Vasili Oshchepkov
| Vasili Oshchepkov | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vasili Sergeevich Oshchepkov 7 January 1893 Sakhalin, Russia |
| Died | 10 October 1938 (aged 45) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Style | Sambo |
| Teacher(s) | Kanō Jigorō |
| Rank | Merited Master of Sports of the USSR |
Vasiliy Sergeyevich Oshchepkov (Васи́лий Серге́евич Още́пков, January 7, 1893 – October 10, 1938) was a researcher of various kinds national wrestling and martial arts, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of the USSR. He was one of the founders of Sambo, a martial art developed in the Soviet Union. Oshchepkov died in prison as a result of the political purges of 1937 after accusations of being a Japanese spy.
Mother - Mary Semionovna Oshchepkova (1851-1904), endured 60 lashes and 18 years hard labor for Sakhalin escape from hard labor in the Perm region and translated into ssylnoposelenki only when Basil was 8 years old . Father - concluded civil marriage to convict Sergey Z. Plisak, the peasant class, a carpenter, died in 1902.
After the transfer in 1905 of South Sakhalin to Japan under the Treaty of Portsmouth in 1904, Vasili by this time an orphan was sent to study in Japan. Starting in September 1907 he studied at the Theological seminar in Tokyo. in the Orthodox mission, organized by the future St Nicholas of Japan. In the seminary he studied judo, and, on the recommendation of the coach as the best judoka at the Seminary Vasily was admitted to the entrance examinations and admitted to the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo, founded by Jigoro Kano, on October 29, 1911. On June 15, 1913 Oschepkov received the first degree black belt - shodan (first dan); in October 1917, during a trip to Japan, he passed the exams to receive his second degree black belt, becoming the first Russian and the third European to get a nidan in judo. It should be noted that ranks in judo did not go to tenth degree, as now, but only fifth degree.
After finishing seminary in 1913, he returned to Russia . Worked as a translator in counterintelligence first Zaamurskogo County border guards in the city of Harbin, and then - in the Department of Counterintelligence Staff Vladivostok Fortress Amur Military District in Vladivostok. In 1914, he founded and maintained, until 1920, Russia's first judo and the world's first international competition held in judo in 1915 and 1917 . He Repeatedly went on business trips to Japan and in 1918 he taught judo to police in Vladivostok.
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