Championship Sambo: Submission Holds and Groundfighting

As reflected in(most of)the other reviews, this is a good book with solid content. The photos show up well in the Kindle edition; that is not always the case with martial arts books.

Great techniques with lot of pictures and explanations. A great how to book.

I am a submission grappling student and thought I could benefit by adding a few sambo techniqes to my repetoire. The problem is that 90%+ of this book is standard jiu jitsu/BJJ techniques with a different name. I should not be surprised since most efficient grappling techniques exploit the same weaknesses of the human body. It covers the guard, side mount, mount and north-south positions (from a hold/pinning viewpoint) with different names for the positions but you'll recognize them.Most of it is armlocks and leglocks and a lot of these are BJJ textbook stuff. A couple of them are new to me but look dubious and I would not risk them.The book does have a few effective looking techniques that are new to me and offers a few good hints about grappling in general but one should not expect a martial art that is different from BJJ/submission grappling.

I got this book hoping to learn about footlocks to add to my BJJ game. I wasn't impressed, the book didn't offer much info on footlocks which suprised me because all of the Sambo guys I have trained with were crazy on the footlocks. This book would be good for a beginner who couldn't afford anything better.

Actually this book is almost too easy to read and use. These kinds of holds really should be taught by a competent instructor for safety's sake. But, Mr. Scott knows his subject so well that the step by step instruction can be followed easily by the rawest beginner or the most advanced practitioner of Martial Arts. And, Mr. Scott covers almost all of the issues with each movemment. The only other book that I have read that is as complete as this one is Mr. Scott's book on armbars.This book is well worth the price for any student of the Martial Arts.

Championship Sambo is a great book for grappling students everywhere. The author is excellent at explaining the essentials of each technique. While there could be more pictures, the ones provided give enough visual information to help you learn the technique. This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to expand or review the basics of the ground game.

good book, easy to follow. and my favorite part, its actually INSTRUCTIONAL...not just a history lesson. much of it is pretty basic, beginner's stuff, but you could probably get some good ideas from it, or at least maybe a different point of view, or a refresher.many grappling techniques cross over from style to style, meaning you will see alot of this stuff in judo, bjj, as well as sambo and other grappling arts. after all they all share a common heritage. in many ways, the rules dictate the style.

I bought this book thinking it would explain different submissions and such. It does not. It goes over the same technique in many different cases instead. The same arm lock from the side, from behind, from etc. All the same lock.It did have some good advice in getting prepared for the ground fight. I will keep the book as reference but expected much more from reading the title and inside cover.

Good book - not going to turn you into a Fedor overnight, but a well written and well illustrated guide to making things very uncomfortable on the ground. As an ex Greco guy this presented some easily adaptable options to add to my arsenal... Good stuff