RULES OF THE FIGHT. «…why they take part in close-to-street fight ultimate fighting» [Сергей Иванович Заяшников] (fb2) читать постранично, страница - 3


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coach said to entire group: “Important thing, guys. Valery wasn’t afraid to punch him in the chest and was absolutely right. The boxer of this level has to defend himself. If you can punch – you punch. So this is what you gotta do – punch at your full strength”. This boxer looked at me like as I was some kind of handicap – well it turned out to be his trouble.


Yuri Suslikov: In Russia, people on the street are looking at you and testing at the same time, especially men. It’s like everyone is expecting the fight to begin at any moment. Everyone is ready and concentrated inside. This is how the constant tension is created. After the trainings, I can’t say I don’t have it at all, but I definitely have it much less than others. Even with strangers I feel confident and chilled at the same time. Because I know that in any situation (god forbid) I’ll be able to stand up for myself.

When I was preparing for the second fight, the trainer told me I was gonna fight with two opponents. So the door opens – and I see 5 people running at me instead of 2! Only 2 went up on the ring, to tell the truth, but others were standing around cursing me. All that was, nicely put, unexpected. The idea that trainer had was that the crowd should have frightened and confused me, and two on the ring would have finished it all. This is how he imitated my situation from the past with the fight in restaurant. But I was so concentrated and ready that I didn’t even get scared. It’s impossible to describe how it all went. It’s like you know, the guy on the street asks you for a lighter, and then all you know they attack you, you fight, you hit, you get hit. The fight is no longer than a minute in real life, often less.


Every time you prepare you think: I’m gonna go kick his ass, knock him out. Well that’s and awesome plan before your first punch. Then you just grapple and kicking and punching each other. This is not a preparation for a long artificial contest with the medal and winning, this is playing as in real situation which can happen to you on the street. And that’s why it’s so incredibly valuable.