Developed in the former Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938, Sambo is a modern martial art. It is most definitely a combat sport and also a self defense system. Sometimes referred to in the USA as Sombo, Sambo literally means self-defense without a weapon and has its roots in folk styles of wrestling like Mongolian Khapsagay,... http://www.jemjemtv.com