Trnerstvo ako poslanie


Na Slovensko sa rozril koncom 90-tych rokov. Vo svojej rodnej krajine m u takmer 700-ron histriu, prsne pravidl arituly nerozlune spt snboenstvom. Thai box alebo Muay Thai je jeden znajtvrdch portov, ktormu sa sobubou venuje n kolega Daniel Popovi zoddelenia veobecnch zleitost.
to zle od trnera aod toho ako pristupuje ksvojim zverencom akich motivcii. ow and when did you get to Thai box? Introduce us closely The Art of Eight Limbs. I got to know this sport in 1998 thanks to my friend who was interested in it. At that time it was only in its beginnings and it was something new. We used to travel abroad to get new information, mainly to Thailand. I tried a lot of similar sports such as judo, karate, jeet kune do and wing chun, but the choice of Thai Box was the right one. Muay Thai is full-contact sport where the fighter uses eight limbs (fists, elbows, knees and feet). Its advantage is complexness of the system and its flexibility. You are acoach in the sport club AC UNIZA. Why do you like coaching? I enjoy teaching the students of our club. Coaching is amission, away how to educate the youth. For adults it represents mainly an active relaxing, conditioning and self-defence. You have been awarded during your sport career many times. Which one do you appreciate most? The bronze medal from the World Championship 2003 in Bangkok, but out of this I highly appreciate the victory over Rudo Durica, one of the most successful Slovak thai boxers. My most difficult experience was in Cambodia where the real champions live. Fighters in Thailand dance aspecial ritual dance Ram Muay while approaching the ring, wear aprotective amulet praciat and sacrified headband mongkol. Are these rituals common during the Slovak competitions as well? Fight dancing is most frequently used in Thailand. Rituals are connected with Buddhism and they are not so common in Europe. The fighter enters the ring mainly with the T-shirt representing the club colours. In Thailand the fighters are highly honoured by public. Is it the same in Slovakia? Muay Thai is actually one of the hardest and most popular sports not only in Slovakia. It can be practised by all ages and genders. It is considered as one of the best fat burners. Of course, it depends on the coach and his way of leading and motivating students.

ko a kedy si sa dostal k thajskmu boxu? Predstav nm bliie umenie smich konatn. Kthajskmu boxu som sa dostal cez kamarta, ktor sa o zaujmal vroku 1998. Vtedy bol tento port len vzaiatkoch abolo to nieo nov. Pre vedomosti sme chodili do zahraniia, hlavne do Thajska. Vtej dobe som vyskal vetky dostupn porty ako dudo, karate, JKD, wing tchun, ale a voba thajskho boxu bolo to sprvne rozhodnutie. Muay Thai je plnokontaktn port, vktorom zpasnk pouva osem konatn (pste, lakte, kolen anohy). Take vhodou je pln komplexnos aflexibilita. Psob ako trner v portovom klube AC UNIZA. m a trnovanie napa? Rd odovzdvam vedomosti zverencom nho klubu. Trnerstvo je zrove aj poslanm vchovy mldee. U dospelch zverencov je dleitm faktorom cvienia aktvny relax, formovanie postavy, ale aj sebaobrana. Poas tvojej portovej kariry si zskal viacer ocenenia. Ktor si vi najviac? Bronzov medaila z Majstrovstiev sveta 2003 vBangkoku, ale okrem toho ma vemi teila vhra nad Rudom uricom, jednm znajspenejch slovenskch thaiboxerov. Moja najtvrdia sksenos bola vKambodi, tam psobia ozajstn ampini. VThajsku bojovnci pri vstupe do ringu vykonvaj ritulny tanec Ram Muay, nosia ochrann amulet praciat aposvtn elenku mongkol. S tieto rituly rozren aj na slovenskch saiach? Bojov tance sme pouvali najviac vThajsku. Rituly s spt sbudhizmom avEurpe sa praktizuj v malom meradle. Bojovnk vstupuje do ringu vinou v triku reprezentujcom klubov farby.

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VThajsku sa bojovnci teia vekmu uznaniu zo strany verejnosti. Ako je to na Slovensku? Dnes patr Muay Thai kjednm znajtvrdch a najpopulrnejch portov nielen na Slovensku. Je vhodn pre vetky vekov kategrie apohlavia. Traduje sa, e thajsk box je najlep spaova tukov. Samozrejme

It came to Slovakia by the end of the nineties. It has almost 700-yearlong history in its home country, strict rules and rituals connected with Buddhism religion. Thai box, or Muay Thai, is one of the hardest sports which our colleague Daniel Popovic from the General Affairs team is fond of.