Purpose and materials: This article presents an analysis of the competitive level training of young Russian judo contestants (18 to 20 years old) who represent the Krasnoyarsk territory and the Siberian Federal District. The invited experts (i.e., judges and coaches) analysed competition battles of a number of athletes. The experts focused on the number of faults (shido), the number of real attempts at applying techniques either from a standing position (Nage-waza) or on the ground (Ne-waza), the number of successfully executed techniques by the judo athletes, and the combat dynamics. Results: The expert analysis showed that a number of criteria (e.g., active combat in the standing position during the entire bout, active combat on the mat, and tactics for conducting a competition battle) were not met by the athletes, which prevented them from obtaining better competitive results. Additionally, the experts provided positive feedback on the general fighting dynamics of the contestants and the quantity of technical moves they performed. Conclusions: Overall, according to the specialists who participated in the analysis, the judo contestants in the control group did not fall short in technique mastery compared with their foreign counterparts. However, it is necessary to make some changes to the tactical preparation process of athletes for competitions.

Abstract:The aim of this paper is to find out effective, informative and available monitoring techniques and ways of assessment of sambo wrestlers' functional readiness for training and competitive activity. Recent research based on the standard medical examination data suggests that many sambo wrestlers demonstrate unsatisfying types of cardiovascular response to exercise. The paper provides the results of a comparative analysis concerning the efficiency of utilization of two methods that allow controlling the functional state of sportsmen in the training for sambo wrestlers. These two methods include the assessment of heart rate recovery dynamics and ECG recording during training. As it was revealed, both techniques allow maintaining athletes' physical health. However, the ECG recording method, developed by Professor Zavyalov, seems to work better to increase the level of sambo wrestlers' functional readiness for intensive training and competitive activity. Sambo wrestlers who underwent ECG recording have demonstrated significantly less recovery interval after physical exertion (p<0.05), this being one of the key criteria of the level of sportsmen's functional readiness for high performance achievement.

We performed a comparative analysis of the scientific views of Russian and foreign scientists on the training activities of judo. Results were taken from scientific research performed by Russian and foreign scientists over the last 12 years. Using a structural analysis of important research work (articles and dissertations), we identified the main research directions of Russian scientists. We compared the results obtained with the scientific ideas of foreign experts. Our comparative analysis of the data showed that for some areas of wrestler training the views of Russian and foreign scientists significantly differ. There is a significant divergence of scientific views between Russian and foreign specialists in the sport of judo. This involved the problems of training athletes for competitive activities and the principles for selecting children and youths for judo during the initial stage of judo preparation.

The goal of the article is to discuss the pressing concern and to improve the quality of physical training of future law enforcement and police officers. Statistics show a significant increase in the rate of attacks, including gunmen and criminal attacks, on law enforcement agencies. Moreover, police officers and other Special Forces units should have the perfect fighting combat manoeuvres and skills to protect themselves from silent and automatic weapons to have a successful response to armed criminals. Some studies show that the alert level of a significant portion of law enforcement officers who are ready for the efficient use of fighting combat manoeuvres is not sufficiently high. The fighting combat manoeuvres include submission hold, submission lock, grabs and throws. In addition, significant weaknesses of the current teaching methods of fighting combat manoeuvres of future police officers are revealed. Furthermore, there are disadvantages of the functional teaching methods of the fighting combat manoeuvres, submission hold and submission lock, of future police officers. Unfortunately, the disadvantages are the significant prevalence of studying striking techniques not takedowns (submission hold and submission lock) during the training of cadets and a substantial lack of time devoted to studying the techniques of effective actions by police officers during the ground fight.

The university campus built in the desert and semi-desert zone in countries with a hot climate is becoming important not only for the sustainable urban development of the region, but also for solving global problems associated with climate change and reducing carbon footprint. The article discusses the history of the creation of the campus of the private Kalamoon University in Syria, which shows how the university has an impact on the urban development of the city of Deir Atiyah and the surrounding areas. Against the backdrop of a difficult geopolitical situation, the Kalamoon University Campus has become an “oasis in the desert” and currently represents a modern university architectural and landscape complex with a comfortable and accessible environment, which is an example of effective development of territories in a hot climate, as well as one of the “anchor elements” of the urban planning system of the Al-Kalamoon region.