Anatoly Kharlampiyev

Anatoly Kharlampiyev

Training self-defense techniques, 1957, Moscow Power Engineering Institute
Born Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiyev
(1906-10-29)29 October 1906
Smolensk, Russia
Died 16 April 1979(1979-04-16) (aged 72)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Style Sambo
Teacher(s) Vasili Oshchepkov
Rank Merited Master of Sports of the USSR

Anatoly Arkadyevich Kharlampiyev (Russian: Анато́лий Арка́дьевич Харла́мпиев; 29 October 1906 – 16 April 1979) was the world famous researcher of various kinds national wrestling and martial arts, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR. He was one of the founders of Sambo, a martial art developed in the Soviet Union. [1][2] Kharlampiyev worked as a physical education trainer at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East, and also was dedicated student of boxing, having also studied fencing, acrobatics, and mountaineering. In 1938, Kharlampiyev presented Sambo to the USSR All-Union Sports Committee, which recognized the martial art as an official sport.[3]

References

  1. "Martial Arts of the World: Regions and individual arts - Thomas A. Green, Joseph R. Svinth - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  2. Andavolu, Krishna (1937-09-29). "Sambo's Gulag Past and MMA Future | FIGHTLAND". Fightland.vice.com. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
  3. "MMA Origins: Russian Revolution". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

Coach (sport)

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