Sambo (from "self-defense without weapons"), the type of sport martial arts, as well as a complex system of self-defense. Divided into two kinds: sporting sambo and battle.

Sport Sambo - the kind of struggle with a large arsenal of pain and choke holds, throws and also used in the rack and on the ground. Combat Sambo (adopted in special divisions of the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Defence) in addition to fighting techniques include striking techniques, work with weapons, a special technique: bondage, escort, etc.