![]() ![]() ![]() Thus, the style he worked toward was softer in nature. Interestingly, Spiridonov's work was no doubt influenced by the fact that he received a bayonet wound during the Russo-Japanese War that left his left arm lame. While he worked on finding these techniques, another man by the name of Victor Spiridonov, who had extensive training in Greco-Roman and other forms of wrestling, was also working on taking what worked and leaving out what didn't to revolutionize hand-to-hand combat techniques. With a second degree black belt in judo from Jigoro Kano himself - making him one of the rare non-Japanese to hold such a distinction at the time - Oshchepkov felt that he could work to formulate a superior martial arts style by adding what worked from judo to what worked from the Russian native wrestling styles, karate, and more. Like any trainer worth their salt, Oshchepkov wanted his men to be the most proficient of all in martial arts techniques. Vasili Oshchepkov, the Karate and Judo trainer for Russia's elite Red Army, was one of the founders of Sambo.
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