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since landing on the hands and knees and getring pushed out yield no score the athlete always has a bailout option and that hurts the sport but its way better than any other lapel grappling Style ESPECIALLY the IJF Judo we see today!
create a giless version and add a 1 point step out and I'm pretty sure you've got the ultimate MMA/ self-defense crossover grappling sport, I think sambo has a good future in the United States especially with the rising dominance of Russian mixed martial arts competitors a la what gracie bjj did for the sport of BJJ
im supprised sport sambo dosent allow chokes...thats a massive problem for crossover but at least they are part of the ultimate curriculum
Maybe I didn't make myself clear: athletes do get penalized for leaving the mat. It displays timidity and passitivy. Do it 3 times, it's a DQ.
Landing on the hands and knees also will be penalized if it's not an acrobatic escape and only a stalling or purely defensive manouver. Same, 3 penalties it's a dq.
I can't say I've seen the situations you cite happen in the last 20 or 30 tournaments I've been to, or at least not as a situation that wasn't solved by proper refereeing so I wouldn't say it's a problem or something that needs to be changed. If its not broken...
I agree that chokes should be allowed in sport Sambo. They were removed to differentiate it from judo (so they say), but they are already having test competitions where they are allowed.