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Bruk Tatiana Nikolayevna

Bruk Tatiana Nikolayevna was born in Moscow. She is from a sportive family and started to go in for sports when being a child (track and field sports). When she was 9 years old, she began to invent her first sets of exercises. Her sets were correct enough as she started learning anatomy at the same time. It has become her vocation.

T. Bruk has practiced wushu since 1992. She’s a bronze winner in category “master” of World Wushu Cup in Italy in 2003. She is a winner and prizewoman of many competitions.

Education

T. Bruk started her practicing wushu in 1992 under the guidance of A.S. Yuldashev who was he first wushu coach. (see: teachers).

In 1997 the degree I of instructor of Shaolin Martial Arts Association of Russia (SMAA.R) by SMAA.R standards was conferred upon T. Bruk. The degree corresponds to black belt. (see: www.shaolin.ru)

Open in new window In 1999 T. Bruk graduated from Russian State University of Physical Culture (RSUPC) and now she is a specialist on theory and methodology of teaching sportive single combats (wushu).

In 2003 T.Bruk entered the University’s post-graduated course and has been writing her thesis “Complex approach to upbringing 4-6-year-old and 7-9-year-old children when practicing wushu. Game methods.” The thesis will be a result Open in new window of generalization of T. Burk’s experience and experiments on teaching wushu, a result of her working with children. Some results were published in 2001-2003.

Those are:

  1. Healthy children mean healthy society. – United Scientific Journal, 2003, ³ 5.
  2. 2. Methodical recommendations on using game methods when teaching wushu to children in pre-school and school age. – SMAA.R, 2001.
  3. 3. Methodical recommendation. In: A. Maslov Shaolin wushu.
  4. 4. Forming premise elements of philosophic mentation of children in pre-school age when teaching. – Papers of the Conference “Developing pedagogy of the sportive activity”, 2003, October 3-9, Moscow. Open in new window

Professional activity

T. Bruk began to work as wushu instructor in 1993 in a Single Combat Center “Severnoye Butovo in Moscow, Russia).
Since 1995 T. Bruk is a coach of SMAA.R.
From 1996 T. Bruk is a president of the club “Gold Snake - (Dzin Sha).

The club is a member of SMAA.R and it was founded on the basis of T. Bruks sportive groups. It is located in a Single Combat Center Severnoye Butovo in Moscow.(see: Single Combat Center Severnoye Butovo).

T. Bruk trains children in age from 3 years. She prepares the team of her club to different competitions and takes part in championships herself (see more detailed on page “the Club”).

Hobbies

Her work, dancing, traveling and psychology. The last hobby is learning English.

Purpose of life

Her purpose of life is perfecting herself in her professional activity and using wushu to make children happier and healthier, more intelligent. She wants children to be harmonious and all-round developed.

Her motto is optimism, inward power and confidence, permanent aspiration to knowledge.