These are the people that I would like to present to you - Masters, Teachers and others that have played a role in my life or helped me shape my own

Marcelo Plotnik Marcelo Plotnik

Marcelo is a man about whom one could safely say that he has devoted the whole of his life to an internal exploration. After dedicating two years to the study of Zen he realized that the mate-concept could also be perceived in the framework of a deep realization of human life. Marcelo was first to promote the art of drinking mate in the times of the USSR.

Shogun Shogun

Shogun was born in the Sakhalin taiga. He became an instructor in 1994, the year when he founded a branch of the Shogun Budo Club, where he was leading kendo, iaido, and Zen Buddhist practices.

Alexei Zhgutov Alexei Zhgutov

Founder of the system for human self-knowledge SABI. He is an expert in the sphere of physical culture and psychology, and the author of many articles and series of books, including the book The Human Being: Clarity of Consciousness.

Elena Vitkova Elena Vitkova

Master at the Daoist subdivision of the INBI World Club. Representative of the Laboratory for the development of concentration.

Bronislav Vinogrodskiy Bronislav Vinogrodskiy

The exceptional value of Bronislav is due to his unswerving development of consciousness. The matrix quality of his vision, and the structuration he demonstrates, define him as a Great Thinker who can reveal the potential for human perfectibility. He is a man of space: he is of importance to space.

Anatoliy Obraztsov Anatoliy Obraztsov

Anatoliy has at his disposal many meditative practices which were created by humanity at various stages, beginning from the very beginning. He claims nothing as his own achievement and prefers to be an ordinary man but at the same time he literally draws people to himself.

Oleg Onopchenko Oleg Onopchenko

Founder and Grandmaster of the International Kolo organization, President of the Baltic Hapkido union, founder of the European Oriental Culture Institute, dharma teacher of the Kwan Um school of Zen, international master of Tong Ren therapy, Qi Kung therapy, Daojiquan, Tui na massage, and Shiatsu.

Mestre No Mestre No

The greatness of mestre No is in his simplicity. I consider mestre No one of my teachers in Capoeira. 15 years ago he considerably influenced my understanding of Capoeira, revealing it as an art which possesses volume endowed with a place for everything and which, most importantly, cultivates the Human in the human being.

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci

It is almost as difficult to describe Leonardo da Vinci as it is to encompass the scope of his preoccupations. He can rightfully be presented as a skilful painter, sculptor, architect, urban builder, scientist, hydrologist, geologist, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, chemist, but also a poet, musician, philosopher, constructor, linguist, anatomist, botanist, paleontologist, optician, scenographer, etc.

Chen Xiaowang Chen Xiaowang

Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is one of the most famous masters of Taijiquan in the world: he is the 19th Generation Lineage Holder of Chen Family Taijiquan and a living legend among the practitioners of this art.

Robert Amaker Robert Amaker

Bob (Robert) Amaker has a BA in mathematics but he is also a writer, a musician, and a martial arts master. A man of knowledge and a man of rhythm, he is first and foremost a man of art. Today, at the age of 65 he is still genuinely interested in the two passions of his early youth: drums and Taijiquan.

Che Guevara Che Guevara

To many citizens of Latin America and Cuba, Che Guevara became a sacred figure, they address him as «San Ernesto de La Higuera», and ask for protection and mercy.

Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda

Carlos Castaneda is an American writer, anthropologist, ethnographer, a thinker and a mystic. He is the author of several bestselling books dealing with shamanism.

Jan Silberstorff Jan Silberstorff

Jan Silberstorff  is President of the World Chen Taijiquan Association Germany (WСTAG), a student of the grandmaster Chen Xiaowang, and the author of the first book on the Chen style of Taiji in German. 

Olga Arefieva Olga Arefieva

Olga Arefieva is a singer, poet and composer, a soloist and a manager of the Kovcheg formation. Her interest in body and movement has accompanied her interest in singing since her youth. In the sphere of movement she considers herself a follower of the school of Anton Adasinskiy and the DEREVO theatre.

Leonid Gelibterman Leonid Gelibterman

Chairman of the Moscow based Russian branch of the International Wine and Food Society, International wine and spirits judge, Chevalier of the French Chapter of Chaine des Rotisseurs, Grandmaster of the Irmandade de Vinhos Galegos (Brotherhood of Galician Wines, Spain)

Ali abd Ussamad (Freddy Bollag) Ali abd Ussamad (Freddy Bollag)

Leader of the European and the Russian community of the Tidjanyyah tariqa.

Victor Kuznetsov Victor Kuznetsov

There are many Russian Taiji practitioners today but few of them know that Vasilich was the man who imported this art to Russia in the 1980s. He is a genuine master of Tui Shou and is one of the most remarkable Tui Shouist in the world.