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U.S. Sombo Newsletter Now on Podcast
January, 2007
You now can listen to our newsletter as a podcast. To hear the January 2007 podcast, go to: http://www.clickcaster.com/item/view/united-states-sombo-association-podcast-january-2007.
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U.S. Sombo January Newsletter
From the Vice President Greetings friends, fellow grapplers, wrestlers, and martial artists,
Another year is upon us. Let's hope that 2007 will be a great year for the sport. I hope that Christmas was a wonderful as mine, and I hope that you have a great 2007!
This month's newsletter is rather short. The big news is that the USA Wrestling Sombo Nationals will be held in Las Vegas, NV with the Freestyle and Greco Roman Nationals this year! The dates for the US Nationals will be April 6-7, so mark your calendars! I am also going to try to launch a podcast later this month, so keep your eyes open for my email.
If you have story ideas, or suggestions relating to future issues of this newsletter, please drop me a line at teamusa@sombo.us. We also welcome article submissions. If you are interested in writing an article for future inclusion in our newsletter, please submit the article to me via email at the address listed above.
Yours in Sombo, Lance Campbell Vice President, United States Sombo Association
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Happy New Year!!!
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News & Events Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/10/2006
USA Wrestling has announced that Sombo has been added as a style at the 2007 U.S. National Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., April 6-7.
There will be a Senior division for both men and women at the 2007 U.S. National Sombo Championships/World Team Trials, which will held at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
This tournament will not only determine the national champions and All-Americans in Sombo for the year, but will also serve as the qualifying event for the 2007 U.S. World Sombo team which will compete at the Sombo World Championships in Antalya, Turkey, Sept. 7-9.
FILA, the international federation, reinstated Sombo as a form of international wrestling in 2005. Sombo is a style of jacket wrestling with submission holds originally developed in the former Soviet Union as a form of unarmed self-defense.
Weigh-ins for the Sombo competition will be held on Friday, April 6, with the competition set for Saturday, April 7. Specific details about the weigh-in times and procedures, as well as the exact competition schedule, will be announced when available.
In 2006, USA Wrestling hosted the U.S. National Sombo Championships in North Palm Beach, Fla.
The United States placed second in the men’s division and third in the women’s division at the 2006 World Sombo Championships in Antalya, Turkey. The U.S. won a total of eight medals (seven for men and one for women), including a gold medal at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. from Jeff Zastrow (Whitewater, Wis./Warhawk WC).
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Spots available for youth to attend Russian Bear Sombo Tour to Moscow, March 16-27 Gary Abbott USA Wrestling 12/12/2006
When USA Wrestling became involved in Sombo after the announcement that it had been brought back into the sport internationally, all kinds of new opportunities were created for athletes.
A very successful youth Sombo training and competition tour to Russia is now available to all USA Wrestling members, the Russian Bear Tour 2007. Organized by Stars-n-Stripes and the U.S. Sombo Association, this tour is now affiliated with USA Wrestling.
Youth from the ages of 9-14, and all interested adults who wish to learn how to compete and coach in Sombo, will travel to the Boretz Sombo School in Moscow, Russia, March 16-27, 2007. Athletes will train with World-class Sombo coaches and compete in the annual Kurinnoy Cup Sombo Tournament. Adults will also attend the technique sessions, but will also receive instruction in administration, coaching methods, officiating and other leadership skills.
Due to the extended visa process for traveling to Russia, the deadline to sign up is January 10, 2007. The cost of the tour is $2,800 per person, which includes airfare, accommodations and visa.
The tour is managed by long-time Sombo leader Bob Charette of Montana, who is excited about working with USA Wrestling and bringing this outstanding training and competition experience to many new people.
The head instructor of the Boretz Sombo School is the respected Igor Kurinnoy, a seven-time World Sombo champion who has won numerous Sombo titles and even has competed in Sumo. He is a Merited Master of Sport, as bestowed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Also assisting in the tour is Linna Mortcheva, who has been a FILA interpreter and has vast experience in wrestling and Sombo. The club is large and active, and the students there train in Sombo, judo and sumo, among other disciplines.
Charette says these people put together an amazing experience for the American guests who attend this Sombo tour.
“We have a longstanding relationship with this group. We know everybody there very well. They are our friends,” said Charette. “It is a super Sombo school. Coach Kurinnoy is an extraordinary young man.”
The sport of Sombo was invented and perfected by Russians, and it is the dominant nation in international Sombo competition. Taking American kids to Russia to learn how to properly compete in Sombo is a driving reason behind why Charette sponsors this exciting tour each year.
“Traveling to Russia is for the purity, to go to the homeland of Sombo,” said Charette. “This is the place you want to go if you want to know how to do this well. We want to be proper.”
Charette is impressed with how this Sombo School has affected the young people in that section of Moscow.
“They focus on the kids in Russia, most who are poor,” said Charette. “It keeps those kids out of trouble. They are dealing with a higher level of poverty. It is a great outlet for young people on the west side of Moscow.”
He believes that both the young people and the adults who decide to attend this tour will gain valuable technique and experience, and bring that back to improve Sombo in our nation.
“The objective is to take USA Wrestling wrestlers and train both the adults and the children in this discipline. Not only will the children be improved with instruction and technique, but the adults will learn how to present a Sombo tournament in their wrestling program at home,” said Charette.
Charette encourages all wrestlers who want to improve themselves to learn Sombo, and this tour will allow them to truly master the style. During his coaching career, Charette has had great success encouraging wrestlers, especially those talented in Greco-Roman, to add Sombo to their skills. He often added Sombo divisions to local Greco-Roman events, and the results were very positive.
“We found we had the same number of athletes in Sombo as we had in Greco-Roman,” said Charette. “The Greco guys are brave guys anyway. Competing in both Greco-Roman and Sombo became the thing to do. It is a great combination.”
Anybody who is interested in more information on this exciting tour opportunity should contact Charette immediately at: charetter@billings.k12.mt.us (e-mail) 406-855-1332 (phone)
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From http://www.fila-wrestling.com/
OFFICIAL STATEMENT CONCERNING GRAPPLING Written by Raphaël Martinetti jeudi, 30 novembre 2006
In 2006 FILA has taken different steps to develop grappling and to integrate this wrestling style under its authority.
At present the World Grappling Committee, which is the sole authority entitled to organise all competitions and license the wrestlers, is composed of :
- SA le Prince Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan - M. Jean-François Court - M. Alex Fernandez - M. Renzo Gracie - M. Hamid Kermanshah - M. Guy Neivens - M. Jason Townsend
Anybody in the States or in the world claiming to be entrusted with FILA authority is not telling the truth and wrestlers who whish to follow other persons would be in infringement of the rules of the sole organisation recognized worldwide to manage all the Olympic wrestling styles and other associated styles.
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