Our Classes
Sambo
Sambo (or “samozashchita bez oruzhiya” meaning Self Defence without Weapons) is the main Art and Sport that we teach and practice at Doncaster Sambo. Sambo was developed in Russia in the early 1920s as a system of Self Defence for the military, utilising the Throws and Submissions of Judo and the Takedowns and Ground Control of Freestyle Wrestling in addition with Boxing and Karate techniques for Striking.
Since then Sambo has become more a Sport than a defensive system and is split into Sport Sambo (which features no striking, just throws and takedowns with arm locks and leg locks) and Combat Sambo (Which is a full hybrid fighting system similar to Pro-MMA).
Freestyle Wrestling
Freestyle Wrestling is the form of wrestling most commonly contested at the Olympic Games. With it’s origins in the UK and US as an extension of Catch Wrestling (or catch-as-catch-can).
Freestyle is dedicated to effectively controlling a person from the standing position to the ground with the ultimate goal of holding your opponent flat on their back, this is mostly done via the use of techniques that grab and control the legs in addition to turns and rolls from the turtle or referees position.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or BJJ is a grappling art that is mostly contested on the ground through the utilisation of various arm locks, leg locks, strangles and sweeps.
The main focus of BJJ is to use effective grips and frames to efficiently control your opponent until your positional advantage and knowledge allows you to perform a sweep and/or submission attack that can end the match or fight.
BJJ has become incredibly popular worldwide as its own sport and as a base or supplement for many MMA fighters.
Muay Thai and Boxing
Muay Thai (commonly known as Thai Boxing) is a martial art developed in Thailand (formerly Siam) utilizing strikes with the fists, elbows, knees and shins to defeat opponents with great power and impact. Muay Thai is considered the ‘hardest’ form of kickboxing due to the common style of absorbing and returning blows and combinations. The famous story of Nai Khanom Tom defeating 9 Burmese one after another following his imprisonment demonstrates this.
Boxing as it is known today was formed in England in the 1600s and was predominantly recognised as prize fighting (Sportive fighting for money). Boxing is entirely focused on using strikes with the fists to cut and incapacitate and opponent. Nowadays boxing is the largest Combat Sport and is focused on the science of striking your opponent with your hands without being struck in return. Head movement and footwork are the highest representation of this.