying to
defeat the other, yet when the fight finished they shook hands, maybe put their
arms around each other and laughed; two combatants who were not injured and
remained friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maybe he thought this is something I
can work on for my new concepts I want to put to the Japanese people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So what of Cornish wrestling? It is
claimed they have evidence that it was played in the 4th Century, what is
certain is that Cornish wrestlers were depicted on banners at the Battle of
Agincourt in 1415 AD. Watch<span style="color: white;"> <span style="color: white;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18178309">this video</a> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to get some idea what Cornish Wrestling is, some say it is
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This type of wrestling is not unusual,
throughout the world; there are many countries that have similar styles, for
example, Mongolian Bokh,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wrestling, Canaries Lucha plus many others. Nearly all only allow holding above
the waist and no ground work when competing; notice the use of the word
competing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was not used and legend has it that Kano took his Judo Players to a Jiu Jitsu
School where they were all beaten by ground fighting; he then decided to
include ground work (Ne Waza) in his Judo; a nice story. Yet it was more
probable that it was a natural progression of the way Judo developed; Kano obviously
an intelligent man could see that on many occasions when doing a throw they
would fall to the floor so why stop the match? Plus remember he still had to
convince people that this was a fighting art.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I really love Sambo, a Russian Jacket
Sport, very similar to Judo. In fact its founder, Oshchepkov, studied Judo
under Kano. The reason I love competition Sambo is that it allows many more
techniques then Judo Competition; in fact I would suggest it is more like what
Kano expected of his Judo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet Judo is superior to all the other grappling
martial arts in that it has kata. This is a predetermined set of movements
which are performed by two people with the ultimate goal of gaining perfection
of technique, harmonising with another person and respecting them, with the ultimate
aim of becoming a form of moving meditation. Some will argue that it has no
relationship to competitive Judo; that may be true but does that matter? What makes Judo so different? It is not just
a jacket grappling sport, it is the SUPPLE WAY developed by a great thinker:
Jigaro Kano. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It is reported that Kano quoted the
following: “Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a
principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal
cultural attainment” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Martin Clarke 8th Dan Judo 6th Dan Jiu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/
Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span></div>
Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-71451547258591989432012-11-17T12:27:00.002+00:002012-11-17T12:27:48.822+00:00FILA regulations for Grappling<br />
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grappling is a non-striking hybrid sport formed from wrestling, jiu
jitsu, sambo, and many other submission fighting styles which consists in
applying submission holds and choking techniques in order to make the opponent
abandon the fight. Grappling plays an important role in the practice of Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA) and is considered an effective form of self-defence.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When including grappling into its field of activities, FILA had the vision to
unite the grappling community under standard international rules and offer a
generic discipline that would go beyond the specificities of each submission
fighting discipline. Straight forward and easy to understand rules were thus
created to facilitate the participation of athletes coming from different
fighting backgrounds in international competitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The FILA grappling regulations are based on a progressive point system that encourages
submissions over technical points. Points are awarded for takedowns and
dominant control positions according to the following progression: side mount
> full mount > back mount. Once having reached a position and secured it
for 3 seconds, additional points can only be scored if a higher position is
achieved. The progression is reset if the opponent manages to bring the fight
back to neutral (be it standing or on the ground) or to score a dominant
control position in his/her turn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Since submission fighting is traditionally practiced with and without kimono
(Gi), FILA have decided to implement both trends in order to cover the full
spectrum of techniques associated to each particular style. If some athletes
prefer one style over the other, most of them enjoy practicing and competing in
both. Therefore, the FILA tournaments generally take place in Gi and No-Gi
divisions to enable all submission fighters to compete to their highest ability
no matter what their fighting background might be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In order to unify the rules and participation in Grappling, Pankration and
Combat Grappling competitions, FILA has adopted common weight categories for
all three styles. The lighter categories have a smaller increase in weight due
to the bigger effect weight differences have on lighter athletes' performances.
An absolute category open to competitors of all weight classes has also been
added to allow heavier athletes to compete and to demonstrate that grappling
techniques can sometimes overcome weight and strength, creating an exciting and
spectator-friendly addition to the sport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FILA licence is mandatory for all international grappling competitions with
more than two participating countries. Every international competition shall be
announced to FILA and added to its official calendar. The FILA insurance will
only apply to competitions which appear in its calendar. The FILA licence
allows its holder to take part in all wrestling styles ruled by FILA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: <a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/">http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/</a> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Contact Martin Clarke at <a href="mailto:sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk">sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</a></span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-30465538751132153252012-10-16T11:25:00.004+01:002012-10-16T11:25:50.824+01:00Shia Jutsu<br />
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interested in creating the Ultimate Martial Arts Competition system. My
reasoning was that if I put together a lot of Martial Arts I would create
something unique and the name I came up with for this was Shiai Jutsu meaning
the Competitive Art. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Obviously I had to develop a system
which would suit Strikers and Grapplers and at that time nobody was doing a
system like this. My first attempt was to have Semi Contact Striking; every
time a point was scored the match was stopped the point awarded and then the
match continued. One point for a strike 3 points for a throw and an outright
win for submission. This did not work as Semi Contact fighters would just flick
a strike and get a score. So it was back to the drawing board. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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competition and then a striking competition and put the points together; this
was a failure. The only way forward was to have continual fighting, awarding
points as they fought; if there was an outright winner at the end from a
submission or knockout points would total up like in a boxing match. Points
were allocated for strikes and throws. This was a success and we held several
small competitions at my club in Sittingbourne. We also organised the first
British competition at the Pier Pavilion Herne Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">While I was starting this all up I came
across Jiu Jitsu Master Trevor Roberts 8<sup>th</sup> Dan. He had
approached me in 1983 about becoming part of the IBF team for the 1984 World
Jiu Jitsu Championships in Canada. Trevor was the ideal candidate for this
tournament and since then we have been good friends so he was the obvious
candidate to help get this system going. Both of us agreed that we needed a
grading syllabus and we based this on the belt system. Once we had done all
this and demonstrated all the techniques we presened it to the IBF; in those
days my father, John Nobby Clarke, was the President of IBF UK. After seeing
Trevor’s performance not only in the demonstration but in competition as well
he awarded him his 6<sup>th</sup> Dan in the style. His grade and style
was later ratified by the International Body. I did not receive any grade but
took the title of Founder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sadly it did not prove the Ultimate
Style as I had hoped. What happened at the British competition was carnage:
broken limbs and players losing control. Both Trevor and I decided that we
would not run any more competitions until we had modified the rules. That did
not happened because Trevor become much more involved with his Jiu Jitsu and my
obsession with Sombo took over as I tried to put together a practical self
defence system. This I achieved with COMBATSOMBO which I registered as a Trade
Mark in 1988.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet both Trevor and myself regret not
taking the system further; if we had we would be millionaires now because Shiai
Jutsu was the forerunner of MMA, Cage Fighting and Combat Sambo. At around
about the same time the Gracie family were developing their own style in
Brazil; many have asked were we not aware of what they were doing and of course
the answer is no. They were yet to be recognised by the World of Martial Arts
but they have developed a style which is now seen throughout the world; they
also proved that grapplers could take on anyone in Mixed Martial Arts matches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So what of the future? Well, Trevor and
I have got together and I am now President of IBF UK and I have given him the
authority to regenerate Shiai Jutsu under the auspices of the IBF. So what? I
hear you say, yet another Strike and Grapple System; well NO we want it to be
more than just that, we want to become a true Martial Art which concentrates on
the perfection of techniques. We believe that through Shia Jutsu you become
proficient at Karate, Judo, Aikido, Kung Fu etc. Notice that I use the word
proficient not expert. An expert is someone who spends his or her life in the
perfection of one art. Yet many can complement each other, for example, I am a
World Master’s Judo Champion and 8<sup>th</sup> Dan but I am also the only
Sambo GrandMaster in GB who has won 3 World Silvers, as the two are both jacket
wrestling disciplines. I have grades and experience in many martial arts and
combat disciplines but I would be a very vain man if I claimed I was an expert
in all them; in many I am proficient, in some just basic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So SHIA JUTSU is to be reborn. If you
want more information why not contact the Bolton Iron Man, Trevor Roberts, at: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="mailto:trevor@appliedjujitsu.com">trevor@appliedjujitsu.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For more information on Sambo visit: <a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/">http://www.britishsombo.co.uk</a>/<br />
Contact Martin Clarke at <a href="mailto:sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk">sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</a>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-18345579343648694042012-09-30T19:30:00.001+01:002012-09-30T19:30:46.657+01:00FILA and the future of MMA<br />
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three of
the most popular Combat Sports throughout GB are Sombo, Mixed Martial Arts (</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">MMA)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 14.25pt;"> and Brazilian Jiu
Jitsu (BJJ), yet out of the three only one of them has a governing body that is
recognised by UKSport and has an International Body recognised by Sport Accord
and that is the British Sombo Federation. This I believe will be changing in
the very near future as the very well respected F.I.L.A has included the other
two on their list of Wrestling Sports which they call Amateur MMA and
Grappling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">F.I.L.A has
been responsible for Free Style and Greco Roman since the Olympics began so
they are the obvious choice for running these sports. It is important that we
put some legitimisation into MMA as there are so many unqualified, inexperience
clubs teaching these Combat Skills. I recently heard of a karate Club whose
numbers had been dwindling changing their name to an MMA club and their
membership quadrupled. When they were questioned they said they had mixed
several Karate Styles together, hence MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). Although those
in the know realise that is not what MMA is, the public do not.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have
strong doubts that you would be able to register MMA Mixed Martial Arts as a
“Service Mark” because of the nature of the name Mixed Martial Arts which can
mean anything and is not specific. Maybe MMA could have been registered but now
because it has been widely used I doubt it. When I registered “CombatSombo” a
Grappling Self Defence System in 1988 as a service mark no one had used a
combination of the name in any other form. Since then the International body
has come up with a very successful Full Contact Jacket Strike and Grapple
called Combat Sambo. In some countries many use the same words for a
self-defence system. The main advantage of registering COMBATSOMBO is I have
total control of the name in this country and only grading certificates with my
signature or my authorisation can justify you saying you do COMBATSOMBO. Sadly
at the time I did not get it registered worldwide, however, because everyone
knows that CombatSombo is my style, they can still check to see if the Coach is
registered with me.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Couple of
years ago I was invited along with others to a meeting with the British
Wrestling Association at the Wrestling Academy in Salford to discuss MMA and
they came up with two very useful and unique names. For MMA Grappling and
Submission Wrestling with or without Jackets they would use the name FILA
Grappling, for MMA strike and grapple they would use the words FILA Combat.
These two names are easily defined and can be easily regulated and I believe
this is the way forward. I for one have no objections affiliating to the BWA,
in fact our Warriors Grappling Academy is a member.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Those who
enjoy true MMA need to break away from the name because the name is slowly
become ridiculed.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Amateur Mixed
Martial Arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that incorporates
striking (both standing and on the ground) and wrestling/grappling techniques.
As governed by FILA, it is practiced within a safe and regulated environment,
which relies on a fair and objective scoring system and competition procedures
similar to those in force in Olympic wrestling.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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its tremendous popularity, MMA is facing various legitimacy issues due to the
lack of sanctioning by the national sports authorities and the lack of
universal rules that would protect the athletes' physical and psychological
integrity. FILA considers that the implementation of an amateur variant
that could guarantee a safe training environment and a competition systems
complying with the Olympic standards has become an urgent necessity for all
athletes wishing to engage in a professional career. Through the mandatory use
of protection gear and limited impact rules (especially regarding ground and
pound), FILA intends to offer a safe and educational sport that can satisfy
athletes with both recreational and professional goals. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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With its combination of stand up and ground techniques, amateur MMA represents
a great form of self-defines, which is particularly recommended for the
training of police, security, and military forces. Amateur MMA is practiced
with board shorts and an optional rashguard along with approved protection gear
that includes head gear, shin protectors, and gloves that allow grabbing and
holding the opponent for a comfortable application of grappling techniques.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Amateur MMA counts 7 weight categories for men and 5 weight categories for
women. No absolute category is considered in order to avoid potentially harmful
situations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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competitions with more than two participating countries. Every international
competition shall be announced to FILA and added to its official calendar. The
FILA insurance will only apply to competitions which appear in its calendar.
The FILA licence allows its holder to take part in all wrestling styles ruled
by FILA.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-33001505902195082382012-09-15T15:47:00.000+01:002012-09-15T15:47:00.203+01:00International Budo Federation, British Combat Sombo Association 46th Annual Summer Camp <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For 45 years the annual Summer Camp has
been running. It was first held at St Mary’s Bay but for the last few years it
has been at the Army Cadet Camp Dibgate Folkestone. This year we could not get
the Camp because of the Olympic Games, it seems foreign teams had been
allocated some ACF Accommodation and we were left out. So we altered the course
to a 3-day event and the venue was the Swale Martial Arts Club, Sittingbourne.
Those who did not mind roughing it slept in the Dojo on Mats but this added to
camaraderie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Instructors for the Camp were John
Clarke 5<sup>th</sup> Dan Judo, Master of Sombo; Colin Carrott 4<sup>th</sup> Dan
Judo, Master of Sombo; Ian Parker 3<sup>rd</sup> Dan Judo. The main
theme of the Course was Judo with a little bit of Sombo; many had attended the
course to improve on their Judo and Sombo Grades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every year we have an Annual Bash; this
is where Jacket Grapplers (Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Sombo, Kurash) turn up to
fight each other. The session is about 2 hours, starts with Ground Work and
then finishes with Up Standing, all accompanied on by the pumping music of
Status Quo. This was started by Martin Clarke some 30 years ago and has always
been a popular part of the Camp with people from far and wide attending, not
just fighters but Coaches and players too old to fight and who want to be
reminded of their past glories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">John Clarke is now the Senior Coach on
the Camp, taking over from his father, Martin Clarke, as Martin did in the late
1970’s from his father John (Nobby) Clarke. The 3<sup>rd</sup> generation
of Clarkes! And waiting in the wings is John’s son Lewis who only 12 years old
and is training with the Adults -could he be the 4<sup>th</sup> generation?
Let’s hope so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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grading with the exam done over the whole 3 days but the grading everyone was
waiting for was the Black belt grading late Saturday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Vinney Drogoff, Bedford Grappling
Academy, was attempting his 1<sup>st</sup> Dan /Degree Black Belt. Vinney
comes from Lithuania and is a top class Sombo Player and his fighting ability
was well worthy of a Black Belt in Judo; in fact if he joined an organisation
that did not believe in the tradition of Judo, believing Judo is just a sport;
he would have obtained the coveted Black Belt some time ago. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and philosophical parts of traditional Judo are as important as the competitive
side if not more important. So those who are going for a competitive grade have
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the Kata required is Nage No Kata. For competitive 4</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Dan it’s
Goshen Jutsu Kata. Non Competitive Grades would be expected to do Kata to a
higher standard and each Dan Grade level would be expected to perform all Kata’s
done in previous gradings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">All Kyu Grades (student Grades) are
also expected to perform certain sections of the Nage No Kata (Formal Display
of 15 throws done left and right) including juniors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were Martin Clarke 8<sup>th</sup> Dan, Trevor Davies 6<sup>th</sup> Dan,
John Clarke 5<sup>th</sup> Dan, Colin Carrott 4<sup>th</sup> Dan and
Ian Parker 3<sup>rd</sup> Dan. A candidate only passes if there is 100%
agreement by all panel members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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techniques which we expected of an International standard Sombo player. His
hard part was the theory and Kata but with hard work he passes to 1<sup>st</sup> Dan
successfully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ashley, at 31 years of age has a wealth
of experience in Sombo, Judo and Kurash, starting his Judo at the age of 5. His
father Keith Costa is also a 3rd Dan Judo and is one of the IBF’s leading
Junior Coaches. His training at the Young Judo Club/Warriors Grappling Academy,
Sittingbourne has been invaluable; coached by Martin Clarke and in later years
by his son John. Ashley is proof that learning Kata, theory etc. doesn’t hinder
your competitive ability, in fact it enhances it. As mentioned before Ashley
had to do just the Goshin Jutsu Kata, which he did perfectly but Martin Clarke
insisted that he do Nage No Kata as well, he selected 26 year old Danny Carrott
as his UKE (Throwing Partner) who also is an International Judo, Kurash, Sombo
Player. They had never worked together on the Nage No Kata and neither had done
it for some time. Yet they presented a very passable Kata, once again proof
that if you understand Kata you do not forget it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kata teaches you the discipline of
correct perfection of technique and the realisation that some things in
life can never be perfect; this in itself can enhance your skill level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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4th Dan</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Brown Belt</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Interested in Judo/Sombo contact John Clarke on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="file://localhost/tel/07825224940"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #0938c4; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">07825224940</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Contact Martin Clarke at <a href="mailto:sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk">sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</a>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-12996443357361728942012-08-15T11:25:00.001+01:002012-08-15T11:25:31.999+01:00The Olympics is over<br />
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the Olympics have finished I have to admit it
was a great success not just in medals but in organisation as well. Still think
it was not worth the money but it has put a bounce into the country and we have
seen a big increase in interest in the Martial Arts at our Club so there may be
some future legacy, The Opening ceremony was spectacular but as I have said
before the idea that we got our wealth from the Industrial revolution is somewhat
suspect, becoming the Biggest and Great Empire the World has ever seen would
have been the main contribution to our wealth and influence. As for the CND
tribute well if we had listened to them the Soviet Union would be still in existence,
it was the arms race that made them collapse. Did not see the closing ceremony
soon as I heard it was about 60 years of pop music and 60 years of pop culture
I thought NO but I saw in the paper the following day the Band of the
Coldstream Guards did their bit and Churchill appeared so maybe they did honour
part of our very long heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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helped in their funding which in some cases is good but is was quoted in the
paper some of the Medal winners can expect to earn up to £3 million next year so
I would be little bit peeved if they got tax payers money. Another point is I
trained for nearly 4 years to make the Moscow Olympics, sadly I only made
reserve yet if I carried on for another 4 years I am sure I would have gone in
1984 but having a wife and 3 children the sacrifice would have too great,
especially as the wife went out to work to support my 4 year bid. Not
complaining, as there was not a load of money floating about for what was
supposed to be amateur Olympics, well it was for the British. Yet today some
athletes are complaining about resources, if this is true who has been paying
for some of them to attend four or more Olympics?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Team UK medal haul will inspire youngster and get
them away from thinking they can become famous by going to rubbish like X
Factor. Our Athletes have shown by hard work you can achieve not by winning a
sub standard talent show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cameron has said he wants to encourage more sport
in school so we can have more Olympic Champions; what concerns me will all
government subsidised sport be just the Olympic Sports? There are 34 Olympic
Sports according to I.O.C. web site yet SportEngland has 148 recognised sports
and there are many other sports which are not recognised or yet to be invented.
So by all means get people doing Sport but throw the net wide and do not
restricted it just the Olympics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many have suggested certain Athletes get
Knighthoods and every medal winner an MBE but what about the others, who never
got medals or never made the team, surely they trained as hard? My impression
of the honours awards is that it is for people who give up their time and
energy selflessly. If you want to be an International Athlete the person you
should think about is yourself. What we need is a Queens Award for Sport for
those that Coach, Officiate, Participate and for our World Class athletes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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involved in the Greatest Olympics ever (LONDON 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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criticise the British Sombo Federation for recognising our affiliated
association having gradings similar to Martial Arts. They maintain true Sambo
does not have such schemes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Well they are wrong. When the
International Amateur Sambo Federation was formed in 1985 they had a grading
system recorded in their License book but they named the grades after animals
such as the Jaguar. I still have my original FIAS license book and I am the only
person in Great Britain who has been active in Sombo/Sambo since its formation.
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This scheme was dropped after just a
few years and a modified version was that if you won a National Title you could
wear a Black with National Colours i.e. Black Belt with a Union Flag if you won
the British, the BSF never adopted this system because to equate someone who
won a British with someone who won the Soviet Union Championship was
ridiculous. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So it was agreed that those
associations who wished to adopt a grading system could do so as long as it was
vetted by the BSF. Most Sombo Players have not bothered because we still
believe it is a competitive sport and your prowess is shown on the Mat but it
useful to encourage new students and to keep people involved who are passed
their prime or cannot compete because of injury. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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World Championship competitors: Gold Belt was presented to the World Senior
Champion, Silver Belt for Silver medallist and Bronze Belt for Bronze medallist.
A World Masters Champion was entitled to wear a Bronze Belt and a Grand Master
was allowed a Gold belt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to wear a Silver Belt for<b> </b>World
Championship Silver 1986 and a Gold Belt, as I am the only FIAS Grand master in
the UK. Sadly the system is no longer in operation and the only time I actually
saw a presentation of Belts was in a banquet at the World Championships in 1985
San Sebastian Spain where at the banquet each World Medallist was presented
with their relative Belt, something I would like restored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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developed by me, Martin Clarke, and is a registered Service Mark and has been
for over 20 years and I do organise gradings in CombatSombo, SportCombatSombo,
CombatSombo Wrestling and Sombo all of which are very successful. Not
only do players in Great Britain grade but Countries as far and wide as USA,
Canada, Australia and South Africa have used my system and because the system
is mine I can check the authenticity of every CombatSombo Black Belt and so can
you - if they do not have my signature and stamp on their license or
certificate they do not hold any CombatSombo Grade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sport involving grappling and full contact striking, it is mainly practised in
Eastern European Countries. Russian Martial Arts is administered in Great Britain
by Matthew Clempner President of FORMA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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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
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a lot of contacts which hopes to bring into Combat Sombo; 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
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expected for the British on May 5<sup>th</sup>. We were expecting an extremely
low turnout of about 25 because of the cost of travelling and accommodation but
the numbers have already reached 60 and the closing date is not until May 3<sup>rd</sup>
so things are looking up. Robin also tells me that CLOSING Date <i>means</i> closing date, none of this “I am a
top class Judo player and do not need to book on time.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is on May 17<sup>th</sup> at Dumfries, this will be a good competition. It will
be open to all affiliated country; with regard to UK: if you belong to a BSF
recognised Sombo Association you can compete for Wales, Scotland, Northern
Ireland, England or the Channel Islands so starting booking your accommodation
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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 countries
by placing Judo men in charge of Commonwealth Sombo. Within GB the BSF is
recognised by all 5 sports Councils and is run by Sombo people for Sombo people.
Most importantly it is not run for profit! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The formation of the Commonwealth Sombo
Championships, this will decide whether there is a demand for Commonwealth
Sombo. It is a shame the BSF has to fund it rather than the Russian who wanted
it; also Northern Ireland Sombo federation Chairman, Chris St John, has made
contact with Terry Watt, an extremely good Judo man and someone who is
genuinely interested in Sombo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the BSF for courses and competitions - this year Britain 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!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit: <a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/">http://www.britishsombo.co.uk</a>/
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first piece which I have attached was a lesson plan from Nobby Clarke dated about 1963, although there is no date my father had not become a Professional Judo Coach at that time and it looks as though he scribbled a lesson plan on some works paper. The interesting point is that you could still use the lesson plan today but the most fascinating was that he used part of the lesson as a self defence session using throws as the basis of his techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Contact Martin Clarke at <a href="mailto:sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk">sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</a></span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-88093252844487095362011-10-01T14:27:00.001+01:002011-10-01T14:31:04.561+01:00As the crowd roars....<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"As the crowd roars, cage fighters aged 8 and 9 do battle... even after one breaks down in tears (but police say they won't take action against it) <o:p></o:p></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Police will take no action against the organisers of 'barbaric' cage fighting</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040005/Children-young-EIGHT-filmed-taking-cage-fighting.html#ixzz1Yg67givW">Parents of cage-fighting boys aged 8 and 9 could be jailed for childcruelty</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (21/09/2011)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the headline in the Daily Mail, let’s be honest it’s not the best way to promote a Sport - or is it a Sport?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have to agree with most of what is said about cage fighting in general in that it is, “Hard, Tough, Barbaric and Spectacular.” I personally have no great love for it but if grown men or women want to do it by all means let them participate, after all they are grownups. I am told it is becoming more regulated and a lot safer which is only a good thing. Children – NO! They need to be protected until they are old enough to make their own decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I watched the competition mentioned above and did not see any kicking and punching unlike others I have seen on the internet but to suggest, as some did, that this was no worse than kids doing Judo or Wrestling is absolute rubbish; many of the techniques I saw being applied - neck cranks, arm/leg locks, strangles etc would never be allowed in either sport. Remember, Judo and Wrestling have had nearly a century of rule development to make the sports safe, eliminating the most dangerous of techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The supporters of this Kiddy Bashing tell us is that is just like MMA. Is this supposed to mean something - a mish-mash of fighting styles with no governing body or one set of rules? Well that has now finished, SPORTS ACCORD which is the controlling body of all world sports has asked<a href="http://www.fila-wrestling.com/"> FILA </a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (International Federation for all Wrestling Styles) to take over MMA which is now called FILA Grappling MMA. In Great Britain the governing body is the <a href="http://www.britishwrestling.org/">British Wrestling Association</a> and I would recommend everyone to join this legitimate organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s be honest the reason they did this in a cage was to create an image that it was something different from the normal forms of grappling, a crowd puller hence a financial success.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fighting in a cage symbolizes wild animals fighting; caged because they’re a danger to the onlooker, a spectacular not unlike Romans watching gladiators fight to the death. Do we really want this type of blood lust instilled in our children?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For those who are not content with traditional grappling sports by all means develop your own system but make sure it is safe with codes of conduct and ethics. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet I think Kids Cage Fighting will get bigger because there is money to be made organizing events, starting clubs etc and you will always have parents trying to live through their children doing things they cannot or will not do.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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Contact Martin Clarke at <a href="mailto:sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk">sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</a>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-38537085078683396332011-08-14T19:14:00.001+01:002011-08-14T19:15:35.859+01:00Who really cares about child abuse in martial arts?<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have written several articles showing my concern about children under 5 doing kicking and punching arts but nobody would listen except SportEngland. SO, WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT CHILD ABUSE?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is what SportEngland had to say: </span></i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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Dear Martin <br />
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Thank you for your recent email about ‘Kiddie Cage Fighting’. <br />
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We have shared your concerns with the Child Protection in Sport Unit (part of the NSPCC) who are one of our National Partners who support National Governing Bodies of Sport. We fund recognised sports with matters relating to safeguarding and child protection.<br />
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The NSPCC have expressed their concerns about this type of activity happening (they refer to is as ‘mixed martial arts’) and following a documentary which was shown on Channel 4 a couple of years ago entitled ‘Strictly Baby Fighting’ issued the below statement to all press and media / LAs which is still relevant and one which we in Sport England endorse: <br />
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Mixed martial arts is not recognised as a sport by any of the UK Sports Councils or the Department of Culture Media and Sport. It has no single governing body that the Sports Councils can intervene with or that the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) can engage in dialogue with to raise the serious issues highlighted by this programme. <br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a number of sports and recreation activities that children and young people are involved in that fall outside of the regulated Governing Body structure. This can often mean that standards fall short of that which we would expect to see in place, and may encourage practice that can compromise the welfare and safety of young people. In the absence of regulation by a Governing Body local interventions are the only means of raising the standards of operation of these activities. All Sport England County Sports Partnerships and many Governing Bodies of sport operate club accreditation programmes that promote and recognise best practice in providing sport for children and young people. Information on this can be found at www.clubmark.org.uk and on the CPSU’s website at www.thecpsu.org.uk . <br />
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Local letting policies have been established in a small number of local authority leisure services to promote best practice in the provision of sporting activities for children and young people. Within the safeguarding policies of these leisure services departments, provision can be made for clubs and associations seeking to use facilities to demonstrate minimum standards in relation to safeguarding. Where non-affiliated or unregulated sports clubs seek to hire facilities this approach to letting can be an effective means of introducing minimum operating standards, raising standards of practice, and addressing some of the worst aspects of youth sport highlighted in the programme.<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should you have any further questions / concerns about this please contact Jayne Molyneux, our Strategic Lead Children at jayne.molynuex@sportengland.org or Young People or the CPSU (via the website address above).<br />
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<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are still looking into your previous email regarding children in martial arts and will respond as soon as possible.<br />
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Richard<br />
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Contact Martin Clarke at <a href="mailto:sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk">sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</a>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-77417235568145264242011-08-11T17:28:00.002+01:002012-08-06T14:59:43.605+01:00Kiddie Cage Fighting - disgusting!<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;">
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">That is a cop out what if the Governing Body does not have the expertise and what if the martial art has no overall governing body? Interesting enough much is being done and said about "CLUB MARK" being the way forward for sports, they make a great deal about Health & Safety, Child protection, Codes of Conduct but they give Club Mark to club who have under five (pre-school) doing Martial Arts?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In last week’s Sunday Mirror the middle pages were given over to <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20110703/ai_n57772933/pg_2/?tag=content;col1">"Kiddie Cage Fighters"</a> where Children as young as four are taught to beat the living daylights out of each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You can find my own article<a href="http://combatarts.blogspot.com/2011/08/chilsd-abuse-and-martial-arts.html"> here.</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> I even found an organisation who would <a href="http://combatarts.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-year-old-being-taught-tae-kwon-do.html">teach 1 year olds</a>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Below is an article from the international pages of, <i>The Telegraph:</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Parents of young cage fighters insist the sport is not dangerous and that it teaches children to respect their peers<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">By Tom Leonard in</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> New York<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Children as young as six are taking up the controversial sport of "cage fighting", alarming medical experts and sports officials.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i>The violent sport, also known as "ultimate fighting”, combines martial arts, wrestling and boxing but with few rules often looks like little more than a brawl.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">The Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, has described it as "human cockfighting" but the popularity of the sport, which usually takes place in a cage, has spread to young American children.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Egged on by parents who regard it as character-building, the children fight two minute bouts in small cages. They are required to wear head gear and padding.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">They can kick, punch and grapple with each other but are not allowed to use elbow blows or hit to the head when the opponent is on the ground.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Experts say the child version of the sport is growing along with the popularity of the adult equivalent, now showing on cable television and even in a new film, Never Back Down.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Last month, CBS became the first of the big television networks to announce a deal to broadcast prime-time fights. Regardless of any psychological harm, medical experts believe young bodies cannot withstand the pounding.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">"It's dangerous from a physical standpoint," said Dr Lisa Thorton, a paediatrician with the University of Chicago Hospitals.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">"It can cause significant injuries to the neck and bones, and if they're being taught that fighting is a way to solve problems that is obviously very negative for any child."<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Joe Miller, administrator of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Commission, said cage fighting used a lot of arm and leg twists to force opponents into submission. "There's too much potential for damage to growing joints," he said.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">However, parents of young cage fighters insist the sport is not dangerous and – like conventional martial arts – teaches children to respect their peers.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jennifer Swinehart, whose sons – aged 10 and 14 – are members of the Garage Boys Fight Crew in</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Joplin, Missouri, said: "It's wonderful. They build such good character and good friendships, and that's what you need to further yourself in life."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">He said: "We're not training them for dog fighting. As a parent, I'd much rather have my kids here learning how to defend themselves and getting positive reinforcement than out on the streets."<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit:<a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/"> http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/ </a> Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-84769180916366207452011-08-11T17:28:00.000+01:002012-08-06T15:01:10.794+01:00Four Year Old Black Belt - disgusting!<div class="default" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, it was reported in a national newspaper that a four-year-old was graded to Black Belt at age four after starting Taekwondo at the age of two-and-a-half.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now a Black belt is a level of competence issued by an organisation and yes different organisations have different criteria, so you can have black belts of different standards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But this Black Belt is taking it a step to far, over the last 20 years we have seen a major increase in children being awarded black belts much to the dismay of sensible martial arts practitioners. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some organisations offer their junior members a junior black belt, a practice started 40-years ago by an organisation called the Kent Junior Judo Association who could grade a 15-year-old to junior black belt. The recipient wore a Black belt with a green stripe through the middle on reaching 16-years of age they would automatically become a senior green.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This in its self was quite a good idea but note the age. Judo, out of all the martial arts, seems to have a more uniform approach to Dan grades status. Even though there are several different organisations, most will not grade to Dan Grade below 15-years of age and most combine competition and traditional theoretical knowledge to obtain the grade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So why grade babies and children to black belt? Money and power is the answer...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instructors can make a considerable amount of money from kids' gradings and Kids’ classes. How many more students will this baby’s instructor get because of this grading and at 24-years-old is a black belt examiner? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But above of all it is about power, a large majority on becoming black belts suddenly become aware that they stand out from the crowd because they have achieved what the public think is the ultimate martial arts accolade, suddenly people look up to them and what is worse most believe their own hype. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now they start to have power either within their own organisation or they create one of their own. If they are with a reputable organisation they will have constraints and controls placed upon them. Yet many believe they have the answer to everything and create a new association and a new style. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How many times have you read of someone creating the Ultimate Martial Art! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suddenly someone who was a 1st Dan a few years ago suddenly becomes an 8th Dan Master and of course they go on some well known names' courses have their photo taken with them, sometime later they publish the photo saying they have trained with so and so to give kudos to their style. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now if they say they are 8th Dan PingBangdo Karate a style they invented that is what they are but if they say they are graded in a traditional style like Shotokan then they can be checked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My own style of CombatSombo which I introduced nearly 30 years ago was just a different approach to a Martial Arts Self Defence System. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted a system which suited my jacket wrestling background i.e. Judo, Free-Style Wrestling and Sambo, although I created a grading system I never gave myself a grade, how could I who would award it so if asked what grade CombatSombo am I the answer would be the FOUNDER.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes these new styles group together to form a co-op, large numbers again give them KUDOS and they think respectability. Yet the way to respectability is high technical ability and high moral standards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So back to this four-year-old baby doing Taekwondo, my own feeling taking children this young is a form of child abuse, at the age of two-and-a-half the child can barely walk let alone do hard physical exercise and what of the damage the parents and instructor are doing to the child? The child body is far from developed its bones are still soft as is the rest of the body, so<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>things like excessive stretching can be dangerous and lead to early arthritis (this has been a problem with young gymnasts), striking and kicking pads can be dangerous to hands and joints and competition against other children can be dangerous beyond belief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To teach any child to Kick and punch someone is morally indefensible when a child is young they do not understand wrong from right, who can say this four-year-old doesn't start school and in an argument with another child knocks them out and may kills them with a kick and do not say that cannot happen! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those of us who taught in schools knew the playground can be a dangerous place at the best of time. In law the Criminal Age of Responsibility is 10 so should anyone be teaching children to Kick and Punch? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make some excuse that it is self-defence is not realistic, the only way to subdue your attacker by kicking and punching is to inflict a mass of pain and damage to their body that is why grappling is a far better introduction for children who want to learn Combat and how can a child or a baby defend themselves against an adult. I have copied a letter sent to me by the late Great Geoff Gleeson some 25 years ago, please read it and tell me the Martial Arts have advanced?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Lot of Karate, Taekwondo styles etc are far more sensible concentrating on Kata where the student is taught the discipline of self control and perfection of techniques rather than learning how knock someone’s teeth out. The most experienced Striking art in the world is boxing and the Amateur Boxing Association has a minimum age of 11 before they can box so why is this baby being taught Taekwondo?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So you think what we need is Government intervention and we a Governing Body for Martial Arts which will be a legal requirement for all those that teach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NO, as these have been tried in the past and just become dictatorships. The martial arts needs room to move, invent and adjust, because martial arts continual change just imagine if there had been a Government body 30 years ago with absolute power there would be no Kickboxing, no Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, no Vale Tudo, no Cage Fighting etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">New Martial Arts will come to the fore that is the nature of the beast what we need is more information. Do not just attack a rival because they have moved onto your patch and make it personal, tell your local paper, Council, MP, Church Hall, Schools etc and ask does this new club have:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Pi,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>PA, and PL Insurance?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) Who taught them and where can they be checked out?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) How long have they been practising?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) Have they a Coaching Award?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) Have they got a CRB check?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) Have they got the right equipment?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other things to watch out for, grading very young kids to black belt, is the instructor there all the time or does he get a student to teach, are they trying the hard sell like knocking at doors and wanting people to sign up before they have even seen a class in action, after a few months do they appoint a student to instructor level and the present instructor moves on...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit:<a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/"> http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/ </a> Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-90201751322376136332011-08-11T17:27:00.001+01:002012-08-06T15:01:46.393+01:00Chris Dolman - the World's Greatest Grappler<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Whilst at the Dutch Open this year I had the pleasure and privilege to meet up with an old adversary Chris Dolman. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chris had travelled down from</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Amsterdam to Dalfsen to visit me; we have seen each other for 19 years. I fought Chris in the final of the World Games Sambo in 1985 and lost to him on a leg lock, I was 35 and he was already 40.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So he had made his mark by the time he was 40 but he was not going to stop there. After the World Games the new Sport of Bushido was capturing the World of Martial Arts and promoters were soon on to Chris to take on all comers. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Chris first fights were against people like Geoff Capes the famous GB Shot Putter and World Strongest man Bill Kazmaier. <br />
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He beat Capes on a leg lock (I know how painful they are) and Kazmaier threw in the towel after having his legs kicked to pieces.<br />
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Both of his opponents dwarfed him and were far stronger than him, but he proved that technique will beat just brute strength.<br />
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His critics said he would never beat a good striker. Well once again he proved them wrong when he took on a striker from Holland.<br />
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Chris proved he could take a punch and a kick defeating his opponent in the last round with that famous leg lock.<br />
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The Japanese got to hear about him and became a star attraction in Japan for over five years taking on all comers and beating them.<br />
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So, can I justify the claim World's Greatest Grappler? YES because I do not know anyone else who has reach World Standard in so many different Grappling Skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Point of interest for those who have read my book "Martin For Moscow" you will see I mention an altercation with Peter Adelaar, well Peter can be seen at the end of the Geoff Capes fight he is the very very tall Gentleman who pushes Geoff Capes.<br />
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Chris if you are reading this it has been an honour to have known and fought against you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit:<a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/"> http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474280688504004933.post-5383628354661560652011-08-11T17:27:00.000+01:002012-08-06T15:02:34.801+01:00Martial Arts are not what they used to be...<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;">
<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">MARTIAL Arts are no longer what they used to be; I mean in terms of numbers. I hear of many clubs closing through lack of membership. Some forms of Grappling are kicking the trends not the traditional style like Judo and Sambo but the relative new ones like Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Some tell me Brazilian Jiu Jitsu BJJ will soon take over Judo in the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> UK in being the most popular Jacket Wrestling Sport. I much prefer Judo and Sambo to BJJ but then I would say that I have spent the last 55 years doing Judo and 35 years doing Sambo. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes you have to move with the flow and BJJ is very well organised with rules, syllabus and uniform and has a large Worldwide following. My main criticism is that there is no National Body representing the whole of the UK (to my knowledge any rate) I have for several years tried to get a BJJ section established at my DOJO in Sittingbourne, I have emailed several people but get no reply! </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am not interested in running a BJJ club but want to offer my Dojo for rent as I know that my Sambo, Kurash, Judo clubs will benefit by having a BJJ section. So let hope sooner than later we get a National Body here is name for you BJJ</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> UK or GB BJJ.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">After complimenting BJJ I cannot say the same for MMA, this lot of rag a muffins start clubs up with no qualifications no experience. OK maybe I am being too hard; some have credibility but not many. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have a name for it STREET WRESTLING, this where a group of youngster just chuck a couple of mats down and start rolling around the floor and all of sudden they are doing MMA whatever that means. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I recently saw a MMA competition on YouTube what a mess, they were on some inferior mats the competitors looked like they had just come from the beach with those ridiculous shorts; the referee looked like some hippy from the 1960's and the audience were all standing on the mat which had no demarcation area. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I very much doubt if they had any insurance and totally ignored any health and safety issues but what was most frustrating was that the Wrestling itself was pretty good and enjoyable to watch There is light at the end of the tunnel FILA the International recognised Wrestling organisation has taken on board a lot of the more of the out landish grappling style such as Grappling- Pankration- Combat Wrestling – Beach Wrestling – Belt Wrestling. The British section of FILA is the British Wrestling Association and they have formed FILA GRAPPLING which run by Paul Ivaenus and Oliver Ellif while FILA COMBAT which covers the rest of the Grappling Styles this is run by Andrew Brownbridge who is also President British Grappling Association with these guys in charge Grappling can be become main stream with some credibility but lets get away from the name MMA.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many years ago my club used to practise Freestyle Wrestling as I did myself, I also once organised a British Junior Wrestling Championships at</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Herne Bay, with the interest in Grappling I have decided to get the club to rejoin the BWA and get my members to learn how to do wrestling properly</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">For more information on Sambo visit:<a href="http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/"> http://www.britishsombo.co.uk/</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Contact Martin Clarke at sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk</span>Martial Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274585631070671003noreply@blogger.com0