Carwyn Holland becomes Guyana’s first SAMBO instructor

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Carwyn Holland successfully completed the international certification course for sport and combat SAMBO Instructors administered by the International Amateur SAMBO Federation in Switzerland.
For the last three years Holland has been honing his skills in other forms of combat sports such as wado-ryu karate and most recently combat SAMBO, which is a modern martial art and self-defence system developed in the Soviet Union.

Carwyn Holland posing with his certificate
Carwyn Holland posing with his certificate

SAMBO, which means self-defence without a weapon in Russian, harmoniously incorporates elements of Japanese judo, jiu-jitsu, Armenian Koch, Georgian Chidaoba, Moldovan Trinta, Tatar Koras, Uzbek Kurash, Mongolian Khapsagay and Azerbaijani Gulesh.
Head of Development for Federation International Amateur de Sambo (FIAS), Dr Andrew Moshanov, conducted the workshop with the purpose of developing the sport worldwide with particular interest in the Caribbean.
According to a release, Holland said he intends to develop a five-year plan to see the sport introduced and spread across Guyana. He added that SAMBO is the ideal self- defence art for those working in the protective services, particularly the police force.
SAMBO, he said, is also geared toward the overall development of a person and is not only useful in self-defence but also in situations where a person may need to brace themselves from falling.
He added that over the next few months SAMBO will be introduced to martial arts clubs and he will be paying much emphasis on the FIAS-bases programme “How to Fall Safely”.
Holland recently qualified to represent Guyana at the upcoming Pan American Games in Panama but subsequently injured his back and will not be able to compete. He is however expected to be at the Pan American Games in an official capacity and has since selected Paul Ignatius of the Harpy Eagles Club to take his place.

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