Are knee injuries unavoidable in Sambo?
I have heard that acquiring knee injuries requiring major surgery are unavoidable for a Sambo practitioner, mainly because of its emphasis on leg locks. I have also heard that judo originally had leglocks in it, but they were eventually prohibited in judo due to many judo practitioners acquiring arthritis in their legs later on in life. Is this true? Is there really no way for a Sambo practitioner to avoid having major knee injuries, or at least make such injuries less severe? Thanks in advance. Reply With Quote 10-08-2002 09:13 PM #2 MrPoopy View Profile View Forum Posts Registered User Join Date Nov 2001 Location Ks Posts 782 The only way you could avoid injury is to immediately tap out once a leg lock is secured on you and make sure you aren’t training with someone that would intentionally hurt you. Personally I don’t care for leg locks. I don’t think there that useful in a real fight. A while back we had a guy in our bjj class that had fought in some kind of small time MMA event an
