Hi Folks!

This is the official blog for CaliSambo, a school for the Russian Martial Art of SAMBO.

It's head coach is Serge Gerlach an Athlete's Representative of the "American Sambo Association" (for more information, please visit: ussambo.com)

Serge Gerlach has a long history in martial arts with training in san shou, submission wrestling, BJJ, and Combat Sambo under Alexander Barakov. Most recently Serge has trained in Moscow with Igor Kurinnoy. He won the heavyweight bronze medal at the 1997 Gene LeBell World Grappler's Challenge in Toronto, Canada; a gold medal (2004) and silver medal (2006) at the United Gracie Tournament in San Francisco; a bronze medal at the 2005 Unity Classic Sambo Tournament; and a silver medal at the 2005 and 2007 North American Freestyle Sambo Championships. Serge holds an assistant instructor rank from New York Combat Sambo and teaches Combat Sambo classes throughout the San Francisco Bay area.



Recently, Serge was featured in the New York Times in an excellent article on Sambo, released on the same day of the Affliction fight with Fedor Emelianenko destroying Tim Sylvia in 37 seconds. Timing is everything ;)

have a look:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/sports/othersports/19fight.html