Maritimes athletes preparing to take part in the championship DVFO a mixed martial arts MMA, which will take place on April 27 in Khabarovsk.
To fight for the championship flight Russian team will arrive from across the Far East - the preliminaries were already in the Primorye and Khabarovsk territories and Kamchatka, Magadan, Sakhalin and Amur regions, the Jewish autonomy and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
In Primorye squad consisted of 11 winners of the regional qualifying tournament, held in Vladivostok on March 16.
The Far Eastern Championship in Khabarovsk seaside athletes will compete in all six weight categories.
- The guys are preparing for a competition very seriously. All athletes skilled enough, the level - not below the CCM in various other types of martial arts. Because our team includes several soldiers from Ussuriysk, one athlete from Nakhodka and most of the athletes are from Vladivostok - get everyone together did not work, all prepared in the clubs in their cities, - Said the head coach of the Primorsky Territory a mixed martial arts MMA Vitaly Krat. - Vladivostok fighters prepared on the basis of clubs "Quadra-T," "Alexander Nevsky" and "Champion-2". Training began immediately after the regional championship: two workouts a day - morning and evening. All work out their "crown" - who better to get that, over and work: one is better manifested in striking techniques, others in wrestling. Sure, athletes also work out those things that get worse, but nothing new, they do not learn now. Most of the work is to improve the physical condition and honing technique.
Despite the fact that mixed martial arts MMA - a new sport and in the Maritime region was still only one championship, some of the seaside athletes have already gain experience speaking in pankration (a variation of MMA), or they come from the martial arts that are close to SBU, which includes striking and throwing techniques - Kudo, unarmed combat, combat sambo, etc.
- I always keep on monitoring the physical and psychological state of the children. In addition, keep in touch with the coaches of athletes from other cities. We have a coaching board, where all these issues are discussed, - Said the head coach of the Primorsky Territory a mixed martial arts MMA Vitaly Krat. - Before the trip, all of our athletes will be mandatory medical examination - in the championship with this very seriously. In addition to a certificate stating that the athlete is healthy and can perform, the guys need to have more help from the sports clinic for HIV and hepatitis B and C.
According to Vitaly Crata all coastal athletes are highly motivated, trained, laying out on the full, they realize that it is the selection of the championship in Chelyabinsk, Russia from May 30 to June 3 and is based on the results of the first Russian competition, the second number will be formed national team which will go to the World Cup.
In addition, since the SBU MMA officially recognized sport champions Far Eastern Federal District will be given the title of "Master of Sports of Russia."
