Ukrainian young champions. Sport among children and youth

“A sound mind in a sound body!” is a common motto among athletes and people who keep a healthy lifestyle.

These words are also familiar to small citizens of Kropivnitskiy city (Ukraine). Today Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has been actively developing there. After 7-year- old fighter from SC “Borets” / ZR Team has won at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship which in Abu Dhabi children have seen at practice that persistence and hard work bring great results.

Today SC “Borets” actively invites children for classes of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The head coach and founder of the club Ievgen Skyrda says, sport is very important and not less than school education. Moreover, sport in young age has a set of advantages. Ievgen says that he likes to work with children. He notes that classes with kids inspire and motivate him a lot. “We are aimed at high sport results. I think that in the nearest future our club will become one of the strongest ones not only in Ukraine but in the world. In order to achieve such goal, it`s necessary to start with children. That’s why we mainly train children”.

Recently, SC “Borets” was visited by representatives of the BioTexCom center which is a club’s sponsor. It became the whole event for children. They were presented T-shirts, made a photo shoot and interviewed.

Girls also train in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu section. “Girls are also members of our club. At first, I was against it but later I understood that it isn`t a strength sport. Most parents don’t understand why their daughter should visit trainings on fight. But it is very useful for their development and health”- Ievgen Skyrda says.

Coaches explain jiu-jitsu is a kind of philosophy. It is not just only a fight. Sportsmen meet on the mat and without use of blows. It is known, that this martial art is based on principals where person with poorly developed constitution can successfully defend himself and beat stronger opponent out if he will use proper techniques.

“It happened so, that martial art is associated with fight at once. But jiu-jitsu fighters don’t beat each other. The body-checks aren’t used in this sport. If you know the rules of jiu-jitsu you will be able to stand up for yourself in any situation”- Ievgen Skyrda says.

It’s also worth noting that children enjoy trainings very much and always come to the gym with a big pleasure. Coaches teach them endurance, willpower, respect towards people, culture. In a word we help children to develop a sound mind in sound bodies.

Victories of young Ukrainian athletes on the world sport arena inspire participants of the club and give more desire to train and win. It should be reminded Ukrainians have shown a great result this year at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship which was held in Abu Dhabi. 14-year-old sportsmen, fighters of “Borets” club Serhii Krasovskyi and Serhii Rusnak became the world champions on Brazilian jiu-jitsu among juniors in Abu Dhabi. After the victory at the World Championship, Serhii Krasovskyi and Serhii Rusnak will receive financial grand on regular basis from sponsor, the BioTexCom center. The hard work brings young athletes their first results in sport career.

Earlier the victory rhythm was set by 7-year-old Nikita Petushinskyi. He is also member of the “Borets” club. This spring Nikita became the world jiu-jitsu champion in his age category!

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Victory at every cost! How to become the world’s best fighter at the age of 14

Fourteen-year-old Serhii Rusnak and Serhii Krasovskyi have already been practicing jiu-jitsu for several years. At the age of 14, they both have already become world’s jiu-jitsu champions. And boys are not going to stop there.

Young athletes repeatedly won numerous all-Ukrainian competitions. But for today, their greatest achievement is the victory at the World Championship in Abu Dhabi.

Coach Ievgen Skyrda analyzed boys’ fights and is pleased with their result. According to him, just in a few years Serhii Rusnak and Serhii Krasovskyi will become the best fighters in the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. But they need to practice twice as harder to reach such a high goal.

According to young winners, in future they both plan to become coaches in order to enable other children to achieve what they have reached now. Boys opened up about their first experience in big sport, what helped them to win in Abu Dhabi and what exactly they need in order to achieve their main goals. These and other detailed below.

Serhii Rusnak

I have been practicing jiu-jitsu for four years and I must confess that this sport has changed me quite a lot. First training I attended upon the advice of my older brother. As a result, I was amazed with almost everything I saw and heard. Ievgen (coach) explained and showed me everything in details. Thanks to him I began to train and achieve something meaningful in my life.

Serhii Krasovskyi

I started my training two years ago. That time I even didn’t think that I could achieve such great results. Before jiu-jitsu, I was engaged in gymnastics, football, judo, but I didn’t gain such high scores. Most of all I enjoy the fact we are like one big family in our sport club. I think I’m blessed with a great coach who helps and encourages me to achieve the relevant results.

Impressions of the World Cup

Serhii Rusnak

We took part in numerous all-Ukrainian Jiu-jitsu tournaments. In particular, we were at the Ukrainian Championship, as well as at competitions that took place in Ivano-Frankovsk, Odessa and Zaporozh’e cities. Together with Serhii Krasovskyi we have always been at the top. However, it was a kind of challenge for us to compete at the World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Firstly, fighters from other countries had higher training level. Secondly, our opponents used slightly different technical training. However, anything could stop us and we tried our best to win. We didn’t think about second or third places. I realized how much was invested, so I didn’t have margin for mistake.

Serhii Krasovskyi

I believe we showed such result thanks to our trainings which lasted for at least six hours. Thus we were fully prepared for such high rhythm and pressure. To say the truth I was nervous a little during the world competition. But I already had an experience of the Ukrainian championships, which helped me a lot. Also I would like to express special thanks to the psychologist who worked with us, thanks to her I felt a surge of confidence.

Factors of victory

Serhii Rusnak

I think our victory in Abu Dhabi is an absolute merit of our coach. Ievgen invests tons of nerves, energy and he spent all his time training us. Some athletes, who failed, excused their defeat with lack of sufficient funding. But I think it’s just an excuse. To achieve our goal all we need is a partner and a mat.

Serhii Krasovskyi

We wouldn’t have such success without our coach. It is difficult to fight with laziness on your own. And our coach is a man who always inspires and motivates us.

Trainings above all

Serhii Rusnak

I became a world champion, but still there is always something new to learn. After the training together with Serhii, we enjoy watching how the senior fighters train. Thanks to this, we manage to adopt new techniques. Moreover, I think that we shouldn’t relax, even after the victory in Abu Dhabi. There are still a lot of competitions ahead. That’s why now, on the contrary, we need to train even more and harder. And put twice as much effort and patience.

Serhii Krasovskyi

There is no point to go home right after the training and just go to sleep. Watching trainings of more experienced athletes, we can learn many interesting information and see advanced techniques. All the time we continue to improve our results and do our best in studding jiu-jitsu philosophy.

Goals

Serhii Krasovskyi

For today my main goal is to achieve a black belt. I also want to become the champion of Asia, Europe, America and Brazil.

Serhii Rusnak

I used to want to become a world champion. Recently I have already achieved this goal. Now I’ll try to get a blue belt in jiu-jitsu to get an opportunity to fight with older athletes. I want to be the best fighter.

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Sport is vital for children and teens!

Many parents don’t realize all sport importance in children life. Adults very often put an education at the first place but, nevertheless, sport, especially for teenagers, is extremely important.

It goes side by side with education and it cannot be said what is more important, especially in today’s world.

Sport is vital for teens for the following reasons:

– During the growing age and puberty person’s constitution is formed and thus it is important it to be formed normal and healthy. And sport will help to form great healthy constitution of body.

– Sport gives self-confidence and teaches to be the winner, to bite the bullet and deal with failures, rise from knees when it is needed.

– Sport protects children from negative influence of street companies. Teenagers just will have no time and wish for bad habits spending free time in the gym.

– Sport helps to find real friends from all over the country who are involved in common deal.

– Sport makes person healthier! Especially it concerns nowadays when it is difficult to find high-quality food products. Children who go in for sport can overcome the obesity and other diseases thanks to regular sport activities.

– Finally, sport, especially martial arts, teaches to stand up for yourself physically if it is needed. Of course coach always teaches to avoid conflicts but everything could happen and teenager always will be ready to protect himself.

Ukrainian fighters at the “Ukraine National Pro” championship!

The prestigious international “Ukraine National Pro” championship was held in Odessa, Ukraine, recently. The championship was held under the UAEJJF authority.

The most competitive fighters of Brazilian jiu-jitsu have shown their great technical skills at the Ukrainian sports arena. Moreover, the winners of the Championship got a chance to take part in the World Championship which will be held in April 2018.

Ukrainian fighters of SC “Borets” / ZR Team Kropivnitskiy participated in the “Ukraine National Pro”. Once again Ukrainian fighters have shown they are one of the best jiu-jitsu sportsmen and proved their high technical skills! In general, sportsmen of the SC “Borets” / ZR Team took 7 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medals!

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Ukrainian fighter will participate in the “South America Continental Pro”

Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter, Serhii Krasovskyi, will participate in the prestigious international tournament “South America Continental Pro”.

Ukrainian fighter from the SC “Borets” / ZR Team will travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil and take part in the two-day tournament from February 24 to 25. The championship will take place in the “Esporte Clube Sírio” sport complex. It’s not the first time 14-years-old Serhii Krasovskyi will represent Ukraine at the major tournaments abroad. Young fighter has already successfully competed and won gold at prestigious championships in London and Abu Dhabi.

The “South America Continental Pro” championship is managed by the UAEJ Jiu-Jitsu Federation and draws hundreds of high caliber fighters every year. Also, this tournament is a part of the UAEJJF World Ranking and Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Qualifying Series.

Evgeniy Skirda: “I am not a deep pocket but I have a labor of love!”

Evgeniy Skirda has founded club of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Kropivnitskii city.
Evgeniy together with his sport team train children and raise sporty, health and wise youth in “Borets” club. Now the club is visited by more than 120 participants. Some of them are European and world champions. This work does not bring Evgeniy big financial profit; nevertheless he takes a great enjoyment in it.
Evgeniy has told us why he returned from Portugal to Ukraine, how he started doing jiu-jitsu and why he founded his own sport club in Ukraine.

About life in Portugal and return to Ukraine
“After graduation, I started to work and earn money. For some time I lived with my mother in Portugal, but being 15 years old I decided to come back to Ukraine. I want to live, work and develop at homeland. At the beginning of my second year abroad, I began to feel that I was going crazy. It was very difficult psychologically”.
“When I lived in Portugal, I turned onto computer technologies. At first I installed computers and satellite dishes and received my first money. Returning to Kropivniskii I started working in the advertising agency. Then I realized that I didn’t want to work for someone and started freelancing. In general, I started working at the age of 15. At the same time I studied at the Cybernetics and Technology College. Two years I studied and then realized that I do not need it”.
“After that I went to work in Moscow. I opened my own web design studio there, but in 2008 I again returned to Ukraine”.
“I’ve been fighting all my life. By the way, in Portugal I was engaged in judo. But there was unpleasant situation there, which became one of the reasons for my desire to return to Ukraine. I showed good results during the qualifying round, but I was not allowed to take part in the championship, because I was not a citizen of Portugal. A few weeks after that case I returned to Kropivnitskii. In Ukraine I started to work and go in for sport. One day I get serious knee injury, after which I discovered jiu-jitsu. This kind of sport is considered to be the least traumatic of all kinds of fighting, as the fight is mostly held on the mat”.

About trainings in the basement
“At first we trained with my friend in the basement, but then I realized that it is inefficient work. As a result, I found and contacted with the president of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu office in Kiev, Artem Sidorov, who became my first mentor. In 2013, he came to our city (Kropivnitskii) and held a seminar”.
“At that time this sport was not developed at all in our city. At the same time, it was very popular in the United States of America. There is a hall for jiu-jitsu in each American district and street while we had only one jiu-jitsu section for the entire region”.

About dependence on fight
“Honestly, I’m not keen on football or track and field. I like only fighting. When I have injuries, I force myself to lift the bar to maintain my physical condition, but I do it forcing myself. I like only to fight. Sport is my lifestyle. You know, every person must have something to be motivated with. I find motivation in training children. Thanks to this I can realize myself. And when there is no time for training, I even start to fall into depression”.
“Of course, work I’m doing now cannot be called my profession, as I do not get money for it. But it is not a hobby, but rather, a kind of addiction for me. All the time I think about our club’s development. Money is needed to pay renting and salaries to coaches. The income of the club is formed from voluntary contributions, and children from low-income families can train for free”.

To find motivation in children training
“Girls are also members of our club. At first, I was against it but later I understood that it isn`t a strength sport. Most parents don’t understand why their daughter should visit trainings on fight. But it is very useful for their development and health”.
“Jiu-jitsu is a kind of philosophy and not a fight. The meeting of sportsman takes place on the mat and without use of blows. It is known, that this martial art is based on principals where person with poorly developed constitution can successfully defend himself and win against stronger opponent if he will use proper techniques”.
“It happened so, that martial art at once is associated with fight. But jiu-jitsu fighters don’t beat each other. The body-checks aren’t used in this sport. You will know the rules of jiu-jitsu and you will be able to stand up for yourself in any situation”.
“We are aimed at high sport results. I think that in the nearest future our club will become one of the strongest ones not only in Ukraine but in the world. In order to achieve such goal, it`s necessary to start with children. That’s why we mainly train children”.

About success
“Once I had a dispute with my student on the topic of success. He believed that successful person must be rich. For me, successful person is those one who are happy and has everything he needs”.
“Yes, I do not have a villa or car, but I have my favorite deal and my team. I know what I do every day and I do it with a great pleasure, so I consider myself to be absolutely successful person”.

ZR Team in London – Ukrainian fighters won gold!

 

Ukrainian fighters of the SC “Borets” / ZR Team Kropivnitskiy Yaroslav Blazhko and Roman Nepota won gold medals during the Open Championship in Great Britain! 

The best representatives of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from all over the world gathered together for the gold in England. Ukrainian fighters have met on the mat with the representatives of Brazil, Greece, Italy and Germany.

Yaroslav Blazhko had 4 fights – one fight he clinched and 3 fights he defeated on points. Roman Nepota also had 4 fights which he won by technical superiority.

Fighters and coach of SC “Borets” /ZR Team Kropivnitskiy are satisfied with competition in London and its results for Ukraine. Fighters wrote words of thank on their social media pages. They have thanked friends, relatives and sponsor (“BioTexCom” company) for great support and faith in their victory. In addition, fighters have noted they are happy of these victories nevertheless they are not ready to rest and will continue to glorify their country abroad.

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