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“It just came to our knowledge then. Kyokyshin karate gives my life more stability, more meaning, more health and happiness, more resistance to modern tests. I have been following this path for several decades, I have trained with the best in the world, I have learned from the best in the world, I have accumulated a lot of knowledge and experience, and it is time to pass it on to others, ”says K. Krivickas, who founded the kyokushin karate school.
– Why did you decide to set up your own kyokushin karate school, does that mean you withdraw from television, politics?
– This step was also inspired by my two sons: Augustus and Christopher. I wish you to follow the path of kyokushin karate because it is the best school in life that any parent can wish for their children. I have a dream that in the kyokushin karate school that I established, my children would search for their black belts, become champions and then school instructors, and continue the activities that I started in the best traditions of the ancient Japanese martial arts schools. Three years ago, when I was approaching forty, I reached my black belt, two years ago I passed the 2 dan exam, I have been on the karate path for almost three decades, I feel that I have matured and matured for such a decision. I don’t quit television. On the contrary, I want them to be more in my life. By the way, right now I am intensely preparing a great sports show project, the aim of which is to inspire viewers to move more, play sports, live an active and healthy life. Well, let politics be less (laughs) right now.
– And how did the family react to your decision?
– My family supports me. The wife Jurgita and the children see how important kyokushin is to me. He watches daily workouts, preparations for competitions, exams, he understands how important he is to me. Also, it is a healthy lifestyle and good shape all year round (laughs). Jurgita is happy that I involve the whole family in my sports activities and training. I inspire everyone to move together (laughs). As I said before,
I hope my boys will go to kyokushin karate with me.
It will soon be August 5, I plan to start giving karate lessons in her kindergarten when the quarantine is over. These will be his first steps on this path, although now he is very interested in my workouts, trying to repeat the exercises himself, I recently let him try and he managed to break his first table by hitting his hand. I see how bright his eyes are, how interesting it is to him. I’m glad. My eldest daughter, Athens, 16 years old, plays sports with me every day, it is a training ground for endurance, strength and speed, she is a swimmer, she easily does 100 push-ups, 150 squats and 300 curves during a workout, and Elada and Fausta attend ballet school every day, this time remotely. I help them do special stretching exercises, because I don’t know ballet, we improve the string and the rope (laughs).
– And why did you choose kyokushin karate?
– This style of karate is the strongest in the world. This is full contact karate. In my youth I have tried other martial arts, trained in judo, wrestling, but from the moment I came to karate kyokushin training when I was 14-15 years old, I realized that this is my path. Like many teenagers of the time, he admired the stars of martial arts: Van Damme, Bruce Lee, Chuk Norris, Michael Dudikoff, Dolph Lundgren. By the way, Dolph Lundgren is a karate kyokushin master who has become European champion and has now reached the 4 dan black belt, ten years ago in Japan at the karate kyokushin world championships, he had to see his live show up close.
The Japanese show him the greatest respect so far for popularizing this martial art all over the world. However, I was even more impressed by the movies and books about Japanese samurai, the most famous Okinawan masters who created various styles of martial arts and the famous legend of the founder of Kyutatushin karate, Masutatsu Oyama, by the way, I called my karate school kyokushin Oyama, showing respect for the founder and the old Japanese. . Oyama – translated from Japanese means great mountain. Symbolic: To reach the highest domain, it really takes many years, every day, to climb that mountain. Kopiu. I am preparing for the 3 dan exam, which I plan to take in a year and a half.
– Have you achieved sports victories in kyokushin karate competitions?
– A few years ago I won second place in the Lithuanian kyokushin karate cup competition, in the adult weight category over 95 kg. I started playing kyokushin relatively late, I was already 14 years old, then when I was young I became the Vilnius junior champion. In the last decade I have been more involved in the activities of the federation, I was a member of the organizing committee of the world and European championships held in Lithuania, responsible for the television broadcasts, I commented directly on the duel of the best world and European fighters, I commented about the struggles of the Lithuanian championship.
Is it true that kyokushin karate has helped you get rid of addictions: alcohol, cigarettes, gambling?
– Court. I do not have anything to hide. There was a time in my life when I raised my glass too often. He had started smoking. I visited the casino too often. I felt like the addiction was controlling me. And I wanted to be the owner of my own thoughts and actions. Then unfortunately there was a break in my karate kyokushin path. And one day I made a decision and I made a decision. I will take control of my own life. I went back to the path of kyokushin karate. More than a decade ago, I came to my teacher, world champion, the teacher of 5 dan Paulius Klapatauskas, and I became his student. And so far I am successfully following this path of truth. By the way, kyokushinkai – translated from Japanese means – a community of absolute truth.
– A year ago, in the Kaunas clinics, you underwent a complicated leg operation after an injury, how do you feel?
– I feel great. I train with all my strength every day. I am stronger and more flexible than ever. Of course, it took a lot of effort. Five years ago, I felt pain in the hip area. Every workout became a test. He could no longer perform certain blows to the leg. For half a year we looked for the cause of the problem with the best sports medicine professionals. Finally, the MRI scan even showed several serious injuries to the hip joint. To fix them, there was no other way than a complicated operation, which is performed by only a couple of surgeons in Lithuania using the latest technologies.
I was able to go on living without surgery for a while, but I could no longer exert my full strength. I was already holding my 1-dan black belt in pain. The surgery was scheduled a year before the 2 dan exam so I would be ready and ready, but Jurgita was expecting our second child and was threatened with premature delivery, she could not pay for the surgery because she had to be on crutches for at least two months and the family needed my help. I put it off for one more year. I braced myself for the 2 dan exam and held it in pain. Well, finally, after successfully passing the exam, I promised to have surgery last November. Valdemaras Loiba operated on me in the Kaunas clinics. I am grateful to him for the restored opportunity to play sports to the fullest. The rehabilitation lasted half a year, but now, a year after the operation, I am training with all my strength.
– What students will your kyokushin karate school teach you?
– This is what I learned myself practicing kyokushin karate over the years. They will be taught the strongest karate style in the world: kyokushin karate, students will be trained as a fighter character, physical ability, speed, strength, endurance, coordination, they will be taught the basics of kyokushin karate technique and improve their mastery, will strengthen the psychological qualities of students, improve the emotional state, self-esteem, self-esteem, respect for others, discipline, order, discipline, sense of responsibility and understanding, provide students with knowledge about the benefits of a lifestyle healthy and a healthy balanced diet, strengthen the body, strengthen students’ health and immunity, increase resistance to disease, trauma and stressful situations persistently pursue and achieve their goals, introduce students to the history and traditions of kyokushin karate and Japanese martial arts, prepare students for competitions, prepare Be for upper belt exams, organize development camps, give students more sports, physical movement, colors, good emotions, the joy of victory and cognition, they will help you make new friends, get to know yourself better and improve yourself. By the way, karate kyokushin workouts are equally suitable for both boys and girls. The Lithuanian kyokushin karate school is generally one of the strongest in the world. Not only Lithuanian men but also girls have become world champions.
– Why did you decide to open a kyokushin school now, because all training stopped due to quarantine?
– Kyokushin karate motto is the easy way, not ours. Of course, quarantine is not the best time to open a school, currently all training is suspended, but I make heavy use of this period to prepare. If the quarantine is prolonged, I plan to start karate training remotely after the New Year. There is also an advantage: in this case, not only Vilnius residents, but also people from all over Lithuania will be able to participate in the trainings. But of course we are all looking forward to playing sports and training live, not online. However, kyokushin is a contact sport and to train correctly it is necessary to do it live, in specially equipped corridors, with a coach and combat companions, but for that now we have to defeat the most important and main opponent of the moment: the virus.
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