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Carwyn Holland is Guyana’s First SAMBO Instructor
Boxing Promoter Carwyn Holland has added a new accolade to his growing repertoire. For the last three years, Holland has been busy honing his skills away from the boxing business. He has been engaged 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 displays his accreditation as a SAMBO Instructor which he recently received.
Holland successfully completed the International Certification Course for Sport and Combat SAMBO Instructors administered by the International Amateur SAMBO Federation with headquarters in Switzerland.
SAMBO the acronym which means “self-defence without a weapon” in Russian, harmoniously incorporates lots of elements such as Japanese judo, “jiu-jitsu”, Armenian Koch, Georgian Chidaoba, Moldovan Trinta, Tatar Koras, Uzbek Kurash, Mongolian Khapsagay and Azerbaijani Gulesh.
Dr. Andrew Moshanov, the Head of Development for Federation International Amateur de Sambo (FIAS), recently conducted the workshop with the purpose of developing the sport worldwide with particular interest in the Caribbean.
Holland intends to develop a five-year plan to see the sport introduced and spread all across Guyana since it is expected to be the next Olympic Sport and Guyana is rich with talent. He stated that SAMBO is the ideal self-defence art for those working in the security services, in particular the Police Force as it will reduce the use of extreme force when dealing with civilians. SAMBO he says 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. Holland noted that over the next few months SAMBO will be introduced to martial arts clubs and he will be paying much emphasis on the FIAS base programme “How to Fall Safely”.
Holland recently qualified to represent Guyana at the Upcoming Pan Am Games in Panama but subsequently injured his back and will not be able to compete. He is however expected to be at the Pan Am Games in an official capacity and has since selected Paul Ignatius of the Harpy Eagles Club to take his place.
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