On the 3-d of February Moscow (Russia) hosted the “Golden Hand IX” tournament from the “Buhurt Challendger Women’s 3×3″ series. This is the 9th annual tournament that gathers the best female fghters fromall over Russia. In additon to Russian women, the tournament was atended by girls from Finland, Estonia and Ukraine. Partcipants represented such cites as: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Kondopoga, Petrozavodsk, Lugansk, Korolev, Izhevsk, Obninsk, Riga, Tver, Saratov, Shuya, Kem, Arkhangelsk, Kolomna, Vidnoe, Kaliningrad, Krasnogorsk, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Ulyanovsk, Zhukovsky, Shchekino, Vladimir, Laht and Hameenlinna. Notice that buhurt nominaton at the tournament are held for the second year.

According to the organizers, the tournament went well. And given the reputaton and status of the tournament, it’s not surprising that there were about a hundred applicatons for partcipaton in HMB-batles, sportsword and HMB Soft about the same.

The tournament ended with the following results:

Sportsword 10-11 years (boys):
1. Stepanov Roman “Knyajii Styag” Colomna
2. Lyakhovskiy Maksim “Knyajii Styag” Colomna
3. Peshkov Mikhail, Moscow

Sportsword 10-11 years (girls):
Khomenko Natalia “Knyajii Styag” Colomna

HMB sof 12-13 years (young men):
1 Evtukov Egor «Tannenberg», Kondopoga.
2 Virolainen Daniil «Tannenberg», Kondopoga.
3 Vaytulevich Dmitry «Tannenberg», Kondopoga.

HMB sof 12-13 years (girls):
1 Stetsenko Lada «Sword», Petrozavodsk.
2 Parshikova Irina «Arme», Moscow.

HMB sof 14-15 years (young men):
1 Mikhailov Ivan «Peresvet», St. Peterburg
2 Schelokov Gleb «Sword», Petrozavodsk.
3 Korshunov Gorgey “Sword”, Petrozavodsk

HMB sof 14-15 years (girls):
1 Shilova Maria «??nnenberg», Kondopoga.
2 Dragunova Varvara «Sword», Petrozavodsk.
3 Rujnikova Victoria “Knyajii Styag” Colomna

HMB sof 16-17 years (young men):
1 Bobko Aleksander «Tannenberg», Kondopoga.
2 Kogan Anatoliy «White Cross», Moscow.
3 Sevrugin Leonid «White Cross»,Moscow.

HMB sof 16-17 years (girls):
1 Lappo Alina «Sword», Petrozavodsk.
2 Chursinova Svetlana «Tannenberg», Kondopoga.
3 Naumova Tatana «Rubej», Vladimir.

Sportsword (men) – “Shield- Spear”:
1 Ignatov Oleg, «9-th Spanish Legion», Moscow.
2 Altnov Nikolay, «9-th Spanish Legion», Moscow.

Sportsword (women) – “Sword and Shield”:
1 Yargina Oksana, «Nothern Wolf», Arkhangelsk.
2 Polurotova Alyona «Gastngs», Riga.
3 Volkova Anastasia, Moscow.

Sportsword (men) “A spear”:
1 Berdikhanov Alexander «Moscow Wushu Club», Moscow.
2 Pozhilov Mikhail, «Moscow Wushu Club», Moscow.
3 Romanenko Artem, «9-th Spanish Legion», Moscow.

Sportsword (men) “Sword and Shield”:
1 Virolainen Aleksander, «Tannenberg», Kem.
2 Markelov Egor, «Armé», Moscow.
3 Obukhov Maksim, Korolev.

“Sword and Shield” (women) 1st league:
1 Safonova Ksenia, «Bayard», Moscow.
2 Obryadchikova Aleksandra, HMFC «Palladin», Moscow.
3 Anisimova Alena, «Bayard», Moscow.

“Sword and Shield” (women) major League:
1 Mescheryakova Anastasia, HRC «Ros», Ryazan.
2 Kohvakko Galina, «Tannenberg», Kondopoga.
3 Golovina Marina, MPC «Tverd», Tver.