✦ Founder
Vasili Oshchepkov
also known as V.S. Oshchepkov
Combined judo + folk wrestling for Red Army; first Russian judoka at Kodokan
📍 Russia⌛ Pre-1600 (Ancient/Medieval)⧖ Jan 7, 1893 – Oct 10, 1937
SamboKodokan Judofolk wrestling
Affiliated ·FIASRussian Sambo Federation
Born Sakhalin. Orphaned. Trained at Kodokan. Created Sambo.
✦ Founded
Sambo (co-founder w/ Spiridonov)
Notable Achievements
Co-founder of Sambo; Merited Master of Sports of the USSR; Honored Coach of the USSR; First Russian 2nd Dan at Kodokan; Posthumously rehabilitated (1957)
Documented Students
Anatoly Kharlampiev
