In the spirit of Mikko Salo the Finnish warrior, I want to share another clip of how though these guys are. This clip is from Training For Warriors with Martin Rooney:
I had the chance to train with Martin Rooney last year in Copenhagen and it was amazing. He is one of the most knowledgeable people that I have ever meet and he is a beast. If you don’t know about Training For Warriors go check it out, you will be amazed.
Here is another clip of Martin, but this time in Russia, where he is leaning about Russian Kettlebell training and Sambo.
Russia has a long history of physical training and mental toughness. They have always had a very strong Olympic weightlifting team and still holds many world records in this discipline. In early 1920, the soviet red army was looking at how to make hand-to-hand combat more effective. They began to merge some of the most effective self-defense techniques from different martial arts. The pioners of Sambo mixed Judo, Karate and wrestling of different origins. There are three types of Sambo: Sports Sambo, Combat Sambo and Freestyle Sambo. In 1938 sports Sambo was recognizes as an official sport.
One of the best fighters in the world Fedor Emelianenko trained in both Judo and Sambo and holds many records from these sport competitions. He later went on to fight in Mixed Martial Arts, such as in Pride Fighting Championship. Even though Fedor has lost the last two fights, I still believe that he is one of the best fighters in the world.
