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David Margosghvili , former junior european judo champion , coming fom a " chidaoba" ie. georgian freestyle wrestling national style schooling larbi ben boudaoud judo , former world champion and olympic runner up at the tournoi international de la ville de paris 2004.
I read about several top judokas of Georgia with medals from worlds and other international events who were or are championships of Georgia in chidaoba. It is also well-known that chidaoba was one of the sources for sambo when the Soviet instructors created this style some 70 years ago. What is less known is that was one of the sources for the establishment (in the capital of Georgia! Tbilisi in 1944) and development also of the Soviet freestyle in the second half of the 1940s and in the 50s. Until 1944 they didn't have freestyle in the Soviet union. Only French wrestling, i.e. Greco, and sambo. In 1944 greco and sambo experts organized kind of seminar or something like that in Tbilisi. Only one topic: establishment of freestyle. Moves from the three main folk styles of South Caucasus (Georgian chidaoba, Armenian koh and Azeri gyulesh) seem to have been adapted to freestyle already at that meeting in 1944. The experts continued to do this in the 1950s, e.g. using the great leg-work in stand-up in chidaoba to create new moves in freestyle. Notably 6 of the champions in the 7 weight classes at the first Soviet freestyle nationals in 1945 were either from Georgia or from Armenia. The same at international events in the 50s when the communist Russia began (or were allowed) to participate in worlds and olympics. Look at the names of the champions and other medalist in the 50s – so many Georgian names ending in -dze and -shvili and also Armenian endings -ian. The first freestyle olympic champs of the Soviets – Tsimakuridze and Mekokishvili – at the 1952 games (the first appearance of the Soviets at Olympics at all), they both had chidaoba background. At the games 4 years later the USSR had only one champ in freestyle – the lightweight Tsaklamanidze. He began to wrestle in freestyle in 1951 when he was 24. The years before he had wrestled in chidaoba. I have watched live or on video some 25 folk-styles of the world what is not enough (there are hundreds of folk-styles) to make comparison but people who have watched much more say that chidaoba is most effective one; in both senses of the word – impressive (and beautiful) and efficient.
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David Margosghvili , former junior european judo champion , coming fom a " chidaoba" ie. georgian freestyle wrestling national style schooling larbi ben boudaoud judo , former world champion and olympic runner up at the tournoi international de la ville de paris 2004.
I read about several top judokas of Georgia with medals from worlds and other international events who were or are championships of Georgia in chidaoba. It is also well-known that chidaoba was one of the sources for sambo when the Soviet instructors created this style some 70 years ago. What is less known is that was one of the sources for the establishment (in the capital of Georgia! Tbilisi in 1944) and development also of the Soviet freestyle in the second half of the 1940s and in the 50s. Until 1944 they didn't have freestyle in the Soviet union. Only French wrestling, i.e. Greco, and sambo. In 1944 greco and sambo experts organized kind of seminar or something like that in Tbilisi. Only one topic: establishment of freestyle. Moves from the three main folk styles of South Caucasus (Georgian chidaoba, Armenian koh and Azeri gyulesh) seem to have been adapted to freestyle already at that meeting in 1944. The experts continued to do this in the 1950s, e.g. using the great leg-work in stand-up in chidaoba to create new moves in freestyle. Notably 6 of the champions in the 7 weight classes at the first Soviet freestyle nationals in 1945 were either from Georgia or from Armenia. The same at international events in the 50s when the communist Russia began (or were allowed) to participate in worlds and olympics. Look at the names of the champions and other medalist in the 50s – so many Georgian names ending in -dze and -shvili and also Armenian endings -ian. The first freestyle olympic champs of the Soviets – Tsimakuridze and Mekokishvili – at the 1952 games (the first appearance of the Soviets at Olympics at all), they both had chidaoba background. At the games 4 years later the USSR had only one champ in freestyle – the lightweight Tsaklamanidze. He began to wrestle in freestyle in 1951 when he was 24. The years before he had wrestled in chidaoba. I have watched live or on video some 25 folk-styles of the world what is not enough (there are hundreds of folk-styles) to make comparison but people who have watched much more say that chidaoba is most effective one; in both senses of the word – impressive (and beautiful) and efficient.