Sport Sambo
Grip fighting, committed throwing entries, rapid transitions and the instinct to establish useful control immediately after the landing.
Throw · transition · controlBORETS team & academy · Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Three grappling traditions. One competition system.
BORETS is a Ukrainian hybrid grappling academy built on Sport Sambo, freestyle wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, with modern strength and conditioning connecting the work. Athletes compete in grappling and BJJ; the foundation is deliberately broader.
The BORETS method
A hybrid by design—not a collection of random techniques.
Each style owns a different part of the same problem. Training connects those parts into decisions an athlete can repeat under resistance and competition pressure.
Freestyle wrestling
Stance, motion, leg attacks, chain finishes, takedown defense, scrambling and the ability to keep working when the first action stalls.
Position · attack · re-attackBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Positional problem-solving, guard work, pressure, escapes and submission decisions in both gi and no-gi environments.
Position · pressure · finishModern physical preparation is the fourth layer.
Strength, power, aerobic support, repeat-effort capacity and load management are planned around technical practice. Conditioning must make the grappler more available to learn and compete—not merely more tired.
The competition pathway
The tournament is the test. The system is the daily work.
Grappling and BJJ are the primary competitive outlets for the team. Young athletes who grow inside the academy build an unusually broad base: they learn to stand, attack legs, throw, scramble, control and solve ground positions rather than being defined by a single ruleset.
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Start standing
Every athlete learns balance, first contact and safe takedown decisions.
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Connect the phases
A score is not the end of the exchange; the landing must lead to control or the next attack.
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Compete with a map
Rules change, so athletes learn what transfers and what must be adapted.
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Prepare the whole athlete
Technical work, physical preparation, recovery and decision-making share one calendar.
Founder · Head coach
Ievgen Skyrda
Ievgen’s coaching system comes from a long competitive life across judo, Sport Sambo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He received his BJJ black belt in 2019 through Zé Radiola and Max Carvalho, then continued building a Kropyvnytskyi program in which athletes can move intelligently between styles instead of defending one style as an identity.
BJJ Heroes profiled Skyrda as the driving force behind Kropyvnytskyi’s international grappling success, documenting his judo and sambo base, the academy’s professional training structure and its open, work-first selection philosophy.
Documented roots
Built in central Ukraine. Proven beyond it.
The coaching work begins
The system grew from daily mat work in Kropyvnytskyi before the media project or international audience existed.
BJJ black belt
Ievgen Skyrda received his black belt through the Zé Radiola / Max Carvalho lineage.
Historical program scale
BJJ Heroes reported approximately 800 students in January 2021. This is a documented historical marker, not a live enrollment claim.
Open line
Come to train. Bring a team. Build something useful.
We are based in Kropyvnytskyi, central Ukraine. There is no public package menu: tell us what you want to do, who is involved and what a useful next step would be.
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Train locally
Children, teenagers and adults looking for regular academy training in Kropyvnytskyi.
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Visit or hold a camp
Athletes, coaches, gyms or teams considering focused training with BORETS.
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Ask the coaching team
A specific training-process, competition or cross-ruleset question.
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Sponsor the work
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Create together
Media, production, research, athlete stories or a useful cross-platform project.
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Propose something else
A relevant idea that does not fit a standard category.
Fastest direct route
+38 050 889 86 42Write on WhatsApp in Ukrainian or English. For proposals that need context, use the form below so the right person can review everything in one place.
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