LAB NOTES

The training journal.

Practical guides to positions, rules and physical preparation. Start with a question. Take the next step on the mat.

Sambo

Borets athletes practise a leg-lock position under their coach’s supervision

Sambo vs BJJ

Compare sport sambo, combat sambo and BJJ: throws, submissions, striking, equipment and rules. Choose a starting point and understand what transfers.

Sambo

Straight ankle lock

Understand the straight ankle lock, its difference from a heel hook, current IBJJF and ADCC distinctions, and a controlled approach to studying leg locks.

Sambo

Sport sambo rules

Learn how to read a sport sambo score, why the attacker’s landing matters, how hold-downs score and what to confirm before your first competition.

Sambo

What is sambo? The sport, its origins and where to start

A practical introduction to sambo: its origins, sport and combat formats, beginner skills and questions to ask before choosing a class.

Sambo

Combat sambo rules

Understand FIAS combat sambo: legal-action categories, scoring, stoppages, protective equipment and the checks needed for your age group and event.

A blue-jacketed athlete demonstrates ground control to a group at the BORETS club

Sambo

Learn sambo online

Choose useful online sambo instruction, build a focused study plan and understand the limits of solo practice, training dummies and remote feedback.

Freestyle wrestling

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A standing wrestling demonstration at BORETS

Freestyle wrestling

Wrestling for BJJ

Build a standing game for BJJ: stance, single and double legs, arm drags, gi and no-gi grips, and a practice sequence that connects the takedown to control.

A BORETS athlete demonstrates leg control on a prone wrestling partner

Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling rules

A beginner’s guide to UWW freestyle wrestling rules: how to read scoring, recognize a fall and understand the differences from Greco-Roman wrestling.

A BORETS athlete lifts a training partner while controlling both legs

Freestyle wrestling

Double-leg takedown

Learn how to study a freestyle double-leg takedown: starting distance, level change, leg connection, finishing angle and controlled partner practice.

A kneeling BORETS athlete wraps one leg of a standing partner during a single-leg entry

Freestyle wrestling

Single-leg takedown

A freestyle single-leg guide to entries, head and hip position, controlling the captured leg and responding to the defender’s balance.

A controlled throw demonstrated to the BORETS group

Freestyle wrestling

High-crotch takedown

Understand the high-crotch entry in freestyle wrestling, including distance, outside head position, posture and the transition to a double leg.

A BORETS wrestler sprawls back to defend a kneeling partner’s leg attack

Freestyle wrestling

Wrestling sprawl

Study the sprawl as part of takedown defence: early contact, hip position, foot recovery and a controlled transition around the attacker.

Jiu-jitsu & grappling

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Borets athletes practising ground control

Jiu-jitsu & grappling

BJJ positions

Understand the main BJJ positions, what each athlete is trying to control, and how to connect guard, side control, mount and back control in training.

A coach demonstrates a ground position to the training group

Jiu-jitsu & grappling

BJJ basics for beginners

What happens in a BJJ class, which positions to learn first, how to practise and how to measure progress. Build a manageable first-month routine.

Borets partners work on grips while training in the gi

Jiu-jitsu & grappling

Gi vs no-gi BJJ

Compare gi and no-gi BJJ through grips, control, pace and competition rules. Choose a starting format and test which skills transfer between them.

Borets grapplers working from a ground position without the gi

Jiu-jitsu & grappling

What is grappling? A beginner’s map of the standing and ground game

Understand grappling, its relationship to BJJ, wrestling and sambo, and the positions and questions that help you make sense of your first training sessions.

The Borets group studies a live technical demonstration

Jiu-jitsu & grappling

How to learn BJJ online

Use online BJJ lessons with a watch-test-review method. Choose instructionals, keep a training journal and turn video study into questions for your coach.