The regional branch of the Russian Union of Martial Arts in the Republic of Dagestan covers 41 municipal entities and unites 68 clubs in Makhachkala, Kaspiysk, Derbent, Izberbash, Buynaksk, Khasavyurt, and other settlements. More than 12,000 athletes train in the republic's halls in 18 disciplines: sambo, judo, karate, kickboxing, hand-to-hand combat, grappling, pankration, freestyle wrestling, and other directions.