I loved doing this interview with Reilly Bodycomb. Reilly is a Russian sambo and leglock expert who has competed in a TON of different rulesets including BJJ, no gi submission grappling, MMA, Russian Sambo, and Chinese San Shou.

He is the Pan-American Sport SAMBO Champion (2016), USA Sport SAMBO Champion (2016), Dutch Combat SAMBO Champion (2016), recently competed in Japan and is a BJJ black belt as well!

In our talk he shared stories about competing all over the world, and shared some major insights about how the rules you compete under totally influence the development of a sport. My favourite part was when we were riffing about creating the ‘perfect’ grappling rule set. I hope you get as much out of it as much as I did. If you enjoyed it then please share this podcast episode with at least one friend or training partner – that’s how this podcast grows and I really appreciate it!! Here are some of the highlights

00:23 – Reilly Bodycomb intro

07:22 – History of Sambo and the Russian martial arts

13:53 – Competing around the world

15:48 – Rules of Combat Sambo

20:34 – Dealing with and competing under differing rulesets

28:35 – Reilly’s favourite throws for different sports

32:49 – Gym culture and training environments

37:23 – Leglocks in submission grappling

48:30 – The flying scissor takedown

53:38 – Competing in Japan

56:04 – Game design and the ‘perfect’ set of rules

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Cheers!

Stephan

P.S. Find out more about Reilly Bodycomb and his upcoming ankle lock instructional at https://www.rdojo.com

Combat Sport Videos and Links Referred to in this Podcast are Below!

Example of Russian style wrestling from the Russian Nationals

How to do the Flying Scissors Takedown (and hopefully not injure your partner)

Daido Juku Karate Competition

San Shou Competition

Pictures of the ‘Lei Tai’ (the elevated platform over water) can be seen in this article here.

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