Ashihara Karate - Alexander Lavrushin, Battle of the Champions 2007

presents: Alexander Lavrushin, an Ashihara Karate fighter from Moscow, Russia. Two times World Champion, European and Russian Champion. In this event he fights Enrico Rogge, a German fighter; Alexander wins. Битва Чемпионов 2, Александр Лаврушин Alexander began training in Ashihara Karate in 1995. He was introduced to the style by Nikolay Kulakov, and instantly liked the diversity and effectiveness of Ashihara Karate, which at the time was a very new style of karate. Later on, he continued learning Ashihara under the tutelage of Valeriy Ryzhkov. Ashihara’s technique at the beginning was close to that of Kyokushinkai Karate, but Ryzhkov and his school were actively promoting elements of clinch-fighting, leg trapping, leg sweeps, takedowns - only to find later that it was exactly where the future of Ashihara Karate had taken all other adepts around the globe. As a result of his dedication and years of training, Alexander went on to reach ranks of the world ren