Sunday, October 5th, 2008 will be the date of the 5th Annual
North American Freestyle Sambo Championships.

Location:
Rahway Recreation Center
275 East Milton Avenue
Rahway, New Jersey, USA 07065

Time:
8am weigh-ins

Rules and Other Information:
This will be an Open tournament. Grapplers from all styles are welcome to participate.

This tournament will use the American Sambo Association's B Division Freestyle Sambo Rules: View Rules

All medallists will earn points towards the ASA North American Rankings according to the rules posted here: View Rankings

Hotel and Registration Information:
This info will be posted soon. So, please keep a look out!

New Event!

This year we will be hosting an invitational 8 team, no-gi, submission or draw tournament. Rules and information to follow. If you are interested in putting a team together, please submit your team resume to me at skoepfer@nyc.rr.com


2008 Pioneer of American Sambo Award
We are now accepting nominations for the 2008 Pioneer of American Sambo Award. Please follow the rules for submitting nominations here. Nominations which do not follow these directions will not be accepted. Nomination deadline is the end of July. Come August, 2008, ballots will be sent to all current ASA members for voting. The award will be presented at the 2008 NAFSC.

2007 Defending Gold Medallists:
+96kg - Sean O'Brian (Team Renegade, Levittown, NY)
96kg - Brian Benjamin (Ultimate Sambo, Florida, NY)
84kg - Jeremy Piaser (Team Renegade, Levittown, NY)
74kg - Al Iaquenta (Miletich New York, New Hyde Park, NY)
66kg - Josh Alti (Team Renegade, Levittown, NY)
Women's Open - Christine Sansonetti (Team Renegade, Levittown, NY)

For full 2007 results: View Results