Russian Martial Art video clips from Russia

[Scott Sonnon]

http://www.rusland.spb.ru/video/Ogloblya.mpa - log twirling

http://www.rusland.spb.ru/video/Dubina.mpa - "bulava" heavy club swinging

http://www.rusland.spb.ru/video/Palka.mpa - quarter staff work

http://www.rusland.spb.ru/video/Tanets.mpa - my Cossack Dance instructor, Alexander Medved... an amazing man (a former KGB officer who was also a Master of Sport in Sambo).

http://www.woin.ru/video/bim/bim_05.mpeg - Russian fisticuffs

http://www.woin.ru/video/bim/bim_10.mpeg - improvised weapons

http://www.woin.ru/video/bim/bim_11.mpeg - firearms

http://www.woin.ru/video/bim/bim_15.mpeg - stick on knife

http://www.woin.ru/video/bim/bim_19.mpeg - combat sambo (standard flavor)

http://www.woin.ru/video/bim/bim_24.mpeg - more combat sambo (standard flavor)

[Bill Ripley]

That's cool stuff Coach, thanks for posting them.

[Rufus]

Cool Clips! You weren't kidding about Alexander's mustache!

Rufus

[oleg_yakimovich]

1) Shovel Against Rifle (http://www.vrazvedka.ru/main/learning/ruk-b/video/lopata-avtomat-1.zip)

2) Against 2 Attackers, bare hand
(http://www.vrazvedka.ru/main/learning/ruk-b/video/protiv2-1.zip)

3) Against 3 Attackers, assorted weapons
(http://www.vrazvedka.ru/main/learning/ruk-b/video/protiv3-2.zip)

[polish]

some great leg fencing on the fourth clip ...

[WarpedMind]

Which clip has the leg fencing? (The clip with the guy using a chair was very impressive!)

[Michael Brown]

Coach Sonnon,

Is that Alexander Medved the same one as the super-heavyweight Olympic Gold medalist in wrestling (1972?)?

Or perhaps Alexander Medved is as common a name in Russia as mine in the U.S.

[Scott Sonnon]

Mike,
They are two different men. Alexander, my teacher, was the dance instructor for the famous Bol'shoy Theater, and a Master of Sport (USSR Champion) in Sambo - 125.5lbs. weight class.