– For how long do know about the Kadochnikov Systema?
– I came across the Kadochnikov Systema in 1991. To be precise I came across the system of the Russian hand-to-hand combat worked out by Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov.
At the time I went in for karate. Our group of enthusiasts had a lot of questions about the combat use of the karate technique we were studying. We tried to combine the burst technique with strikes, to use strikes from the boxing and karate, applying the technique of falling down on the mats from judo-sambo at the same time.
All of a sudden we got the opportunity to study actually combat system of a hand-to-hand fighting. I’d like to specify one detail here – we learnt the technique from A. Retunskiy, the disciple of Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov (and moreover we were taught by another instructor, that’s why at first we were studying this technique with a slight sport bias. I understood it after some time. It happened because we had no access to the original source).
When I got the Internet access I get to know Arkadiy Alekseyevich and Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov after I came to the first seminar in Krasnodar in 2003. When I saw the technique performed by “the grandfather” and special acrobatics represented by Arkadiy Alekseyevich Kadochnikov I was a bit confused… Yeah, it looked like the one I’ve tried to work out. But this was an actual system of the hand-to-hand combat.
From that moment and on I have never departed from the study of Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov.
– Did you study other martial arts before the Kadochnikov Systema?
– Yes. As I’ve already mentioned I went in for karate, I also practiced boxing in the army. Before it I tried to study judo. Living at the Soviet time we had little choice but I tried to use every opportunity.
– Why have you stopped training?
– The Kadochnikov Systema is the actual combat system. And I don’t just prefer it; this is what I’ve always striven for. As Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov says: “This is the centuries-long attainment of our warriors. And I’ve just systemized it and gave it scientific foundation”. I think “the grandfather” is just too modest to admit that he created really “something”! People talk and write a lot about the Kadochnikov Systema but they never realize its actual significance and meaning.
– Why did you get interested in the Kaochnikov Systema?
– I like the soldiery in general and everything it associates with. I’m a born Cossack. And a Cossack is an Orthodox warrior. I’m engaged in military and patriotic work and train young men for the army. The study of Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov gives answers to any question concerning the military science.
– Has the Kadochnikov System helped you to solve some problems?
– This system doesn’t solve problems it helps to fulfill the given combat task. This system is important for me because it helps me in my job meaning training young men for the army and further training of young Cossacks after they are back from the national service.
The Kadochnikov Systema is the basis of the eparchial military and patriotic center “Peresvet”. As the head of the centre “Peresvet” and a teacher of the Kadochnikov Systema I can tell you that the main aims and tasks of this centre of military and patriotic training for young people are spiritual, moral and physical upbringing of the young generation. I use the system of Aleksey Alekseyevich Kadochnikov to solve the given tasks.
– Can you share with us some story from your personal experience that is connected with the Kadochnikov Systema?
– Four of my disciples are the veterans of the Georgian- Ossetic war (2008). They are all alive and proceed serving our Fatherland. One of them is even awarded the commendation by the Supreme Commander in Chief of armed forces the president Dmitriy Medvedev. Five my disciples graduated from higher military schools and serve as officers in the armed services of the Russian Federation. Ten disciples serve against contract in special military services of our country. Today about twenty young men who participated in the activity of the center are in the army. Some people come others go in the army – to protect the borders of our country and defend its citizen’s peace and quiet. I’m keeping in touch with all of them. They also call me or come to their center “Peresvet” at the first opportunity. What can be more important for a teacher than the gratitude of his disciples?
– How do you see the development of the Kadochnikov Systema in the future?
– People don’t realize the meaning of the Kadochnikov Systema for the future of our country. And it is the past, the present and the future of Russian soldiers. It is an “invisible weapon” that can’t be revealed until you use it and can’t be taken away since a man is alive! This system is the future of the Russian army! The Kadochnikov Systema is the heritage of our nation since the nation is inseparable from the army!
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