The participants of the Buhurt League conference, that takes place as the part of the HMBIA General Assembly, went on to discuss issues of interest to them in a round table format. Gavin Stewart moderates the communication of the participants. In addition, the HMBIA President Eduard Eme, Ivan Koryagin, representative of the Buhurt League and Irina Kamaeva, the head of the PR Committee of the HMBIA actively participate in the…
Nikolai Bykov, speaking to the conference participants, spoke about the experience of organizing the Reval Cup and Old Tallinn Cup. In particular, they discussed in detail the experience of cooperation of his team with the city authorities. According to him, help from the city authorities was not received immediately, however, being interested in tournaments and their usefulness for the image of the city, partial assistance was provided for organizing…
During the conference, participants from all over the world could share their experience in the tournaments organizing. So, the first to speak about her experience was Esther Veldstra from the Netherlands. The Kening Striid tournament organized by Esther got Masters status this year. The participants, among other things, were interested in electronic chips that were first used at the tournament and the principle its work. Each fighter received a…
The Buhurt League was created primarily to provide common high standards for tournaments held around the world. Ivan Koryagin, a representative of the League, drew the attention of the conference participants that tournaments of all statuses are equally important for the League and for participants. In addition, during the discussion, the participants were explained the aspects of introducing a new category of 12 vs 12. In particular, Ivan Koryagin…
The second day of the HMBIA General Assembly is entirely devoted to the work of the Buhurt League. League managers prepared a series of reports on the work of the system, as well as a discussion of current issues with the tournament organizers in a round table format. In addition, an important point here is a discussion of ways to improve the work of the League and avoid possible problems…
HMBIA General Assembly 2019 in Riga has come to an end. It was a busy day, full of work, reports, important decisions and discussions. Each participant thoroughly approached the preparation for the event. The participants came to an agreement regarding all questions raised. So there are a lot of important aspects of HMB development discussed and it seems like our sport made one step forward it`s improvement. Traditionally, the HMBIA…
The HMB Soft World Championship among schools and clubs started today in Riga, Latvia. This is already the 3rd edition of the Championship and the organizers committee note that with each year more and more participants come for medals. The Championship itself is developing also. This year the group category was added and it was decided to spread the tournament for 2 days. The first day of the competition…
44 participants of the HMBIA General Assembly 2019 attended the opening ceremony of the HMB Soft World Championship among schools and clubs. Young athletes were welcomed by Eduard Eme, HMBIA President of HMBIA and Gavin Stewart, HMBIA Vice President, who referring to the athletes, focused the attention of all Championship participants on the fact that they are the future of HMB sports. During the ceremony, guests had the opportunity to…
Over 60 representatives from than 25 countries gathered here in Riga to make important decisions concerning the future of HMB movement and HMB sport development. HMBIA President Edouard Eme and Vice President Gavin Stewart welcomed all participants and thanked them to travel so far to travel so far to join the HMBIA General Assembly 2019. Edouard Eme noted that he is incredibly glad that so many HMB sports representatives…
The first HMBIA Summit took place in Ukraine in 2010. During all these years we had an opportunity to see the development and improvement of the HMB sport and entire movement. Edouard Eme participated in this historical event. That time he was a simple representative of the country, and now he is the president of the HMBIA. He told us about that first summit: "The first summit I remember consisted…
