– HMB clubs Finland is rich not only in beautiful nature, stable economy and Santa Claus. People love and actively develop the HMB movement there. Today, there are 3 clubs practising HMB sports in Finland, namely “MCSF Helsinki”, “HMB Lappeenranta” and “MCSF Jyväskylä”. We’ll tell you about
the latter today. Juri Lönn, captain of the National Team of Finland, will tell us about his club, as well as the prospects of HMB sport in Finland, because everything is interconnected :).
– Juri Lönn, captain of the HMB club “MCSF Jyväskylä”:
The history of our club is very short. The club was formed in early 2014, and now has about ten people. All members of our club are active fighters. We pay much attention to training. We work on strategy, tactics and, of course, physical and combat training”.
– Juri Lönn:
“We are constantly looking for opportunities to learn something new. We often visit master classes given by trainers from Russia, and at home we constantly attract specialists in different types of martial arts, we learn techniques of MMA, kickboxing, boxing, visit trainings of other clubs… We “absorb” any techniques which complies with the HMB rules and can help us to win.
Being the captain of the club and National Team, I always keep in touch with members of other clubs. We believe it is necessary, because our clubs collaborate and constantly exchange information. This year, our National Team that participated in “Battle of the Nations” was formed of men representing all the clubs of our country.”
– Juri Lönn:
“We use a lot of techniques to attract new people to our movement. Festivals, shows of fighting in armor give us a real opportunity to get people interested. Watching the shows, looking at beautiful armor, weapons … many young people become interested in trying to participate in a fight, and then they can not stop. It fascinates them! We are also working on the creation of a promotional video featuring fights of our team to upload it to YouTube.”
By the way, one of such promotional events was the joint performance of representatives of all Finnish HMB clubs at a concert of the legendary band “Manowar” in Helsinki.
Reputation is important in any business. So, today the guys are working hard to create a positive, and, most importantly, tough reputation for the club. And they’re making grand plans for the future.
– Juri Lönn, captain of the HMB club “MCSF Jyväskylä”:
“Currently, all HMB fighters of Finland know each other, because we are not numerous :). But I hope our friends from other clubs know that our guys from Jyväskylä are serious fighters.
We have very ambitious plans for the future. We want our club to provide the toughest and best fighters from all over the country for the National Team of Finland to participate in the HMB World Championship “Battle of the Nations.”
Christina Korneva
HMBIA News
2021
