Latest photos (52 total). These are the victory photos from Team DYNAMO's latest competition, at the USA SAMBO and Combat SAMBO Championships in NYC on May 4th. Team DYNAMO finished #1 (amongst all clubs) with 13 individual medals, and qualified to compete in world events.
May news........
May 15. Bon Giorno and great news. Our 1st place team victory qualified team DYNAMO to compete in the
Italian SAMBO Open Championships (in English, Microsoft WORD file), on June 28 and 29.
May 15. Sensei Brezhnev's friend, top fighter in the world, and SAMBO's ambassador, Fedor Emelianenko, will be fighting in Anaheim on July 19th against Tim Silva (former UFC Champion). Please let Sensei Brezhnev know if you have any ideas (a group outing, a fund raise, etc.) for this very rare opportunity.
May 13. After a great SAMBO tournament in NYC, we are now switching practice focus to Judo for upcoming competitions.
June 8: Barstow Judo Club Invitational (Barstow, CA)
June 22: California States Games (San Diego, CA)
June 26-29: USJA Junior Nationals (Boston, MA)
July 4-6: USJF Junior Nationals (Chicago, IL)
July 24-27: Western States Games (Colorado Springs, CO)
June 22's CA State Game (Judo Championship) is highlighted, because it is one of the two largest Judo competitions in CA (the other being the USJA Winter National Championships at the end of year). This is an important event for all those who seek to advance in Judo ranking and meet new, tough competitors, and winners will earn berths to national competitions.
Last year DYNAMO team (4 people) all medaled, including Sensei Brezhnev (1st in state), Justin Kuo (2nd in state), and Justin Brezhnev and Klar Kuo (3rd in state). And this year we have selected:
Justin Brezhnev (Brown Ikkyu 1st)
Matthew Flagel (Orange 4th-Junior)
Joey Schwartz (Brown Sankyu 3rd)
Romeo Soofiani (Purple10th-Junior)
Ali Abbas (Blue 8th-Junior)
Murtaza Abbas (Orange 4th-Junior)
Klar Kuo (Brown Nikyu 2nd)
Bagus Rahadian (Brown Sankyu 3rd)
Armand Farrokh (Orange 4th-Junior)
Josh Rezvani (Purple 10th-Junior)
Daniel Molayem (Yellow 2nd- Junior)
Alan Carridi (Black)
Mark Mead (Brown Ikkyu 1st)
Mike Cernovich (Brown Ikkyu 1st)
Irvin Huang (Brown Nikyu 2nd)
to represent team DYNAMO. We expect this year to be even better and stronger.
If you are not on the team but would like to take part, please notify Sensei Brezhnev immediately.
May 13. There is no practice on Thursday, May 15.
May 11. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and wives of DYNAMO coaches and members. No practice today. Do something nice for your love ones.
May 11. Check out Russian TV news coverage on the USA SAMBO Championships.
May 9. As the top place SAMBO team in the US, team DYNAMO is qualified to compete in the "Open Africa" SAMBO Championship in Morocco (Casablanca) in June 13-15. For more invitations, rules and regulations click
here (in Microsoft WORD, and in French).
May 6. Team DYNAMO placed 1st at the USA Open SAMBO and SAMBO Combat Championships this past weekend. Just about every DYNAMO team member won top 3 in their weight/class in SAMBO and Combat SAMBO, starting with:
1st place winners:
Justin Brezhnev,
Bagus Rahadian,
Murtaza Abbas,
Armand Farrokh,
Matthew Flagel
2nd place winners:
Ali Abbas,
Alex Gabbay,
3rd place winners:
Joey Schwartz,
Josh Rezvani
Romeo Soofiani
4th place:
Jake Marchiafava
5th place:
Mile Cernovich
And in Combat SAMBO:
1st place winner:
Jake Marchiafava
2nd place winners:
Alex Gabbay,
Mike Cernovich
Congratulations to all these winners.
May 2. Team DYNAMO departed for NYC today for this Sunday's USA SAMBO Championships. We wish them the best of success and bring home trophies and lots of great photos/stories.