December 14–16, 2012, in the city of Brovary, after a long multi-year hiatus, the Championship of Ukraine in the national martial art “Kozatskyi Dvobii” (Cossack Fight) was held.
More than 300 athletes of various age categories participated in the competition. On the first day of the championship, exciting matches took place between the youngest participants, who were only 6 years old. Young participants demonstrated good preparation and strength of spirit. First place in the junior division and then in the overall standings was won by representatives of the “Ratoroborets” club from the city of Boryspil.
Clubs from Kharkiv, Chuhuyiv, Pervomaisk, Dniprodzerzhynsk, Kryvyi Rih, Uman, Rivne, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Boryspil, Kagarlyk, Fastiv, Sumy, Kremenchuk, as well as guests of the tournament — a team from Azerbaijan — also participated in the competition.
“In recent years, national sports in Ukraine, like the national spirit, have fallen into decline. The revival of the national spirit among young people should become a priority for each of us. The idea of reviving a national sport, of cultivating a warrior spirit in the rising generation, is especially relevant today,” said First Vice President of the diplomatic mission “European Ukraine” Resazade Ali Reza.
“This is the first open all-Ukrainian festival of the national martial art, held under our auspices. We have firm intentions to raise the national martial art and national spirit to a completely different, higher level!”, said First Vice President of the World Federation of Cossack Fight (WCFF), Honored Coach of Ukraine Vladimir Radionov.
The open festival of national martial arts, which were virtually lost to Ukraine, were revived thanks to the support of patrons and simply caring people. The festival of national martial arts of Ukraine was opened by Resazade Ali Reza, Andrey Chistov, and Vladimir Radionov.
“The versatility of Kozatskyi Dvobii allows attracting a very wide audience from 6-year-old young Cossacks to adult athletes. And in the near future, everyone will see spectacular matches in the octagon,” said Vladimir Mashkovskiy, an employee of the State Service of Youth and Sports.
