The success stories of Jatau and James represent a growing trend of combat sports athletes finding new opportunities in sambo, a Russian martial art that combines elements of judo, wrestling, and ...

A practitioner of both judo and sambo, he started his martial arts journey at 12 and later even became a hand-to-hand combat instructor for the Russian KGB (Committee for State Security).

The fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were held in Turkmenistan ... kurash, muay thai and sambo. The Ashgabat Olympic Complex hosted 11 days of competition in its state-of-the-art ...