RCC Martial Arts Academy
A place for those who lead a healthy lifestyle, develop willpower and strive for victory
The RCC Martial Arts Academy was created to give martial arts enthusiasts and professionals the opportunity to train and compete in conditions that meet the latest requirements
Over 1,800 athletes train at the Academy, and 800 of them are children. Over the past seven years, athletes of the RCC Martial Arts Academy have brought over 3,500 different awards to the Sverdlovsk Region, including medals from European and world championships.
The Academy trains professional athletes, including MMA star and former UFC champion Petr Yan, One FC fighters Mamuka Usubyan and Kamran Nabati, world boxing champion title contender Zaur Abdullaev, Karate Combat fighter Ilyas Khamzin, as well as titled athletes Ivan Shtyrkov, Alexander Sarnavsky, and others.
The Academy’s six floors house four fully-featured training halls and a modern arena for professional and amateur MMA, boxing, kickboxing, Thai boxing, and fist fighting competitions.
The Academy trains professional athletes, including MMA star and former UFC champion Petr Yan, One FC fighters Mamuka Usubyan and Kamran Nabati, world boxing champion title contender Zaur Abdullaev, Karate Combat fighter Ilyas Khamzin, as well as titled athletes Ivan Shtyrkov, Alexander Sarnavsky, and others.
The Academy’s six floors house four fully-featured training halls and a modern arena for professional and amateur MMA, boxing, kickboxing, Thai boxing, and fist fighting competitions.
The complex’s modern equipment allows for live television broadcasts of tournaments on top sports channels.
The Academy employs 46 coaches in 13 disciplines and trains members of the Sverdlovsk Region, Ural Federal District and Russian Federation national teams in boxing, mixed martial arts, koshiki karate, Kyokushin karate, power extreme, taekwondo, grappling, and jiu-jitsu.
Since the Academy opened, over 300 sporting events have been held, including over 50 professional boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing and fist fighting tournaments. In addition, the Academy hosts amateur competitions for children and adults almost every week. Master classes are regularly held by Olympic champions, world champions and European champions.
In 2021, the expert council of the Sport Business Awards (a professional award in the field of sports business) recognised the RCC Martial Arts Academy as the best venue in Russia with a capacity of up to 500 people.
In 2021, athletes from the RCC Martial Arts Academy won seven gold medals at the European Kyokushin Karate Championships.
In 2023, the RCC Martial Arts Academy was awarded an honorary diploma by the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sport of the Sverdlovsk Region. Academy graduate Evgeny Lyashkov became the first representative of the Urals in the last five years to become the Russian boxing champion, and Petr Grydin was recognised as the best athlete of the year by the Russian MMA Union.
In 2024, the Academy was awarded an honorary certificate from the mayor of Ekaterinburg for the development of martial arts in the region, and the general director of the sports complex was named one of the best managers in the country by the national award ‘Sport. Business. Consulting’.
The Academy employs 46 coaches in 13 disciplines and trains members of the Sverdlovsk Region, Ural Federal District and Russian Federation national teams in boxing, mixed martial arts, koshiki karate, Kyokushin karate, power extreme, taekwondo, grappling, and jiu-jitsu.
Since the Academy opened, over 300 sporting events have been held, including over 50 professional boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing and fist fighting tournaments. In addition, the Academy hosts amateur competitions for children and adults almost every week. Master classes are regularly held by Olympic champions, world champions and European champions.
In 2021, the expert council of the Sport Business Awards (a professional award in the field of sports business) recognised the RCC Martial Arts Academy as the best venue in Russia with a capacity of up to 500 people.
In 2021, athletes from the RCC Martial Arts Academy won seven gold medals at the European Kyokushin Karate Championships.
In 2023, the RCC Martial Arts Academy was awarded an honorary diploma by the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sport of the Sverdlovsk Region. Academy graduate Evgeny Lyashkov became the first representative of the Urals in the last five years to become the Russian boxing champion, and Petr Grydin was recognised as the best athlete of the year by the Russian MMA Union.
In 2024, the Academy was awarded an honorary certificate from the mayor of Ekaterinburg for the development of martial arts in the region, and the general director of the sports complex was named one of the best managers in the country by the national award ‘Sport. Business. Consulting’.
46
coaches
13
sports disciplines
> 1,800
athletes
> 3,500
medals
In its sports projects, RCC is creating a system that connects children’s, amateur and professional sports, giving athletes the opportunity to train and compete in conditions that meet the most up-to-date requirements.