DVD - Sambo with Oleg Taktarov Vol 1

From the back cover:
UFC and Pride champion fighter Oleg Taktarov shares his Sambo, a universal Sambo meant for any fighting style. He demonstrates the techniques he used during his fights, but also techniques specific to self-defense and police forces work.

He starts with a warm up sequence, then goes on with throws, explanations of the immobilizations and of the locks, ankles-legs-arms-wrists lock techniques, various chokes, triangle techniques, and within the guard, combinations standing-ground with immobilizations and the film ends with ground defense with release of immobilizations.

40 minutes of extra features with extra techniques and an interview.

**** POST VIEWING NOTES ****
LOTS of Sambo techniques shown. The instructor was clear and confident in his movements. This would be a fine introduction to Sambo. Not having any experts on our staff, we can't say if it would work for someone with experience, but we didn't have any trouble understanding the concepts and it would be easy to repeat or learn from the moves demonstrated. Even if you aren�t practicing �Sambo�, these techniques would be a great as variations on current grappling. Very nice.

Lighting and sound were fine. The English voice-over was clear, though a little more explanation would have been nice (though the hand gestures and pointing was very helpful). Tons of chapter stops. Limited use of slow-motion but quite a bit of 90 or 180 degree angle repeats to make sure you see both sides.

On the whole, a good video and well worth watching more than once.

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