SAMBO vs Judo

**selfcritical** · Posted On: 8/14/2008 9:28am

Originally Posted by theotherserge

Shorter&closer cut. The belt runs thru loop-holes in the jacket. There are these epaulettes on each shoulder that are very 80's looking. Think Member's Only jacket.

The epaulettes can simulate either a vest grip (regional influence) or the straps on a soldiers BDU/rucksack/battle-vest

They're closer to the shuaijiao jackets than a gi, right?

**1point2** · Posted On: 8/14/2008 10:10am

Shuai jiao jackets: http://www.lianwutang.com/pictures/shuai_jiao_cloth.jpg
Short sleeves, mostly open in front, no skirt to speak of.

SAMBO Kurtka: http://www.kagisports.com/kurtkabutton.jpg
Seems to have long sleeves, and has a skirt. The pic looks like it's more closed in front like a judogi, but the NYT video looks more open like you said.

Please correct my foolish research.

**theotherserge** · Posted On: 8/14/2008 10:13am

if you had a Shuai Jao jacket where you could unzip the sleeves and stuff them in a pouch in your back. Then you could fold the jacket into a sort-of bag to hold some Pat Benetar tapes...Well, not that but yes, Shuai Jao+sleeves.

You can do that classy 2on1 shoulder grip with the epaulette&lapel that you'd do with the short-sleeve&lapel of a Shua Jao jacket. Fun stuff.

**theotherserge** · Posted On: 8/14/2008 10:15am

oh yeah, even despite the skirting below the belt, you cannot grip the cloth below the belt (unless you're incidentally holding it with a belt grip). So some kurtkas have less skirting, some a little more.

**poker** · Posted On: 8/14/2008 12:47pm

Originally Posted by Skillful

Nobody knows what I'm talking about. I have to tell them "it looks more like wrestling than karate" and they still think I break boards and catch flies with a pair of chopsticks. It's gotten to the point that I carry issues of Ultimate Grappling Magazine and Royler Gracie books in my car so that I can whip them out when people ask for an explanation. And they still think I am a flying nunchucker!

So tell them it is a variant of Judo with a much greater emphasis on ground fighting.

If they don't know what Judo is, give up.

If you don't know what Judo is, we may have reached the root of the problem.

**noonyez** · Posted On: 8/14/2008 2:28pm

It sounds like the people he talks would think that Judo is some form of karate.

**pittfrog** · Posted On: 8/15/2008 9:09am

A lot of people think Judo is karate. I can't count the number of times I've heard someone say "Hai-ya" and make some retarded knife hand strike when they hear I practice judo.

**Beorn** · Posted On: 8/15/2008 9:49am

Originally Posted by pittfrog

A lot of people think Judo is karate. I can't count the number of times I've heard someone say "Hai-ya" and make some retarded knife hand strike when they hear I practice judo.

austin powers, and his "judo chop" may be most to blame