On December 14-16, 2012, in the city of Brovary, after a long, many-year break, the Ukrainian championship in the national martial art “Kozatskyi Dvoboi” was held.
More than 300 athletes of various age categories took part in the competition. On the first day of the championship, exciting bouts took place between the youngest participants, who had just turned 6 years old. The young participants demonstrated good preparation and strength of spirit. First place in the junior division, and then in the overall standings, was taken by representatives of the “Ratoborets” club from the city of Boryspil.
Clubs from Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, Pervomaisk, Dniprodzerzhynsk, Kryvyi Rih, Uman, Rivne, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Boryspil, Kaharlyk, Fastiv, Sumy, Kremenchuk, as well as guests of the tournament – the team from Azerbaijan, also took part 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 task for each of us. The idea of reviving the national sport, of fostering the spirit of a warrior in the younger generation, is especially relevant today,” said the First Vice President of the diplomatic mission “European Ukraine” Rezazade Ali Reza.
“This is the first open all-Ukrainian festival in the national kind of martial arts, which is held under our aegis. We have firm intentions to elevate the national kind of martial arts and the national spirit to a completely different, high level!” said the First Vice President of the World Federation of “Kozatskyi Dvoboi” (WCFF), honored coach of Ukraine Volodymyr Radionov.
The open festival of national martial arts, which were practically 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 Rezazade Ali Reza, Andriy Chystov and Volodymyr Radionov.
“The versatility of “Kozatskyi Dvoboi” makes it possible to attract a very wide audience from 6-year-old young Cossacks to adult athletes. And in the near future everyone will see spectacular bouts in the octagon,” said Volodymyr Mashkovskyi, an employee of the State Service for Youth and Sports.
