For several years now Sombo Grandmaster Martin Clarke has been asked by leading MMA experts to get involved in MMA Submission Wrestling because of his knee injury he was very reluctant to but now after a very successful Knee replacement and with Hip replacement surgery just round the corner (Isn’t Judo and Sombo good for you?)Things look brighter. Martin’s son 36 year old John Clarke has semi retired from competitive Grappling just entering Masters events has more time to help his father in the Coaching aspects of the sport.
Mixed Martial Arts gathered interest with the ultimate fighting on the TV this where competitors Grappler and Strike in a Cage, to be successful you need to be an expert in many styles of Martial Arts something that can take a life time to develop in one style let alone many. So Cage fighters started to develop there own style taking bits which they can use from a many Martial Arts, some say this is bastardising the whole concept of the Martial Arts , other say it is a natural Hybrid. The simple fact is that Cage Fighting has become a phenomenal spectator sport and I emphasise the word spectator. The simple fact you can beat each up with punches and kicks etc is not going to lend itself to the normal member of the public having a go, yet the Hybrid qualities did strike a cord with the public and then came MMA Submission Wrestling. Submission Wrestling is normally done with just T Shirt and Shorts and the idea is to get your opponent to submit from Choke, Strangle, Arm Lock, Leg Lock, this encouraged those who did not want the Kicking or Punching with all subsequent dangers and did not like the high throws of Judo and Sombo.
What convinced Martin was when he had GB’s most famous Judo Player down for a course Neil Adams 8th Dan, Neil told Martin that 50% of his courses were with MMA people, he said with Martin experience in all forms of Jacket Wresting and Free Style Wrestling he was the ideal candidate to teach MMA. Martin will not be a complete novice as some 30 years ago he thought of the same concept of putting all the Martial Arts together and called it Shiai Jitsu (competitive art) he tried running several competitions found the style crude and dangerous and dispensed with it, saying it would never be a success HOW WRONG HE WAS
The new MMA Submission Wrestling Class will start after Easter on a Thursday night 7.30pm – 9pm Submission Wrestling 9pm Submission Wrestling with Gi and Sport CombatSombo. The session will cost £6 with a joining fee of £30 this includes insurance cover, to try to encourage Sombo and Judo players to have a go we will have a special offer train on Tuesday at the Judo/Sombo class and get the Thursday free. Where will you able to train for £3 a session under a World Champion judo Player and World Silver medallist Jiu Jitsu and Sambo (Martin Clarke) no where.
Contact Martin Clarke Sambo GrandMaster Judo 8th Dan at www.sittingbourne.org or sombogb@blueyonder.co.uk
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