He is a Combat Sambo World Championships bronze medalist and Russian national combat sambo champion. In 1985, the sambo community formed its own organization, Federation International Amateur Sambo (FIAS). Rickson faced judo and sambo champion Ron Tripp. Freestyle wrestling brings together traditional wrestling, judo, and sambo techniques. He won junior titles in wrestling, judo and sambo. He also competed and won many tournaments in judo, sambo, and wrestling. At age 12, he began to practice sambo and judo. Fedor trains with his youngest brother Ivan, who has competed in Combat Sambo. Sambo (; ) is a Soviet martial art and combat sport. In 1999, Emelianenko won the European Sambo championships. He also trains in sambo with former UFC fighter Val Ignatov. Children are often pickaninnies like Little Black Sambo and Golliwog. The pioneers of sambo were Viktor Spiridonov and Vasili Oshchepkov. At present, only FIAS sanctions international competition in sport sambo. She is head coach at the Sambo 70 skating club in Moscow.