Master of Sports in Army Combat. Primary requirements
Army hand-to-hand combat, a once secret combat system that combines many elements of various martial arts, has gained enormous popularity in civilian life.
“At the first tournaments there were two or three teams, because we had to start somewhere. Even the halls were small, and there was no need for such large ones. This year, as you can see, we are a little out of place. We need to think about the 15th tournament next year - we need a larger hall,” said tournament organizer Vladimir Bykovsky.
As a result, the tournament turned out to be not only interregional, but international. This is the second year that a team from Belarus has come to us.
“The first time we came to test ourselves, this time we prepared. In the summer we hosted a tournament dedicated to the independence of Belarus, Vladimir Vasilyevich Bykovsky brought his team. We divided the medals there. The tournament was great. We like everything here too. Let's see how it turns out. This time we were already preparing to fight for medals,” said Grigory Mamayko, chairman of the Stolbtsy primary organization of the public association “Belarusian Union of Afghanistan War Veterans”.
Whose hand the judge ultimately raises depends only on endurance, calculation and character.
“First of all, you need character, and only then physical qualities. If you don’t lose heart, you can finish him off to the end and get your points back and win the fight,” said Mikhail Sazhnev, a competition participant from Moscow.
The tournament brought together about 160 hand-to-hand fighters. For many, participation in patriotic competitions is sometimes even more important than regular ones.
“The honor of victory and even loss. The experience is completely different from each other because of the height. Because there are many more teams here, they come from more regions, and you can draw on different tricks and techniques,” says Ilya Mishchenko, a competition participant from Voronezh, about the importance.
In military hand-to-hand combat, almost everything is allowed except strangulation. There are a lot of painful techniques in this sport. Initially, the combat system was developed for special forces, so that in combat conditions the fighters had a better chance of survival. But some restrictions were introduced for the young participants of the tournament.
“For young men, kicking an opponent lying in a ground position is prohibited, and the rest of the rules are the same. The exception is for boys 12-13 years old - painful holds to the straightened arm,” explained the chief judge of the competition, Andrey Chebanyuk.
According to the results of the competition, the Podolsk club “Fakel” won 5 medals - one gold and each silver and bronze. The students of this association will continue to strengthen their character this weekend: they will have to jump with a parachute.
Hand-to-hand military combat can be used in certain cases when it is not possible to use firearms. If there is a threat to life or the possibility of being captured, then it is allowed to use any other available means, such as a knife or stick.
As a rule, representatives of security forces have hand-to-hand combat skills; in any other case, the use of this combat in street brawls can lead to the death of the attacker. Most often, this type of combat must be used during capture operations, when speed and noiselessness are important.
What is the essence of army hand-to-hand combat?
Hand-to-hand army combat is currently equated to a real art. For the first time this championship type of struggle took place in 1979, this is how the permanent competition in this sport began. In order to truly prepare professional fighters for law enforcement agencies, over time, hand-to-hand combat was included in the mandatory military training program. During such training, each fighter receives a unique opportunity to master different martial arts techniques, such as boxing, judo, sambo, which together gave rise to a completely new art of combat.
How to fight properly
Any section of army hand-to-hand combat distinguishes three main phases of its conduct:
- The first phase is called rapprochement. In this case, the opponent may throw an object and take a defensive position, after which blows may follow. With the correct vision of this phase, there is a chance of winning with one precise blow to your opponent.
- If the approaching phase does not bring the expected results, then the knocking down or falling to the ground phase begins. In this case, the main thing is to take a dominant position over the enemy.
- The third phase can occur only after the second, when the enemy is defeated and needs to be finished off. During the finishing phase, the soldier can use any painful technique.
Fighting techniques
Army hand-to-hand combat competitions are held every year, and their main task is not only to show your skills, but also to prove your ability not to violate some basic principles:
Advantages of hand-to-hand army combat and the first championship
A small section of military hand-to-hand combat has grown to enormous proportions. Today, such competitions have been held every year since 1991 and are called the Army Hand-to-Hand Combat Championship.
An attractive feature of this fight is that the technique is not too complicated, and athletes can receive only minor injuries. The competitor can use techniques from other types of martial arts. For example, it is allowed to finish off an opponent with legs and arms. Naturally, at competitions a judge monitors the implementation of all rules.
Today there is a Federation of Army Hand-to-Hand Combat, which controls all competitions and championships in this type of martial arts. Nowadays, army combat is not only studied in special military units of law enforcement agencies, but is also a military-applied sport.
General rules
Competitions between fighters must take place on a special tatami, beyond the boundaries of which they are prohibited from going. All types of techniques are monitored by a judge and a special panel, which evaluates the fighting technique with points. Opponents are selected by weight and age categories. There are special rules for army hand-to-hand combat, which are worth getting acquainted with in more detail:
- Fighters who enter the mat are identified by red and blue belts.
- Each fighter puts on special ammunition. This may include the following equipment: wrestling shoes, shin pads, groin shell, protector, leggings, helmet with special metal protection.
- The fight is divided into rounds.
- The judges evaluate the correctness of the techniques used, with particular preference given to kicks and punches, and various types of painful techniques.
- It is forbidden to press on the eyes with your fingers, choke, or jump with your feet on a prone opponent.
Hand-to-hand military combat is conducted according to these rules, and if they are violated, then both fighters may be disqualified. In this case, victory is not awarded to anyone. These rules apply strictly even if one of the opponents uses a prohibited technique. In this case, his opponent can win. Army combat also involves the use of techniques that are characteristic of this type of martial arts.
Hand-to-hand army combat is not limited to men. Teenagers and even women can easily become participants in such an action. Good preparation is a prerequisite. Attention is drawn to how well the fighter’s neck muscles are trained. This is important so that if he is hit on the head, he does not receive injuries incompatible with life, and such a possibility exists, even though the head is protected by a helmet during competitions. Competitions in hand-to-hand army combat can also take place outside of a team.
Master of Sports in hand-to-hand combat is an honorary title that every man dreams of receiving. To achieve your cherished goal you need to put in a lot of effort. The applicant must have high professional training, technical skills, and excellent physical shape.
Master of Sports in military hand-to-hand combat (international class) is awarded for:
- Receiving 1-5 places at the Olympic Games in the discipline “Hand-to-Hand Combat”.
- Getting 1-3 places at the World Championships.
- Receiving 1-3 place in the discipline “Army hand-to-hand combat” at the European Cup.
- Getting 1-2 places in the Military World Games.
- Receiving 1st place at the European Championship in the discipline “Army Hand-to-Hand Combat” among juniors.
- Receiving 1st place in the ARB tournament established by EABA and AIBI.
It is quite difficult to fulfill these requirements. The most experienced and motivated athletes will be able to receive an international-class “master.” This is preceded by grueling training in hand-to-hand martial arts, numerous competitions at the regional and federal levels.
You can obtain a “master” in ARB (Russia) if the following conditions are met:
- Taking 1-2 places at the Russian Cup in hand-to-hand competitions.
- Taking 1st place at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Championship.
- Taking 1-2 places at the Russian Winter Championship.
- Taking 1-2 places at regional competitions in the discipline “Hand-to-Hand Combat”, held in St. Petersburg or Moscow.
- Twice take 1st place in the Hand-to-Hand Combat discipline at the junior tournament.
To receive the CMS under the ARB, the following conditions must be met:
- Get 1st place at the regional or republican championship.
- Get 1st place in territorial competitions.
- Get 1st place in FSO competitions.
- Receive 1st place in the Russian competition among youths.
How to fulfill all the listed requirements and receive a CMS? There is only one answer - hard training and love for sports.
Categories and their awarding
How to get ranks? A question that worries many athletes. To become the owner:
- I category - you must take first place at the championship of the republic, region or region;
- 2nd - win 10 fights in a year against 3rd category opponents;
- III - win 5 fights in a year against any participants in sports competitions.
It is important to remember that titles and awards are not given just like that. This is the result of long and painstaking work.
Army hand-to-hand combat
"Army hand-to-hand combat" ("ARB") is a universal system for teaching defense and attack techniques, combining many functional elements from the arsenal of world martial arts, tested in real combat activities. A modern and rapidly developing type of martial arts, which has gained popularity for full-contact fights with minimal injuries to athletes.
Story
The birth date of ARB as a military-applied sport is considered to be 1979, when the first Airborne Championship was held in the city of Kaunas (Gaijunai village, military unit 42235, or the 242nd Airborne Training Center, at the sports base of the 7th Guards Airborne Division troops. Since then, the Airborne Championships in army hand-to-hand combat began to be held annually. Created by specialists and enthusiasts of physical training and sports of the Airborne Forces, Strategic Missile Forces, other types and branches of the military, the ARB was successfully introduced into the training program and became the main component of forms of physical training.
It should be noted that the holding of the first ARB championship became possible thanks to the many years of practice and experiments with various types of martial arts that preceded it. Among the conscript contingent, qualified athletes and prize-winners of competitions in boxing, wrestling, sambo, judo, etc. were carefully selected. The methodical work of fighters and commanders gave impetus to the emergence of a system that is now widely known as “Army hand-to-hand combat.” At that time (early 70s), the actual training of conscripts in hand-to-hand combat was called the “Training Program for Instructors in Sports and Special Airborne Techniques”
The versatility of hand-to-hand combat training, the spectacle of fights, reliable protective equipment and clear refereeing made the new sport popular among military personnel. This made it possible to hold the first Armed Forces Championship in Leningrad in 1991, which determined the paths and directions for the development of the ARB. The Military Institute of Physical Culture (VIFK) became the educational and methodological base for the development of ARB. At the Department of Overcoming Obstacles and Hand-to-Hand Combat, future specialists in physical training and sports of the Armed Forces and law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation, CIS countries, near and far abroad were trained in the basics of ARB. In the hand-to-hand combat center, instructors are trained, coaches and judges improve their skills. The research center is engaged in the development and publication of manuals, textbooks and teaching aids on hand-to-hand combat.
In order to popularize and develop ARB, on the initiative of the Sports Committee of the Ministry of Defense (SK MO), the Federation of Army Hand-to-Hand Combat (FARB) was created in 1992 within the framework of the Army Association of Contact Martial Arts (AAKVE). The purposeful work of the FARB together with the Investigative Committee of the Moscow Region made it possible to include the ARB in the military sports classification for 1993-1996, in the Unified All-Russian sports classification for 1997-2000, to develop and publish competition rules in 1995 and to receive from the State Sports Committee of Russia the right to provide documents for awarding the title "Master of Sports of Russia" and sports categories.
Until 1994, ARB had the status of a military applied sport and was cultivated only in army units. Over time, a wide range of technical techniques from the ARB arsenal, its applied capabilities, highly qualified coaching and teaching staff, a rich calendar of competitions with a high level of skill of participants aroused great interest not only among athletes involved in various martial arts, but also among the younger generation. This made it possible in a short time to go from FARB (within the framework of AACVE) to the creation in 1995 of the All-Russian public organization "Federation of Army Hand-to-Hand Combat of Russia" (FARB Russia). The FARB of Russia, registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, received the right to develop ARBs, independently or through regional branches, in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Today, ARB is represented in all federal districts and is successfully developing in more than half of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, law enforcement agencies, sports societies and departments. The Southern, Central, Volga-Ural, and Far Eastern federal districts have achieved particular success in the development of ARB; Rostov, Moscow, Saratov, Ivanovo, Arkhangelsk, Samara, Kostroma, Omsk, Irkutsk regions; Primorsky, Stavropol, Krasnodar regions; Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug; the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. More than 500 thousand Russian citizens are actively involved in ARB.
A special place in the ARB is given to visual propaganda. So, back in the 70s, information posters emphasized that military personnel of special forces units have the right to use hand-to-hand combat techniques only during special operations. Under other circumstances, the use of techniques was unlawful and entailed disciplinary and criminal liability. Currently, it has become possible, on a general basis, along with other types of martial arts and martial arts styles, to use military hand-to-hand combat techniques for self-defense and even for training persons not in military service.
Rules for conducting fights and features of the ARB
A distinctive part of sports ARB compared to other full-contact martial arts is the ability to finish off an opponent lying on the tatami with both hands and feet from a standing position. At the same time, finishing off an opponent lying on the tatami must be immediately interrupted by the referee with the command “Stop”, since several kicks to the head, although protected by a special helmet, can lead to serious injuries. Finishing off an opponent with a kick to the head is a knockdown and the fighter who missed such a blow “opens the score.” Sometimes adjustments were made to the finishing rules section - it was necessary to simply indicate finishing, for which additional points were awarded.
General rules
Fights between ARB fighters take place on a square mat (tatami) measuring at least 14×14 meters. The fight takes place inside a square measuring 8×8 m or 10×10 m. The outer tatami area, at least 3 meters wide, serves to ensure the safety of the athletes
- when a fighter leaves the tatami, the fight is stopped with the command “Stop” and the athletes return at the judge’s command “Fighters to the middle” to the center (middle) of the tatami. Moreover, if the execution of a technique (throw) began on the tatami territory (including in the safety zone), and its end occurred outside the square, then such a technique is evaluated and the fight is stopped according to the general rules.
- fighters are divided into age (for fighters under 18 years old and the division into age categories depends on the Regulations on the competition) and weight categories starting from weight up to 60 kg and up to weight over 90 kg in increments of 5 kg. Sometimes, by prior agreement, there may be only two weight categories - up to 75 kg and over 75 kg (only for adults at local tournaments).
- fighters are divided into a fighter with a red and a blue belt, and in some cases - a fighter in a black or white kimono
- the fighter whose last name is listed first in the summary table wears a red belt (black kimono).
- the fighter is entitled to a second who is responsible for the athlete’s equipment during the fight (bandage the helmet, secure pads, protector, belt the kimono, etc.), since the fighter is not able to independently solve these problems in the time allotted for adjusting the equipment. During the fight, the second is located on a chair behind the fighter’s place. In this case, the second during the fight is prohibited from giving the fighter any commands or advice. For talking with a second, the fighter may be given a reprimand, and if he violates it again, a warning may be given.
- the following equipment is used at competitions: kimono (tobok, dogi), foot wrestling shoes with heel and instep protection, shin pads, groin shell, protective vest (protector), glove gloves, knee protection, forearm and elbow protection, a helmet with a metal grill (the metal bars of the grill must be fastened together exclusively by argon welding, otherwise the athlete risks serious injury). Foam pads are installed inside the helmet so that the edges of the grille do not injure the face during strong impacts. Protective clothing (except for gloves, vest and helmet) is worn under the kimono.
- the fight consists of one round and lasts: for teenagers, youths and juniors - 2 minutes of pure time, for men (and all final fights) - 3 minutes of pure time. For girls, girls and women, the duration of fights may be reduced at a pre-tournament meeting of team representatives.
- technical actions such as punches, kicks, throws and painful holds are evaluated. Strikes and wrestling on the ground are not evaluated, but are secretly taken into account in case of equality of points (like activity in Sambo).
- Prohibited techniques include: striking the eyes with fingers; performing chokeholds and painful holds on the neck, spine, hand, foot; jumping with legs and stomping blows on a prone opponent; blows to the groin, neck, joints of the legs and arms, back of the head and spine; painful holds in a standing position; grabbing the helmet or helmet grille.
- victory is awarded to:
- by points (by decision of the side judges);
- for a clear advantage (when the enemy ceases to resist the attack or during the attack turns his back to the enemy);
- due to the opponent’s refusal to continue the fight (injury not related to the opponent’s violation of the rules, fatigue, etc.);
- failure of the opponent to show up for the fight;
- submission of the opponent as a result of a painful hold;
- with two knockdowns of one fighter during one fight (in order to avoid unnecessary injuries);/
- when the opponent is disqualified (three warnings, unsportsmanlike behavior, in exceptional cases - striking the opponent with prohibited blows, after which he cannot continue the fight).
Technical Action Assessments
* 1 point - kick to the leg, punch to the body, fall (throw without lifting both legs off the mat).
* 2 points - a kick to the body, a punch to the head, a throw with both legs lifted off the mat.
* 3 points - kick to the head, knockdown, sharp amplitude throw.
* Clear victory - knockout, two knockdowns, painful hold, refusal, failure to appear or disqualification of the opponent.
Start of the fight
Fighters are required to arrive on the tatami within one minute from the moment their name is announced. Before the start of the fight, fighters must be equipped in advance and go to the edge of the tatami for inspection by the judge. The judge is obliged to inspect the fighter’s equipment, namely the presence of a helmet, protector, shell, foot and shin pads, gloves. After being examined by the judge, the fighter moves outside the square and waits for the judge’s voice command “Fighters to the middle.” After the appropriate command, the Fighter stands on the place designated in the center of the tatami and, guided by the instructions of the judge, makes a greeting (in the form of a bow) to the spectators, the chief judge and the opponent. After which the fighter is guided by the instructions of the judge and the rules of the EPIRB. If the Fighter does not have at least one element of equipment, he is not allowed to participate in the fight. The fighter is given no more than three minutes to bring the equipment into compliance, otherwise the fighter is given a technical defeat.
Voice referee commands
* "Fighters to the middle!" - inviting fighters to start the fight, or to resume the fight after the “Stop” command.
* "For battle!" - command about readiness to start (resume) the fight.
* "The battle!" - a command (which may be accompanied by an appropriate gesture) allowing the start (resumption) of the fight.
* "Stop!" - the team stopping the fight.
* "Stop! Get up!" - a similar command (which may be accompanied by patting the fighters with their hands), provided that the fighters are in the ground position."
* "Stop! Time!" - a team ending the fight due to the expiration of time for the fight.
Rank and rank
The ARB uses general sports categories and titles, starting from the youth level and ending with the title “Master of Sports of Russia of International Class”.
To obtain the sports title Master of Sports of Russia of international class
need to take:
* 1st place at the international Memorial tournament dedicated to the Hero of the Soviet Union, General of the Army V.F. Margelov, subject to three fights and participation in competitions of 10 foreign countries, and in the weight category of athletes at least 6 foreign countries, 2 masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than CMS;
* 1-4 place at the World Championship or 1-3 place at the European Championship, subject to three fights and participation in competitions of at least 10 foreign countries;
* 1-2 place at the World Junior Championship or 1 place at the European Junior Championship, subject to three fights and participation in competitions of at least 10 foreign countries;
To receive the sports title Master of Sports of Russia, you must complete:
* 1-4 place at the Russian Championship (Cup), subject to three fights and the participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than CCM;
* 1-3 place in the championship (cup) of the ministry (department), subject to three fights and the participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than the Master of Masters;
* 2-3 place at the international Memorial tournament dedicated to the Hero of the Soviet Union, General of the Army V. F. Margelov, subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than CCM;
* 1st place at the championships of the federal district (military district, branches of the Armed Forces (arms) of the RF Armed Forces), subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than the CCM;
* 1st place in all-Russian tournaments included in the Federation’s calendar plan (Regulations on all-Russian competitions for the year), subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than master of masters;
* 1-3 place at the Russian Junior Championships, subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes of at least CCM;
* 1st place at the Russian Championship among senior youths, subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of at least 10 athletes not lower than CCM;
* 1-2 place at the championship of Russian universities, the Russian Youth Spartakiad), subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes not lower than the CCM;
* 1st place at the federal district championship among juniors, at least two masters of sports and 6 athletes at least CCM;
To receive the sports title Candidate Master of Sports of Russia, you must complete:
* 1-3 place at the championship of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation;
* 1st place in regional (republican, regional competitions) competitions among adults and juniors;
* 1st place at university championships;
* 2-4 place at championships (junior championships) of federal districts (military district championships);
* 1st place in the championship of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation among juniors;
* 2-4 place at the Russian Championship among senior youths;
* 1st place at the federal district championship among senior boys;
* 1-3 place at the Russian Championship among middle-aged youths;
* 1st place at the All-Russian tournament among middle-aged youths;
* 1-3 place at the All-Russian tournament among senior boys;
* 4-6 place at the Russian Championship (Cup) (ministries and departments); international Memorial tournament dedicated to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General V. F. Margelov;
* 2-4 place in all-Russian tournaments;
* 1st place at the championship of the Military Institute of Physical Culture, Ryazan Institute of Airborne Forces, subject to three fights and participation in the weight category of 5 athletes of at least 1 category.
In addition, there are essential conditions for fulfilling the discharge requirements:
* The panel of judges for competitions where the title “Master of Sports of Russia” is awarded must contain at least three judges of at least the republican (all-Russian) category.
* To confirm a rank, you must win 3 victories over athletes of your rank or 6 victories over athletes of a lower rank during the year.
* To fulfill the requirements of sports titles or categories where the number of fights is not specified, it is necessary to conduct at least three fights.
Interesting Facts
* To perform according to the ARB rules, the athlete must have well-trained neck muscles, since during the fight his head is wearing a special helmet, which, when hit, tends to “fly away” along with his head.
* A fighter's hands must be bandaged with boxing bandages, since gloves (gaiters) do not have sufficient strength to protect the bones from contact with a metal mask.
* The helmet must be individual for each fighter. It must be adjusted to the structure of the head in order to avoid the “dangling” effect during impacts.
*Currently, helmets with Velcro fastenings are used. However, such helmets do not provide the proper head circumference, and in the case of a “common helmet for the whole team,” it can move during a strike, blocking the fighter’s view. Helmets with a rope base allow the helmet to be tightened “to fit”, which does not lead to the helmet “dangling” during impacts.
* The grille of the mask should not fit or in any way come into contact with the fighter’s face. During fights, there were cases when, with an accentuated blow to the helmet, the grille literally cut the skin and the fighter began to bleed profusely, which urgently required surgical intervention. When analyzing the situation, the panel of judges found that the helmet and grille were made in a makeshift manner without complying with the safety requirements of the fighter.
* Both fighters may be disqualified in the event of simultaneous infliction of prohibited blows on each other, resulting in the inability of either fighter to continue the fight. In this case, victory in the duel is not awarded to anyone (both fighters are given a technical defeat).
* In ARB there are techniques that are characteristic only for this type of martial arts (due to their ban in other contact martial arts):
* “Frog” - performed in the ground position, when the Attacking fighter is on top, and the Attacked fighter is below and tries to defend himself by grabbing the Attacker by the neck. The attacker grabs the opponent's torso with his hips and knees so that he can rise on his feet. There is an option when the Attacked, defending himself from a possible attack with his hands, clasps the Attacker’s torso with his legs, pressing him to himself (in this case, the implementation of the technical action “Frog” is simplified, since the Attacker’s legs are relatively free). In the next second, the Attacker rises on his hands and pushes with his feet. As a result, the fighters find themselves in the air for a moment (how high depends only on the strength of the Attacker and the weight of the Attacked), and the next second they fall to the tatami. At the same time, the Attacked fighter experiences “indescribable” pain, since the Attacking fighter actually falls on him with the entire weight of his body, dressed in sports protection. Such a technique can lead to the opponent losing his breath and the inevitable
knockout if the Attacked does not take countermeasures in time (in this case, only a sharp exhalation).
* Headbutt - performed both in the “stand” and in the “ground” position. Due to the presence of a metal grille on the helmet, it is not difficult for a fighter, using this element of ammunition, to headbutt his opponent both in the head and in other parts of the body. This technique is especially successful at the moment when the attacking fighter in a standing position grabs the attacked opponent by the lapels of the kimono and delivers an amplitude nodding head blow, pulling the opponent into the Attacked person’s helmet. Unfortunately, such a blow cannot be judged, but it seriously demoralizes the enemy and puts him into a state of prostration or a slight knockdown. On the ground, it is most convenient and effective to deliver such a blow in the “on the Attacked” position, when the enemy actively resists and by his actions binds the Attacker, not giving him the opportunity to carry out other technical actions. A headbutt can be a kind of prelude to a technical action such as the “Frog”.
* The ARB is dominated by fighters who are proficient in wrestling techniques (“wrestlers”). Thus, fighters who are “strikers” (who base their fighting scheme primarily on striking techniques), who have poor or no knowledge of wrestling techniques (coming from Karate, Kickboxing, Boxing, Taekwondo, etc.), as a rule, can resist the “wrestler” , only being at a long distance from him, delivering single blows counting on scoring points or a knockdown, since when approaching a medium or close distance (for example, the beginning of a series of blows), the “wrestlers” immediately try to make a comfortable grab, make an effective throw and transfer the fight to the “ground”, where they successfully deal with the opponent by performing a painful hold. The striking technique of the “wrestlers,” as a rule, is also at a decent level, which allows them to be “universalists” and quickly adapt to the changing battle pattern (now make a throw, and now deliver an accurate blow). In this regard, ARB fighters with the rank of Master of Masters and above are excellent “fighters” and “strikers.”
* According to the rules of the ARB, it is allowed to finish off a lying opponent with both legs and hands, both in the head and in other parts of the body (of course, in compliance with the general rules of the ARB). Refusal to finish off an opponent can be regarded as evasion from combat and the “good-natured” fighter can be given an appropriate remark (warning) and entered into the competition protocol. In practice, few fighters refuse the opportunity to finish off an opponent lying on the floor. This is primarily due not to the cruelty of the ARB, but to the fact that finishing off an opponent in the head is automatically counted as a knockdown, and therefore 3 points for a knockdown are immediately added to the attacking fighter's 3 points for a kick to the head, and in the case of a second knockdown - to the attacking fighter the fighter is credited with a “clean victory”.
* Representatives of Judo, Sambo and other types of “pure” wrestling, performing according to the rules of the ARB without proper preliminary preparation (open tournaments), getting into the “ground” position, can instinctively roll over onto their stomach, trying to avoid being “held” or trying to avoid losing from -for “hits on the shoulder blades.” If such a fighter does not return to the “on his back” position in time, or does not take a stance, then he risks being finished off both in the head and in other parts of the body, since the fighter, being “on his stomach”, is not able to see environment and adequately defend yourself. But this is the exception rather than the rule.
