Our earth was always rich on talents, to that the proof emergence in us the young gifted athletes achieving successes on the international sports scene. The to day's guest of our edition is the senior judo coach of the youthful national team of Kazakhstan Erlan Alpysbayev, in conversation with which we learned about a situation in youthful judo and prospects of this popular single combat in our country.

"On all tournaments we will fight for medals"

- You head the youthful national team of Kazakhstan more than three years. Estimate level of skill of our young judoists against their contemporaries from other countries.

- Our level allows children to wrestling adequately at various competitions. In Asia our judo well is quoted, on superiority of the continent we are included into leading group. Is at our young judoists and successes on the world scene, so level at us quite good. I would like to note a role of trainers from areas which prepare a worthy reserve. We explain to children that each of potential rivals - be it the titled athlete - before a meeting has equal chances. Japanese judo takes leading positions in the world, nevertheless our judoists give battle to ancestors of judo and quite often come out winners of meetings.

- This year your wards should act on a number of tournaments how there is a preparation for responsible starts?

-  All planned collecting takes place in due time, the team purposefully prepares.  2013 is really very saturated in respect of official competitions of a high rank, on all tournaments we will fight for medals.  This year will pass the World Cup, Asian games in the closed rooms, the Euroasian games, superiority of Asia, republican youthful games, we need to prepare our children for all these starts properly.

"Despite different difficulties and difficulties (is also such which work on enthusiasm), our experts have knowledge and classification"

- You happen at many competitions. What tell about the organization of our internal tournaments?

- If to speak about youthful tournaments, it is unambiguous, now each time they take place at higher level. Hundreds, and even thousands children from all regions of the country participate in national championships, the competition in wrestling for medals goes the serious. Receiving necessary competitive practice and then gaining the international experience, our judoists perfect the technical and tactical actions that finally leads to growth of their skill.

- You started going in for sports when there was still the Soviet Union. How the system of child youthful sports those years was built?

- At the Union there was other relation to sports. Sports were for society ideology, all sought to reach heights in sports. Then there was a relation to sports fanatical. It was so prestigious to receive sportswear that after such gift there was a wish to move!

- How heavy to the judoist to be in good shape throughout several Olympic cycles?

-  Hardly, it unambiguously (laughs).  Especially in the psychological relation.  In youth when all your contemporaries around are able to afford ice cream, you have a diet, you need to hold weight, to observe a mode and daily to train.

"With our potential and traditions we have to be leaders!"

- Not a secret that in the Union sambo was very widely cultivated and that many athletes who are engaged in this sport, switched over subsequently to judo.

- Judo in our country started developing in the seventies. Up to this point sambo as complex system of self-defense, was a priority look. Judo means a flexible way to a victory, and with sambo it is two sibling species of sports. Practically all Soviet judoists have roots in sambo. The Olympic look always more prestigious and to achieve successes in judo it was more honourable. Therefore, I consider, judo and has such mass development in the world.

- Whether there are such problems which are actual today for the Kazakhstan judo?

- We need to study still to much at the countries conducting in judo, it is necessary to develop. In Kazakhstan there are nice traditions, there is a finalist of the Olympic Games Askhat Zhitkeev, there is world champion Maxim Rakov, there are the glorified veterans who have achieved good results on the all-Union and international scene. With our potential and traditions we have to be leaders! If in all regions of the country to create good conditions for sports activities, it already will shortly yield fruits. One more important moment, the more often in mass media will shine this or that sport, the its promoting will be broader and by that more youth in it will be engaged.

- Now for young judoists an example for imitation are the glorified judoists – the silver prize-winner of the Olympic Games Askhat Zhitkeev and world champion Maxim Rakov. In your opinion, Askhat and Maxim's successes are reached thanks to their talent or laborious work?

- Both of them are purposeful and outstanding athletes. Zhitkeev with Cancer, looking at the senior generation, tried to gather all most useful. With finding of independence by Kazakhstan honor of our country was protected adequately by such persons as Sergey Shakimov, Ivan Karazelidi, Sergey Alimzhanov, Serik Adyganov, Igor Peshkov, they made the significant contribution to formation of sovereign Kazakhstan judo. The younger generation which, certainly, treat both Askhat and Maxim was guided by these judoists. We, in turn, adopted experience at our glorified masters of a tatami, such as Ali Hamkhoyev and Kayrat Mysykbayev.

"Now in Kazakhstan judo is engaged about 20 thousand people"

Potential at our judo the big. Now in Kazakhstan about 20 thousand people are engaged in this sport. Especially I would like to emphasize a role in modern development of judo of dear functionary Beketa Makhmutova. Beket Sapabekovich puts many efforts for a raising of image and development of domestic judo. That it cost only tournament top-16 "World masters", passed in Almaty at the beginning of 2012! We also couldn't dream earlier that in our country competition of such rank will take place! In total on "World masters" two tens world champions of different years and ten Olympic champions which skill the audience could see personally on a tatami of Sports palace of a name of Baluan Sholaka gathered.

Athletes already from youthful age received additional incentive to be engaged and achieve in judo of successes as began to get regularly awards for successful performance on the international scene. For any person important when his work appreciate and stimulate for further growth. At the end of last year the national federation of judo was headed by Kenes Rakishev. I think, arrival of such influential person will bring a lot of benefit to domestic sports.

Ilyas Otan

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