Whats the diffrence between jiujitsu and sambo

Question

does sambo have a belt system is it like wrestling in going to a new gym on saturday and they offer both bjj and sambo

Answer 1

Both are derivatives of Judo. Sambo is more comprable to Judo with takedowns. Judo, BJJ, Sambo all have submissions coming from traditinal jujitsu in Japan.

In a sense, you can say Sambo is a Russian version of Judo, and BJJ is the Brazilian version of Judo.

Answer 2

Sambo is a Russian art that they created for their military and now has sport versions and full range combat versions that includes some striking (usually refered to as combat Sambo). It is a mix of Judo, greco roman wrestling and submission wrestling. It doesn't use the BJJ guard, their primary defensive position on your back is called the crush and it is more similar to half guard in BJJ.

The biggest difference between the 2 is that Sambo works quite a bit more on throws and take downs than BJJ, where as BJJ works more on position control and submissions.

They are going to share a lot of the same basic techniques and offer varieties of what the other offers.

I have heard of some Sambo classes that have adopted a belt system, but the one I went to for a short time just ranked us as beginner, intermediate, advanced and finally expert.

Good luck at the new gym!!!

Answer 3

apples and oranges, Russian and Brazilian.

Answer 4

Sport Sambo is a descendant style of Japanese Jiu Jitsu. It is a blend of Russian folk wrestling, Japanese Judo, and Japanese Jiu Jitsu. Sambo, like shoot wrestling focuses heavily on ankle locks and knee bars, more so than traditional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, although modern Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has brought back ankle locks and knee bars that were weeded out of its parent style Kodokan Judo, by Jigoro Kano.  

Answer 5

Jiujitsu is not a derivitive of Judo, Judo is a sport's version of Jiu-jitsu and sambo is a combination of Jiu-jitsu and judo, where the russian military utilized it originally as their "combat art" now it's closer to a jui-jitsu form with half gi, but generally has more throws that the now popular BJJ.