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BYELORUSSIAN PRESS
2001-2003


Journalist interview
with Alexander Iv. Kozyrev

The article is published in the newspaper «Evening Gomel»
March 22, 2001
Conversation leds Stanislav Galkovsky


  • Jiu-jitsu, what for a new fight? When has it come to us?
  • Jiu-jitsu is not a new fight, this most ancient art of a self-defense. More 1000 years ago it has left a legendary monastery Shao-Linya and has removed to Japan, where local samuray have taken it on "arms".
  • Jiu-jitsu means be similar aikido or, for example, karate?
  • It is not simply similar, it is the grandparent almost all Japanese fight. Only in XX century from Jiu-jitsu send karate, aikido and judo. Having taken inherent to these kinds of sports (now) receptions. Jiu-jitsu, probably, one of most rigid world fight, and basically is used for preparation special subunits. The similar features have hand-to-hand chipping and battle sambo, but it is younger and is artificial combined fight. It was created then, when the people were at war by a cold steel and searched for ways of protection from him(it). Therefore and today has not lost the efficiency. You see the Jiu-jitsu not a kind of sports (though exists also its sports part), and present battle art with a spiritual heritage …
  • And how it is soon possible to learn art «all to win»?
  • Approximately after three months of trainings our schoolboy can stand for itself. Certainly, it will not be the foreman of a good-class, but he will get quite good skills of a self-defense and main - reliance of itself(himself).
  • Instead of whether you are afraid, what your schoolboys will fill up contingent of the street hooligans, which will beat "good"?
  • At all, to us in section it is impossible to get simply how in a hall of struggle, boxing or carat. We have strict moral selection. The man who has come to us, should for ever forget about cigarettes and drinking, combats and hooliganism (it is the necessary minimum). To realize for itself, what for he to us has come. To what to aspire. We teach to not give to beat ourselves. Everyone, come to us, is looked through during weeks, months, years. The acts in various situations are valued its conduct. It allows to select those who puts in employment soul. You see in Jiu-jitsu the huge place is challenged to spiritual education. To search of sources of goods, love, happiness. Therefore "«penetrate" into knowledge of the present Jiu-jitsu the people with the counterbalanced mentality, firm moral foundations able to control and main - can only precisely discriminating where is kind, and where is angry.
  • So the appearance «of the malicious geniuses» is dangerous to the society?
  • Yes. The present the battle Jiu-jitsu gives to the man a possibility without effort to take away health or life in other man. Therefore danger of hit it in «bad hands» should be barred. Therefore, even if you successfully are engaged in section a little years, it does not mean, that you learn all Jiu-jitsu. There is a defined circle devoted - school. And to get inside of school, it is necessary to pass the most important test - test by time. Only during life it is possible better to learn the man. The period of a way at everyone, but it somewhere 7 - 12 years …

Jiu-jitsu by instructor eyes


Article is published in the newspaper «the Gomel truth»
The following text, represents an original material
«Jiu-jitsu» Image of life»

This martial art cannot be compared with sports fights. The Jiu-jitsu - not only self-defense on all life, is an image of life even on a slope of years. All material is coordinated with Alexander Iv. Kozyrev.
This martial art cannot be compared with sports fights. The Jiu-jitsu - not only self-defense on all life, is an image of life even on a slope of years. All material is coordinated with the President of the Byelorussian Republican Public Union Of Jiu-jitsu and self-defense


from left to right: Igor M. Myalik (Instructor), Alexamder M. Sychev (Instructor), Vadim V. Konovalov (Instructor), PRESIDENT OF UNION Alexander Iv. Kozyrev, Dmitry V. Tyazhkorob (Instructor), Andrey V. Shavel (Instructor), Alexander V. Bulanovich (Instructor)

It is a lot of years Jiu-jitsu consolidates in Republic of Belarus of the completely different people, which have made in the life the important step, to the schoolboy Alexander Iv. Kozyrev. For the last few years many people come, leave, but there are what really want not only to learn to be protected, but also to conduct a healthy image of life. Basically are the people capable to estimate that, for what they daily train. The daily environmental world constantly causes to face to a choice. At times it is necessary to give time and personal files, however, for the strong-willed man being the member of one command, choice always one - training. It does not mean, that in the chapter all only one trainings stand. The features, which are acquired in a sports hall - reliance, will, respect for themselves and to anothers help in daily life. The command of Alexander Iv. Kozyrev consists of the people different ages from 20 till 50 years, different trades (workers of the law-enforcement agencies, lawyers, teacher, doctors, engineer, students of maximum and average educational institutions). A healthy image of life - one their important purpose you see the trained people are capable to bypass smoking, alcoholic drinks and other harmful habits, and as are more capable to defend itself difficult minute, and our time requires not only physical, but also morally - psychological stability. Alexander Iv. Kozyrev the Jiu-jitsu teaches not only defined receptions, engineering, but also, feeling character, thin psychology of each man, is capable to direct him on life. Many can say, that Alexander Iv. their teacher and second father, as are engaged at him with 15 - 16 years, are divided with the pleasures and certainly pain, and difficult minute always can receive from him any help. Not one year of job is required from the man for achievement of the defined high skills Jiu-jitsu, one trainings unsufficiently, it is necessary to be sensitive man to anothers, to like the nature, to respect the grown-ups, precisely to distinguish, where it is good, and where it is bad, where is kind, and where is angry. But it needs time to become the worthy, devoted schoolboy respecting the teacher, his knowledge, Jiu-jitsu, itself and life. Each step in the Jiu-jitsu gives with the large work, requiring complete feedback, overcoming physical and psychological barriers. This battle art cannot be compared with sports fights. The Jiu-jitsu - not only self-defense on all life, is an image of life even on a slope of years, though periodically each year the open republican championships and open regional championship are spent. The duels are classified on various categories, such as chipping without gloves - category "B", chipping in gloves for hand-to-hand chipping - category "C", and as a category of the professionals - protection against 4-th assaulting with the different weapon, including knifes. But one of overall objectives of this sports holiday popularization Jiu-jitsu among the population, development of connections between clubs, associations, you see in competitions participate both beginning, and professionals, showing high engineering of a self-defense, the speed, force, and to what is necessary to aspire by the one who only begins to be engaged in this art.
The instructor
Dmitry Tyazhkorob

What the First Belt
by instructor eyes means?

«The Gomel truth»
January 4, 2002
Original material without correction «the First Jiu-jitsu Belt»


It is more than 7 years has passed, as I have passed qualifying certification and has received the first Yellow Belt (5-kyu) Jiu-jitsu. I trained to the that moment somewhere about one year. But the time, as far as I remember, lasted very slowly. Three technical trainings plus three trainings on physical per one week could not me leave without forces, to me then 17 years were executed. The knowledge of rigid and soft receptions against the armed opponent strict or knife interests (as well as me) each present the man, but not everyone has enough patience to train, and some simply are lazy to find section for themselves. To time of certification on yellow (5-kyu) - orange (4-kyu) of a belt (1-1.5 years) I have learned, that such impact and that is better to not suppose unnecessary collisions. How to be released from captures how to be protected from the several armed opponents, that "the movement - life" means, where it is possible to learn sports, sports tournaments, and where a real self-defense and many other things, that only with trainings. Certification on the first Belt passes for 1-2 days and includes day of surrender of physical preparation and day of surrender of engineering Jiu-jitsu, self-defense. I trained about three years can be certified further on Green (3-kyu) Belt and so on. At once grieve the people wishing to learn "fast". The time of trainings is defined by years. To learn "beautifully" to wave hands and legs it is possible and after some months, but to learn to be protected, to become the professional and professionally to keep it is possible to train only in many years. On next last qualifying certification year back Andrey Shavel, Alexander Sychev, Vadim Konovalov, Alexander Bulanovich, Igor Myalik, Dmitry Rtischevand I have received a Brown Belt. We gone three-monthly offsets and surrenders of the specifications. See qualifying certification everyone can, certification - open measures (to the specified address and at the appointed time), but to reach and to begin from zero to be engaged, it is necessary to be the strong man, or man who has got in a situation, in which without a self-defense further to live difficultly, be him man or womanl, and it is a lot of such examples. City Gomel - republican centre Jiu-jitsu and self-defenses. In it there are some groups, in which the set all wishing irrespective of age is constantly spent. The children's groups are formed since 8 years, are invited to be engaged both boys, and girl. Youthful groups - till 18 years. An average acting composition - 28 years, in which train not young, and man age 30-35 years. Those who really wants to learn to be protected, we always wait.

The instructor
Dmitry Tyazhkorob

Martial art ancient fighters


«Evening Gomel» for April 25, 2002
Conversation led Stanislav Galkovsky


Jiu-jitsu one of the most rigid and contact world combats. Set of secrets surround this ancient battle art, its philosophy and history. Having was born in Shao-Lin and having removed in Japan, it by centuries was the closed subject of preparation of personal guards of the Japanese emperor, and only twentieth century has opened to its world. Alexander Iv. Kozyrevè has brought Jiu-jitsu in Belarus, he became founder of the Byelorussian school of this ancient combat, and in a consequence and President of the Byelorussian republican public association Jiu-jitsu and self-defense. Gomel became capital Byelorussian Jui-jitsu and one of the largest centres Jiu-jitsu in UIC.

  • Alexander Ivanovich, addressing to battle arts, the man wants to become stronger, therefore he searches for the most efficient kinds of single combats. Whether refers Jiu-jitsu to those?
  • Jiu-jitsu not only refers to those, but also is those. It has appeared about thousand years back as battle art ancient fighters, which were the professional soldiers, both the question of life and death for them stood is sharper, than for the modern man. To survive, it was necessary to be cleverer, more strongly, is more skilful and faster than contender. To have any non-standard skills of a conduct of combat. Jiu-jitsu in difference left from it Aikido, Judo and the Karate does not carry sports character. Yes, at us the championships are spent, but they only stimulate our development, instead of are the purpose. Jiu-jitsu is an art of a conduct of combat. In the majority of the countries of the world it will be used for preparation special martial groups. So, for example, in Gomel we are held by physical preparation of an officer personnel of a criminal investigation department.

  • Why Jiu-jitsu at the efficiency is for the majority by exotic?
  • This strong secret weapon, and who wants with someone to be shared by the secret. However it is impossible to perceive Jiu-jitsu, only as battle art, it, as well as our life, way to perfection - physical and spiritual. Here is invested in knowledge itself philosophy of life. Almost all single combats are founded on using enemy forces against it, that is in a basis of any single combat the self-defense, instead of aspiration to aggressiveness lays. A finding of health and cleanliness of spirit, our overall objective.

  • you are the founder Jiu-jitsu in Belarus. It, probably, rather favourable business?
  • In the financial plan at us rather altruistic organization. The sponsors are necessary for any draft, and at us them practically no. It is connected and that we do not want to get under ÷ü ¸-or influence, as we are occupied not culture of cabbage, and oriental combat sport, and we do not wish to give of an occasion for use clubs in someone's personal purposes. However we receive the large moral benefit, you see we can conduct of perfect expensive self-knowledge of the people looking for the vital ways.

  • the growth Byelorussian Jiu-jitsu Is supervised?
  • Certainly. For example, recently in Gomel eighth has passed Open Jiu-jitsu and self-defense Tournament of Belarus. 75 participants from Gomel, Tomsk, Lipetsk, Moscow, Kiev, Minsks, Grodno, Vitebsk, Kemerovo, Seversk and Kazakhstan combated in seven weight categories for to be right by best. Here were presented not only school Jiu-jitsu, but also Vat-jitsu, and one of the Gomel schools of hand-to-hand battle. With pride I can say, that the Gomel command headed by the captain Dmitry Vl. Tyazhkorob, has conquered 16 prize-winning places from 26 and has held an absolute first place. The championship is important by that we can see at another Jiu-jitsu, compare it to ours, allocate successes and lacks. For the first time we entrusted êóáêè and medal to the winners. Earlier was limited to the diplomas and belts. It is pleasant to notice, as the average level of skill of the participants on this championship was higher, than on previous. It also is the certificate of growth.

  • But it is sports growth. And whether there was a vital growth of school ...?
  • This growth, certainly, is necessary, and he occurs. The new section Jiu-jitsu in Eremino has appeared, already exist of section in Center of sports along the street Lenina, in microregion Volotova, School 54 and in Kosukovka city, two groups of the boys and girls in the age of seven years also are typed. In general we have three age groups. Junior, which I already mentioned, average (from 25 till 40 years), where the people 10 years comprehend secrets Jiu-jitsu and have achieved not only high physical, but also spiritual level of skill. And about growth deep into, here it is impossible to answer unequivocally, life with the questions causes us to look in itself. Jiu-jitsu, I repeat, is the perfect assistant, remedy in knowledge of the abilities and possibilities.

  • What especial, except for how to stand for itself in combat, the battle single combats can give to us?
  • Reliance of itself. You see all of us are held down with terrible uncertainty in what. We sometimes pass by violence, were afraid to interfere, that itself to not become a victim of this violence. We doubt of ourselves in the most important situations, regretting after about the missed possibilities. Jiu-jitsu liberates the man, shows, that in his hands. The man, strong physically and it is morally, never will offend weak, for weak offends only weak. The man, rather strong, is held by more important vital problems, he does not attribute the failures by the passer - by, and overcomes their.

  • But all people different, and everyone in own way can dispose of the received knowledge, to use them not in the boon of the society, and in harm to him?
  • the Problem of evil is eternal, angrily is inseparable from goods, as the day is inseparable from night. But we try to select and to check those who has come to us, at us section of the adherents. Here there is no rage, here everyone helps himself, helping the comrade.

  • the hearings, what in your section very rigid rules in relation to ...
  • Yes, the man who has come to us, should refuse alcoholic drinks and tobacco. As it is those subjects, which distract us from life and harm to our health. The majority of nonsenses is committed by the people in a drunk status ... is not necessary to the normal man. Therefore for the facts of the use spirits, tobacco or that the man is worse - drugs - is for ever proscribed from section.

  • There are trainings outside of sports halls, in natural conditions?
  • ... we more often arrange trainings on the nature. The man should be able to fall not on mat, and on ground to breathe by a counter wind to take pleasure in evening air. Here, where there is a lot of free space, we fulfil receptions of a self-defense from sticks and knifes. We consolidate health by long jogs. Unification with the nature gives the man not clear force of aspiration and contemplation.

  • Today tens clubs under the guise oriental combat sports invite to become strong and healthy. In what difference from your school?
  • It is unconditional, to be strong and healthy better, than weak and ill. At everyone the way in this life and nobody knows of an ideal road, holes everywhere come across. Any oriental combat sport carries in itself definite philosophy, sensation about and respect for the grown-up, that strongly does not suffice to our modern society. As we can notice, east civilizations save the cultural values centure, it is the peoples with rich traditions, with deep philosophy remembering the past and aspiring in the future. The high qualities should be adopted. And concerning various vlubs I can say only one: in any business, and in section especially, there should be a large internal world, there should be an aspiration to perfect, aspiration to knowledge, to secret. As spoke ancient: « Only at healthy spirit there is a healthy body ».

  • the performance modular Belarus on Jiu-jitsu on the international competitions Is planned?
  • It is unconditional, would very much like. We have foremen of a high class, but âñ ¸ rests against financial problems. Besides in Europe there are not enough of tournaments on net Jiu-jitsuJiu-jitsu, basically the tournaments on is artificial to the created single combat combining in elements Karate and Judo are spent. It reduces good looking, as the sportsman should be reconstructed on completely different manners of a conduct of combat. In Jiu-jitsu there is no such problem, here there is a strong interrelation of throws and impacts, that allows more efficiently and quickly to achieve success. The large tournaments on Jiu-jitsu pass in USA, but it too far and expensively, in the field of far and unrealizable dreams.

  • Alexander Ivanovich, of what the president of the Byelorussian association Jiu-jitsu dreams, which already has achieved definite heights in job, , in the society, in life?
  • What I dream of? That the sky was blue, bread fresh, children happy, man strong and self-assured, woman beautiful and liked. That everyone was occupied with liked business and is skilful to distinguish white from black, eternal from daily, then there will be nobody to blame for failures, then everyone will pass steps of life upwards to a perfect temple of soul.