Gleb Muzrukov - actor and film director, screenwriter and writer, honored trainer of Russia, president of the Russian Federation and vice-president of the European Wushu Federation.
Biography
Muzrukov was born on November 16, 1961. After graduation, he entered the capital's Institute of Foreign Languages. As soon as the institute’s studies were completed, in 1985, according to the distribution, Gleb entered the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Sports career
In the mid-eighties, he organized a section on one of the types of martial arts - wushu, which was official and became the first in the Soviet Union. Later it was renamed the “Center for the Study of the Wellness Systems of the Far East,” and then the Soviet Wushu Federation was created on its basis.
In 1989, Gleb Muzrukov takes special trainers courses in Beijing and becomes the head coach of the Soviet Union team. Already in 1991, under his clear leadership, she was able to rise to sixth place at the World Championships.
In the early nineties, Muzrukov was appointed vice president of the Wushu Federation in Russia, where he worked until 2014. Since 1995, for four years he was president of the Wushu Federation Committee of Europe. In 2004, Gleb Nikolayevich became the state Wushu coach. Currently, among his students there are already four Honored Masters of Sports.
Writing
Gleb Muzrukov also tried himself as a writer. In 2001, he wrote and published the book "Basics of Wushu", which is a textbook for teaching martial arts. Wushu teachers can use it, but the book is intended for independent study. The content of the book allows you to get basic knowledge and master the Wushu technique, and also makes it possible to comprehensive study. You can also find in it how to conduct quality training for the competition. Now this textbook on martial arts has already been translated into five languages of the world.
Currently, Gleb Nikolaevich is the editor-in-chief of the popular sports magazine "Wushu - martial arts and wellness systems."
Television career
Since 2003, Muzrukov began to build his cinematic career. First, for six years he was the author and host of the Dragon Way program, which talked about martial arts. It was released until 2009 on the 7TV television channel.
In 2004, Gleb Nikolayevich began to work as a presenter on the Sport channel, and since 2010, on the Zvezda television channel, where he has been running the Dragon Path program for three years. For a short period of time, Muzrukov was able to release more than 420 stories about Wushu.
Films with Gleb Muzrukov
In 1999, the film "Monk" was released, where Gleb Muzrukov not only showed his acting data, but also acted as the director and screenwriter of this film. The plot of this film takes the viewer to the period when the collapse of the Soviet Union. At this time, the division of the territory began, but the martial arts schools did not want to allow bandits to their part. To counter strong opponents, bandits also teach Wushu.
In 2002, the continuation of the film "Monk" was released, where Gleb Muzrukov was already acting as both an actor and a director. The protagonist of the film "Monk 2" Alexei is well trained in wushu, so his martial arts teacher gives him his last assignment. But he could not fulfill the last will of the Master, since he was killed by his persecutors. He understands that the figurine must be transferred to someone. Before his death, he manages to tell the whole story to a friend, who will continue his work.
In 2004, Gleb Nikolaevich Muzrukov, as an actor and director, participated in the filming of the film "The Judo Genius". The main character of the film is Alexey Lykov, who successfully practices judo. Unexpectedly for himself, he begins to participate in clandestine battles that have no rules. In one of the battles, he kills his opponent. Trying to hide from representatives of the law, and from bandits, he finds himself in a mountainous area, where he has a new and strange friend.
In 2007, another film was released with the participation of Gleb Muzrukov - "Tai Chi - The Breath of the Universe." An interesting and exciting story liked by many viewers. The best fighters of martial arts are shot in the picture. According to the plot, the viewer gets acquainted with the unique system of taijiquan, which allows you to improve your body and develop strength of mind and character.
In 2012, another film was released with actor Gleb Muzrukov. In the film "Temple of Purple Heaven" the viewer will be in the mountains, beautiful and mysterious. The protagonist will be trained in martial arts in the Udan mountains, which are also called the "First Mountains in the Middle Kingdom." Teacher lived in solitude, who helped the protagonist achieve perfection.
In 2013, another film “Daria. The history of the Russian champion ”- about a girl who is a multiple champion of the world and Europe. In 2008, in Beijing, she was able to achieve tremendous results in the Olympic tournament and become a gold medalist.