Dmitry Skogorev
Dmitry Skogorev leads the Russian school Sibirsky Viun and has worked on systematizing Russian combat systems since 1988; he chairs the International Center of Russian Martial Arts.
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Dmitry Skogorev leads the Russian martial arts school Sibirsky Viun (Siberian Vyun) and is president of the International Center of Russian Martial Arts. We have not been able to verify the date and place of his birth.
Since 1988 he has worked on systematizing and structurally analyzing Russian combat systems. His method emphasizes the natural laws of movement and using the opponent's force rather than direct resistance. We have not found in the sources who he trained under.
He is the author of several books and a range of seminar programs focused on close combat; we have not been able to verify the book titles or their publication years. He also teaches seminars abroad, for example in Orlando, Florida and in Paderborn, Germany. He is an honorary member of veterans organizations of airborne and special forces units.