March 29, 2024

Sambo

Russia Post released a stamp on Sambo depicting an image of mat wrestlers during a fight. Sambo (an acronym of self-defense without weapons) is an international type of sports and applied martial arts developed in Russia in the 1920s-1930s on the basis of judo and jiu-jitsu wrestling under the leadership of Vasily Oshchepkov, Victor Spiridonov and Anatoly Kharlampiev.


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