BORETSWatch
See the position and the three details that make the technique work. Replay the part you need.
THE UKRAINIAN GRAPPLING SYSTEM
BUILD YOUR
COMPLETE
GRAPPLING GAME.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Sport and combat sambo. Freestyle wrestling. Modern strength and conditioning. One complete method.
1,340 UAH / month
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IEVGEN SKYRDA / BORETSTHE SYSTEM THAT BUILT A TEAM.
01Four disciplines. One method.
02Choose your coach. Ask your question.
03Ukrainian + English audio.
01 / YEARS IN ONE SYSTEMTHE STORY ON INSTAGRAM ↗
The same boys.
Years of work together.
At seven or eight: children’s competitions in Abu Dhabi, taking their early steps alongside their coach. Years later: strong, explosive, mobile and coordinated athletes. This is how they grew within the Borets system.
“I used to lead them. Now we walk side by side.”— Ievgen Skyrda
30years in grappling
15+years in BJJ
BJJBlack belt
15years building the team
A UKRAINIAN TEAM / BEYOND BORDERS
Your team. Wherever you live.
Your child can belong to a Ukrainian club without living in Ukraine. Keep training close to home, with support from the Borets team in your own language and around your own questions.
For Ukrainian families abroadINSIDE YOUR MEMBERSHIP
A team behind your training.
Test
Take the protocol to training. Practise with a partner and adapt resistance to your level.
Ask
Choose a coach and bring a specific question. The team answers on the platform and can record a demonstration for your request.
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KNOWLEDGE + PRACTICE + FEEDBACKTrain where
Train where
you are.
For athletes, parents and coaches. Access a complete approach to development from anywhere in the world.
Sambo within a complete system
Study sport and combat sambo and their connection to BJJ and freestyle wrestling, from people who have spent years practising it.
Answers to your own questions
Choose a coach for technique, conditioning or youth development. Consultations and video explanations for your question are part of membership.
Develop the whole athlete
Strength, explosive power, mobility and coordination alongside technique. Bring every part of your preparation together.
02 / THE SYSTEM & THE TEAM48.51° N · 32.26° E
Built from zero.
To the world stage.
FOUNDER OF BORETS
BORETS LAB is a Ukrainian grappling system built on Brazilian jiu-jitsu, sport and combat sambo, and freestyle wrestling, supported by modern strength and conditioning methods.
In Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, Ievgen Skyrda founded Borets and built a Brazilian jiu-jitsu school from the ground up with his team. His students became coaches and have helped shape the school for many years. Over 15 years of shared work, the team reached the international stage.
Ievgen’s 30 years on the mat connect judo, sport sambo and BJJ. That experience shaped the school’s approach: study the connections between grappling disciplines, test technique in practice and develop physical preparation alongside it.
Yaroslav Blazhko first took up grappling at 19. He went on to win gold at the 2017 IBJJF Europeans as a blue belt, then silver at the 2019 Pans and bronze at the 2019 Worlds as a purple belt, all in the Adult division. The school’s first BJJ black belt, he now leads the Borets club and team and oversees its children’s program, with more than ten years of experience coaching children.
This is the experience of a team that has developed hundreds of athletes. It shapes the BORETS LAB lessons: study the technique, apply it in your own training and ask the team questions under each video, wherever you train.
FROM THE SCHOOL ARCHIVE
A system built over a lifetime.
15 years of experience. A white belt again.
Ievgen came to BJJ with a foundation in judo and sambo. His willingness to learn again became part of the school’s approach: connect different grappling disciplines and test that knowledge on the mat.
Started at 19. Now leading the team.
Yaroslav arrived with no previous grappling experience. His first sessions led to years of work, international podiums, a black belt and students of his own. Today, he leads Borets and develops its children’s program.
Your team in the lab.
Ievgen Skyrda
System creator · BJJ · conditioning30 years in grappling. BJJ black belt. Founder of the school that developed this team.
Kostiantyn Zhyvanov
Sambo · grappling · leg locksDeveloped within the system. An adult professional ADCC Trials finalist at 16.
Oleksandr Oliinyk
Brazilian jiu-jitsu · grapplingBJJ black belt. Grew within the Borets school and passes that experience on to the next athletes.
03 / FOUR DISCIPLINESONE SYSTEM
Every part. Connected.
Explore the releases
04 / THE ATHLETESDEVELOPED WITHIN THE SYSTEM
From the first steps.
To the world stage.
The athletes in this photograph joined Ievgen’s club at six or seven years old. Years of training together, one school and a shared foundation.
SCHOOL ARCHIVE
The real result is the people.
From childhood training to the next generation. Our school archive records years of work together.
The story on Instagram
Athletes developed by Ievgen Skyrda
Athletes who grew and developed within this system.
Yaroslav BlazhkoRoman NepotaEleftheria ChristodoulouKostiantyn ZhyvanovOleksandr Oliinyk
And many more — generations of the Borets team.
05 / ON THE WORLD STAGEADCC / BELGRADE / 2026
16YEARS OLD
An adult ADCC Trials final.
Kostiantyn Zhyvanov developed within the Borets system. At 16, he earned silver in the men’s professional −66 kg division at the 2026 ADCC European, Middle East & African Trials.
Official ADCC results
06 / FREESTYLE WRESTLINGBORETS
FREESTYLE WRESTLING
Mykola Chaban
Master of Sport in freestyle wrestling. Coach connecting wrestling and BJJ.
Mykola connects freestyle wrestling with the jiu-jitsu system: the standing game, takedowns and the transition to control on the ground.
Your question.
Our answer.
As a club member, choose a coach and bring your own question. Ievgen, Yaroslav, Mykola, Oleksandr and Kostiantyn help with technique, conditioning and youth development. Receive an answer on the platform; when a demonstration helps, we record a video for your request. This is part of paid membership, wherever you live.
View membership08 / INSIDE BORETS
See where it all began.
Our base in Kropyvnytskyi, the team’s daily life and the people behind the system. Watch the film and read comments from viewers around the world.
LAB NOTESExplore all lab notes ↗
The training journal.
Freestyle wrestlingWrestling for BJJ
Build a standing game for BJJ: stance, single and double legs, arm drags, gi and no-gi grips, and a practice sequence that connects the takedown to control.
SamboSambo vs BJJ
Compare sport sambo, combat sambo and BJJ: throws, submissions, striking, equipment and rules. Choose a starting point and understand what transfers.
Jiu-jitsu & grapplingBJJ basics for beginners
What happens in a BJJ class, which positions to learn first, how to practise and how to measure progress. Build a manageable first-month routine.
BORETS LAB
Your team, wherever you train.
Four disciplines. Your coach. Answers and videos for your questions.
1,340 UAH / month
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