ARB (Russian: Армейский Рукопашный Бой; Armeyskiy Rukopashniy Boy; 'Army Hand-to-Hand Combat') is a Soviet martial art which was developed for the military in the late 1970s and tested with the Soviet Airborne Troops, utilising both striking and grappling techniques with an emphasis on stand-up fighting and use of throws to take an opponent down quickly. It incorporated many functional elements from an arsenal of army-style hand-to-hand combat and martial arts styles from around the world, and has been intended for use in combat environment. It is relatively modern and quickly developing style of martial arts, and as a combat sport it received popularity for full-contact sparrings while offering a relatively modest risk of injury to sportspeople. Contrary to Combat Sambo contests, which ar