samboschools.com please comment

[sambosteve]

We have redesigned the member sections of our website and registered a new domain name: www.samboschools.com

I would love any constructive feedback you may have.

Thanks,

Steve

[Omega Supreme]

That site is ghey (I'm not on there).

[Omega Supreme]

Actually I would like to know the quality of instruction on that Conneticut school.

[Omega Supreme]

Why would anybody want to live in Michigan?

[Cassius]

New game: Provide legitimate comments or criticism, or don't post in this thread. Steve asked for people's help, and I'd appreciate it if he was taken seriously. The latitude I give to established posters such as Omega (his posts made sense before I combined all of 3moose1's drivel into one convenient DALEET picture) does not necessarily apply to everyone.

[Cassius]

My thoughts: Looks good, if a little plain. Very clean, easy to use. I poked around a bit, and didn't find anything overtly broken. Maybe unify the color scheme, as each individual link tends to bring up different variations of the same template. I like the charcoal version best of the ones I saw.

Not sure as to how you'd spice it up, but it is kind of boring. Very professional, though.

[jnp]

I'm no expert, but the site seems well organized. Sambo in Hurst, Tx. Who would have thought? I looked for upcoming events in Texas and checked out the forum.

It seemed to be considerably more well organized than most MA websites. I especially like the home menu with all the locations in various states,. I knew where to find the closest Sambo to me within 30 seconds of visiting your site. Good stuff.

[Cassius]

jnp is right. The website itself is organized quite well, and very easy to use. No complaints in that regard.

[Omega Supreme]

I think SAMBO needs a good central group for it to gain a better rep here in the US. Of course Steve doesn't do the ranking thing but if we can keep ego out of it I think SAMBO could make a surge in the country.

I personally believe SAMBO is a better fit for wrestlers than BJJ but that's a debate for another time. Again I'd like to know the Conneticut schools credibility.

[jvjim]

This isn't a definite list I'm guessing? I hope not, I don't want to leave Alabama to train Cambo :(. On topic, very simple, very effective; a great showing as always sambosteve. Thank you for sharing.
(One minor gripe, you might want to consider a darker background (cambo blue maybe?) if you expand the page with any more info. That red would hurt my eyes if I read it for an extend period of time.)

[Lu Tze]

I echo the sentiment that the red background is a little hard on the eyes.

Apart from that, it's a good clean looking site. Easy to navigate and the information is easy to find.

The background picture on the seminar page really finishes it off nicely btw, are you adding those to every page? You definitely should IMO.

[krazy kaju]

I don't find the red background to be too bad, but you could change it to a more user-friendly color, like some kind of lighter blue or maybe a slightly darker red.

[sambosteve]

Thanks guys. I am in Iowa right now for the ISCF worlds, but I will make some quick comments on the CT school. I have been out there several times to teach seminars, they also train with Vlad koulikov, and have trained with Rudman too. They have included a sambo program, and have really worked to build it up...they keep veryt regular communication with us as well. They are good skilled guys there. They make no, claims to be great "sambo masters" but simply interested in training and promoting sambo. They are a good bunch of guys. It is a good club. They have a good kids program and are starting you put people in grappling comps...and doing very well.

[smillard]

I have a question, what is being done by the association to help spread schools throughout the country. I'd love for one to open up in South Florida. It seems like you have almost as many schools in New York as throughout the rest of the country.

[sambosteve]

BTW, Omega, please send me a PM or e-mail with your school's info or any other non-ASA sambo school you know of...if they are credible.

Regarding spreading sambo. It is a slow process...takes time, But consider where we were 5 years ago, and wear we are now...big changes.

The ASA encourages sambo training, work groups, ect...but we don'r certify instructors. we have many sambo and non- sambo members...people who simply are interested in growing, learning more sambo, ect. So, one should read the bios of the members. ASA membership means people support our association, but not necesarily that they are sambo teachers.

for people who want to start work groups, etc, we help in lots of ways. But, you can PM me or read the FAQ section on the wensite.