Sambo Rules

Each sport has its own rules and regulations that need to be strictly adhered to. Uniforms are an important feature of any sport. A sambo uniform consists of sambofki and both a red kurtka a special jacket with a red belt and red shorts; in addition there is a blue kirtka, belt and shorts. The jacket, shorts and belt must be matching colours. Canvas or any other heavy material is used to make the Kurtka. Sleeves must expand to the wrists and wide sufficient to allow four fingers held side by side to fit into the end of the sleeve. The kurtka should be tight properly and extend no more than eight inches below the belt. The belt must wrap snugly around the body and must surpass through belt loops in the kurtka. On the left side of the chest area, club or national patches may be attached. The kurtka should have cuffs or epaulettes (braces) sewn onto the shoulder of the kurtka, at right angles to the shoulder and the highest point of the arm. A judo (jacket) is not the same and is unacceptable an official competition. At least one-third of the hip shuld be covered with tight fitting shorts. Wrestling singlet (red or blue) may be used, although the strapless trunks are preferred. Sambofki (shoes) must be made of soft leather or other flexible material and should have a soft leather sole with seams inside. Rubber soled wrestling shoes are suitable, although soft soled Sambofki are chosen and recommended for safety.

Scoring in Sambo - Hold Down: (Immobilization or Predicament) - Alike to a judo hold down or a long wrestling near fall. One sportsman must clutch the back of the other sportsman toward the mat in a risk, danger position (less than 90 degrees), with chest, side or back in unbroken contact with the chest of the challenger to score. A hold down is "broken" when contact between the athletes is broken when space is formed between them, or the defending athlete turns over to the stomach or the side with an angle generously proportioned than 90 degrees. A hold down may well only be scored once in a match and will earn either 2 points for a ten second hold down or 4 points for a twenty second hold down. Once formerly a hold down is scored, a sportsman can't then attempt another.

Submission Hold: A strain and pressure hold (arm or leg lock) applied on the arm or leg of the challenger which makes the opponent capitulate or surrender by calling out or by tapping the mat at least twice. Submission holds cannot be useful in standing position. A submission hold finalises the match.

Throw: A throw can be scored anytime when one sportsman takes another to the mat in a single, continuous and an uninterrupted action. A Sambo throw then is more than just a simple wrestling takedown, yet on the other hand, like a judo or Greco-Roman throw, it should start with both the sportsmen on their feet; one sportsman should unbalance the other and take then the opponent directly to the mat with one action with no stopping. A throw should knock the defender off their feet what's more by lifting or tripping them, not just dragging them down. A throw then is scored based on top of two factors: How the thrown athlete lands and whether the thrower will remain standing (which scores twice as many points if left behind standing). An ideal throw results in entirety triumph and stops the match when a sportsman throws the other to his back while left behind standing.