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crosstrainedwar · 10-08-2002, 12:31 PM

I have heard that acquiring knee injuries requiring major surgery are unavoidable for a Sambo practitioner, mainly because of its emphasis on leg locks. I have also heard that judo originally had leglocks in it, but they were eventually prohibited in judo due to many judo practitioners acquiring arthritis in their legs later on in life. Is this true? Is there really no way for a Sambo practitioner to avoid having major knee injuries, or at least make such injuries less severe? Thanks in advance.

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crosstrainedwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 29 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Are knee injuries unavoidable in Sambo? I have heard that acquiring knee injuries requiring major surgery are unavoidable for a Sambo practitioner, mainly because of its emphasis on leg locks. I have also heard that judo originally had leglocks in it, but they were eventually prohibited in judo due to many judo practitioners acquiring arthritis in their legs later on in life. Is this true? Is there really no way for a Sambo practitioner to avoid having major knee injuries, or at least make such injuries less severe? Thanks in advance.