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Igor yakimov russian sambo ultimate armbars takedowns into armbars
Igor Yakimov is a World Masters Judo champion, as well as a World Masters sport sambo champion and a medallist at the Combat Sambo world championships. He is the author of the Russian Judo video series and for his Sambo Leglocks video series.
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- Igor yakimov russian sambo ultimate armbars takedowns into armbars
- Russian Judo Yakimov
- Biography
- Accomplishments
- References
Russian Judo - Yakimov
Biography
Igor Yakimov, a former Soviet Army officer, is the head trainer of Sambo Canada and United Federation of Russian Sambo (UFRS) Canada President. Igor is a graduate of Russian Military College where he was trained in sport and combat sambo. He was twice national Sambo Champion of Russia, and world Sambo Champion. He is also the 2001 world judo champion in the Masters Class. Igor is a Master of Sports in sambo. Igor is also the Canadian representative of Federation International Amateur de Sambo (FIAS), the largest Sambo sanctioning body in the world.
When Igor came to Canada he originally lived in St John's Newfoundland and trained at the Memorial University Judo Club, then run by Dr. Yves Legal.
Accomplishments
