Eurasian National University after L.N. Gumilyov is one of the most prestigious and famous Kazakhstan universities. It is famous for its history, education quality, employability of alumni. The university is also rich in talents and achievements of its students and professors. Have you ever guessed that there is a Doctor of Medical sciences, an Honored trainer and even the creator of the state emblem among you? In this article you have the opportunity to learn a lot about the “Physical culture and Sports” Department Professor Kozhakhmet Halyk Zhakupuly.
Halyk Zhakypuly Kozhakhmet is President of the Federation “Zhauingerlik Kures”, Department Professor of the Physical Education and Sport of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Eurasian National University after L.N. Gumilyov – innovations in the field of physical culture and sports, in the system of continuous education.
He is Honored couch of the Republic of Kazakhstan in combat sambo, judge of the international category. Halyk Zhakypuly had trained athletes – Asian champions and world championship winners: E. Kelimbetova, A. Agibaev, M. Torgaev, S. Seitkulova, D. Akyrzaeva, B. Berdigalieva. He was the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team in combat sambo for 7 years.
In addition, the professor is Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Kazaksha Kures”, Master of Sports of the USSR “Judo”, “Sambo”. He was awarded the “First place” cartificate for participation in the scientific conference “Innovation in training wrestlers for the Olympiad” held in Hohhot (China), a diploma of the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Kazakhstan for his contribution to the improvement of physical culture and sports, the medal “350th anniversary of Kozhabergen Zhyrau “. Halyk Zhakypuly is the author of the first “Combat kures” textbook in the Kazakhstan.
The combat fight is an innovated kind of Kazakh national sports art with a centuries-old history. The rich history of this military art type is evidenced by ancient signs on the mountain ranges of Eshkiolmes in the Almaty region. Since ancient times on the territory of Kazakhstan this type of art was considered as one of the most significant in the people’s tradition , the proof of which are artifacts: signs and figures on stones, folklore and ethnographic materials, written and archival sources. As one of the martial arts types, the combat fight is inextricably linked with the nation’s life history. The combat kures originated back in the time of the Saks and Guns, developed along with these peoples and gained its place among the Kazakh society. The name “combat kures” itself speaks of the fighting people and the great battles of that time. The traditional connection between the glorified people in fairy tales, legends and epic poems by mighty strongmen-batyrs and today’s famous fighters continues thanks to our national fight. In rural areas of Kazakhstan many ancient customs are respected, carefully preserved and our traditional wrestling is highly respect. No celebration, holiday or wedding ceremony, as already mentioned, can not be held without wrestling matches of temperamental Kazakh zhigits. The wrestling attracts a lot of people, causes a noisy interest of fans. The kures battle served as one of the main tools of physical education among our ancestors, one of the most important ways of training soldiers, defenders of the Kazakh steppe for centuries.
In addition, the battle kures is a way to a great sport for athletes. The rules of the fighting kures, as the rules of any other wrestling, are being improved from year to year, taking on new attractive techniques to make the fight spectacular, in order to bring this sport closer to modern Olympic wrestling. The fighting bush is being developed under the Kazakh kures Federation leadership. That is why the kures community encourage young people to engage in it more actively. After all, fighting kures is all about strength, skill, and health. And today it is time to revive this art, to give it a second wind and develop as a new sport.
In the comprehensive study and revival of this sport the scientists of the Eurasian National University played a major role, they are working on its popularization in the world now. For example, an international scientific and practical conference on the theme “Kazakh Combat Courland: History, Techniques, Technology” was held at the university. The organizers of the scientific forum were ENU and the Kazakh Kures Federation. The purpose of the conference was the revival and development of the original art of Kazakhstan – the kures fight. The conference was held in the following areas: “Combat bush: yesterday, today, tomorrow”; “The theory of the development of combat cures, history and ethnography, pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, promotion of scientific research”; “Rules of the competition of fighting kures, equipment”; “Judging, problems of organizing competitions and conduct, history, techniques”; “The physical culture and sport sphere’s role in the combat figh development”; “Social Communications, Media in the Advertising of the Kures Wrestling”.
As a result of the conference it was decided to recommend the organizing committee to publish the conference materials in the form of a scientific collection, to propose to the national Kures Federation to relese a training manual, to apply to the Defense Ministry of the RK with a request to introduce special sections in the military schools and units of the section on this sport, in schools and universities, materials about the kures, contact the city sports and physical education departments with a request to open sections of this sport, offer the Culture and Sports Ministry of Kazakhstan annually republican and international tournaments and take combat kures as a new sport. It should be noted that the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan registered exclusive property rights to the “Zhauingerlik kores – fighting kures”, authored by Halyk Kozhahmet, Professor of the Eurasian National University named after L.N. Gumilyov.
Anzhela Kaliyeva
