Founded: 2011
Country of orign: Azerbaijan
Creator: Sabir Suleyman
Place of creation: Azerbaijan
Type: Martial art
Official organization: World Sudo Federation (location: Paderborn, Germany)
Sudo (az. SU ÜSLUBLU DÖYÜŞ – literally “fighting similar to the properties of water”) is a unique type of martial art, the techniques and combinations of which have been masterfully developed over the years. The natural phenomenon that most closely reflects the essence of life in Sudo is water. The arsenal of military equipment includes the best sweeps, hooks and steps, punches and kicks, choking techniques, painful holds on the arms and legs.
Despite the existence in the world of numerous unrealistic throwing techniques that are performed with the hip-femoral and shoulder parts of the body, not one of them is included in Sudo. The reason is the impossibility of using these techniques in real combat. Because, unlike a heavyweight fighter against a lightweight fighter, a lightweight fighter faces great difficulties and obstacles when facing a heavyweight in a fight.
The complex of techniques used in Sudo can be used by anyone, no matter what gender or weight he (she) is.
Sudo is a martial art that rationally uses everything that is available to the human body for self-defense. Strikes and blocks are widely represented here, as well as grabs, dislocations, strangulations, pushes, trips, sweeps, holds and painful holds. All this should ensure maximum efficiency at all distances: long (distance of foot impact), average (distance of impact fist), close (distance of grip by the body) and in any situations standing, kneeling, sitting, face to face, sideways, with attack from behind, with one enemy, with several, with with weapons, without weapons, etc. Proper Use this technique requires adherence to a number of principles and all of them learned through long, persistent practice.
The term “su-do” literally means “a fight similar to the properties of water” and is perceived as a word implying a type of combat sports in which punches and kicks, strangulations and painful locks, sweeps, trips and holds are allowed.
As mentioned above, su-do is like a system self-defense, as well as as a sport. That is, this is combat art is a system of defense and attack. Unlike another Azerbaijani martial arts gulesh, which only involves wrestling, in Sudo it is allowed to use everything real that is available to the fighter, and precisely targeted powerful punches and kicks are used to crush theenemy, applied to vital points of his body.
The World Center is located in Paderborn, Germany.
Su-do is very popular in Germany. In honor of Su-do and World-class events are held annually to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Today official branches the World Sudo Federation exists in such countries as:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Congo Dem. Rep., Ivory Coast, Ecuador, Egypt, Arab Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela.
One of the important aspects of Sudo is the fighter’s responsibility to maintain his fighting stance well, since if the fighter’s balance is thrown off, the advantage goes to his opponent. And a falling opponent is like a waterfall, merging from the mountains or a river, heading sharply from top to bottom.
No matter how hard and sharp the flow of water, in the end the river gathers into one channel and continues to flow. At the end merges into the sea.
This means that when an opponent is thrown off balance, it is not necessarily the aggression and violent manner of a Sudo fighter. He must ensure that relationships and views of each other remain as good as before after a convincing victory, too.
An excerpt from the book “Sudo Genius”.
To order a book – info@worldsudo.com