Osipov Sergey: biography, interesting facts, photo

Osipov Sergey (photo below) - world champion in heavy weight in kyokusin karate 2005. Characterizing this person, Japanese journalists do not stint on epithets and do not hold back in praise. "Fierce power", "Moscow monster", "white horror" - all this has been said about it many times in specialized media devoted to martial arts. This article will describe a brief biography of the athlete. So, let's get started.

Karate classes

The hero of this article was born in Moscow in 1978. 13 years - this is the age in which he began to engage in karate Osipov Sergey. The boy's parents supported his new passion. The young man decided to start his sport career in the famous capital club "Cayman", which released many champions. Indeed, so many titles and medals collected by pupils at Russian and international competitions could not boast of any institution in the country that specializes in the style of Kyokushin.

Debut

In 1995, Osipov Sergei performed at his first competition - an open tournament in Moscow. The debut was successful. In middleweight, a young athlete won bronze. Sergei had confidence in his own abilities, and he began to speak at both Russian and international tournaments. At the same time, Osipov increased his weight and moved to new categories. There was one thing that was unchanged: the athlete won victories everywhere. Champion of Moscow, Russia, the winner of the European Cup, the European champion in contact karate Kamakura, and also the world champion in Oyama-karate. Here are just some of the titles won by a young man in a bitter struggle.

New opportunities

In 2000, Osipov Sergei joined the IKO-1 (International Karate-Do Organization), whose headquarters was in Tokyo. This gave him the opportunity to participate in Asian tournaments and fight Japanese karate. And they were considered the strongest on the planet.

Sergei's ill-wishers claimed that at a tournament of this level a young athlete would look pale. Especially Osipov recently moved into a light heavyweight and had to fight with powerful karatekas. But all their statements were in vain: for the first time on the open cup of the Russian Federation, the athlete won gold. After this bright victory of the karate, Japanese specialists noticed, immediately appreciating its potential.

At that time, Russians were not considered to be the top Kyokushin fighters. And Asian karate experts were skeptical about the level of this style in Russia. In their opinion, it's not even worth talking about the technical side, but the psychological preparation deserves attention. Speech by Sergei Osipov at the tournament in the Land of the Rising Sun made them think differently.

First fight

Japanese fans, coaches and fighters followed with interest the opposition of our athlete from Ikeda Yoshinori. The latter chose a prudent strategy of battle: he was always close to Sergei, not allowing him to use his legs. But such tactics proved ineffective. Soon the Japanese was overtaken by the combination of Osipov: an accurate punch from the top and a crushing punch in the body. After that, Yoshinori seemed to be stiff and eventually lost the fight.

Quarter-Finals

Here Osipov Sergey, whose family was rooting for him at the competitions, met Ikeda Masato. The Russian chose an attacking style of combat, forcing the opponent to back off. The whole duel of the Japanese tried to contain the pressure of Sergei. But when there were only minutes remaining, Osipov conducted a series of punches on the bottom of the case. Thus, the karatek forced Masato to focus on protecting his stomach. Then Sergei struck his opponent with a circular kick to the head, winning the meeting.

Semifinal

Here Osipov met with Tanaka Kentaro. The Japanese observed the previous battle of the Russian and knew about the corporate roundabout, so he did not open his head for a second. That is, for the most part, Tanaka defended himself throughout the whole meeting. But this did not help him. In the last seconds of extra time, Osipov Sergey struck Kentaro with his foot in the left cheek. The crowning blow of the Russian was so unexpected and rapid that many fans did not even notice him.

The final

In the final meeting, the prestige of the Japanese style of Kyokushin was entrusted to protect the champion of 2001 Kiyame Hitoshi. He did not succumb to the onslaught of Sergei and eventually exhausted the Russian athlete. However, Hitoshi made his own fans worried. Fortunately, the Japanese, two powerful strikes by Osipov's foot just struck his head. If they had reached the goal, then Kiyama would have immediately gone to the knockout.

Paris

2002 - this is the year when he met with the most difficult fighters of the world Osipov Sergey. Karate became for the young man the main occupation in life, and he regularly honed his skills for participation in competitions. The Paris international tournament brought together the most famous fighters of the planet: from Brazil - Ademir da Silva and Everton Texeira, from Japan - Ikeda Yoshinori and Adachi Shinsi. Connoisseurs and ordinary karate fans followed the course of fights with great attention. After all, following the results of these competitions, you can predict the results of the future of the absolute world championship.

Unexpectedly for many in the final with Osipov met the Brazilian Everton Texeira. In the main and extra time the duel was equal. It seemed that the second extension was waiting for Karate. However, Sergei unexpectedly completed the meeting, sending Tekeiro in a knockout with his crown blow. All specialists began to consider Osipova as one of the main contenders for the medal of the upcoming World Cup. And before him there was only one year.

VIII absolute world championship

For these competitions Osipov Sergey, interesting facts about which are presented below, went in November 2003. The tournament fate of the Russian has developed very dramatically. In the first fight, our karatek defeated Sean O'Farella from Australia in just 55 seconds. But in the second battle, Sergei met with a pretty strong Tokuda Tadakuni. After the end of the main time, the European judge and two side referees-Japanese gave Tokuda victory. Although the battle itself took place in absolute equality. The auditorium exploded with indignation. Seeing this injustice, Matsui Shokai (head of IKO-1) canceled the referee's decision, and the fight continued. The first two extensions ended in a draw. The last extra time has gone. It seemed that even now there will be a draw. But five seconds before the end of the Russian fighter suddenly exploded in the attack and managed to strike the Japanese with a heel from above ... Ippon! Tadakuni is defeated!

The third fight with Hibino Dzioji Osipov Sergei completed early. He knocked out a Japanese knee blow in the face. The victory was bright, but it cost the athlete a very high price: during the meeting the Russian injured the foot of the foot. Of course, this affected the effectiveness of the next fight with Sergio da Costa from Brazil. Osipov was very brave and did not give the opponent the opportunity to seize the advantage. After the weigh-in procedure, the referee was awarded a victory to Sergei (weight and Costa was more by ten kilograms).

In the fifth fight, Osipov met with the most experienced Glaube Feitosa. The main time ended in a draw. But in the first extension of the Russian could not resist the onslaught of Feitosa. As a result, our fighter took only the seventh place.

Conclusion

Osipov Sergey, whose biography is presented above, has already completed his sports career. During the years of speeches, he demonstrated the highest skill, will, fortitude and love for the Motherland. It was to Russia that the athlete devoted all his victories. Therefore, he was entrusted to defend her most important line: now Sergey is working in the Security Service under the President of the Russian Federation. In this post, Osipov tries to justify the trust he has shown and to support the glory of the Kyokushin style as a school of combat skill and courage.

Interesting Facts

• After some time after the fight with Sergei in 2001, Kiyama Hitoshi called this event a battle of the year.
• For his sports career Osipov received a lot of injuries. Only on one hand he had four operations.
• The first Japanese, whom Sergei struck with his crown blow to the head, was Ikeda Masato at the 2001 World Cup.