Valery Nikolaevich Kryuchkov is a strong, charismatic man with powerful energy and strong-willed character. Creator of the original Strela active defense system. Experienced athlete, trainer, mentor. His self-defense video tutorials are very popular on the Web. And Valery Nikolaevich is a happy husband, father and grandfather.
Childhood and youth
The biography of Valery Nikolaevich Kryuchkov begins in Ryazan, where he was born on September 20, 1963. As a ten-year-old kid, he begins to engage in classic wrestling with a talented coach Arkady Ignatievich Korbut. The coach instilled in little Valera Kryuchkov a love of wrestling, focused on the harmony and beauty of the movements. Hence the desire of an already adult fighter Valery Kryuchkov to the beauty of the reception. It is important for him not just to win the battle, but to do it beautifully. The coach quickly noticed the boy’s talent as a fighter and began to attract him to participate in competitions.
Years passed, Valera grew up. In the boy’s street showdown, if the fight was one on one, mastery of the fighting techniques was very welcome. But if the villains attacked in a group of several people, with a knife or other weapons, then the knowledge and experience of the classic fighter was not enough. As a teenager, Valery Kryuchkov becomes interested in self-defense techniques from a knife and a gun. In the 70s of the last century, such knowledge was available only to paratroopers and police officers. But here Valery was lucky. His neighbors in the communal apartment were both a former policeman and a former paratrooper, whom they commuted due to illness. A curious and persistent boy was liked by former fighters, and they taught him several necessary sambo techniques.
After moving to another district, Valery had to leave the class wrestling classes. He was a good student, so the director of the school in which he studied allowed him to use the school gym for training. At the age of 14, he already coached the boys and taught them everything that he knew and that could be useful for the streets. In sometimes violent street fights, the understanding came that not only brute force, but also strong-willed character is important for victory. Often the second was a priority.
Then, at the age of fourteen, Valery Kryuchkov begins to practice karate. In sparring, he established himself as an excellent fighter. Along with karate, there were boxing classes, where he also achieved good results. After practicing boxing, a feeling of distance and confidence appeared, the blow became stronger.
Army
Then there was the army, where Valery was again lucky with the coach. The army karate instructor was from the school of the famous Alexei Sturmin, the founder of the Central School of Karate-do in Russia. This school was notable for its strict focus on the Kyokushinkai style.
In the army, Valery Kryuchkov learned to hold and strike powerfully, quickly and accurately. The trainer forced the trainer to work out the same combination sometimes for several months, seeking finesse and coordination of actions from the fighters.
Coaching experience
After returning, Valery Nikolaevich coached the teenage club and prepared the boys for service in the Soviet Army. He cooked hard, as taught.
In parallel with coaching, Valery continued to improve. He sought the harmony so necessary to him, studying the unibox, the Slavic-Goritsky struggle, the Kadochnikov system.
Service in the authorities
For seven years Valery Kryuchkov worked as an instructor in combat training and combat fighting techniques. At the same time, he conducted instructor seminars and trainings in the regional police department. But most often he trained fighters of the SOBR and OMON. Gangster nineties brought Valery Nikolaevich enormous experience, which he passed on to hand-to-hand combat training to fighters of power structures.
And with experience, the understanding came that when you protect someone with your back, the fear for your own life goes away, it becomes not important.
Bodyguard
In the biography of Valery Kryuchkov, he had experience as a bodyguard. After serving in the organs for four years, he defended an entrepreneur known in Ryazan from the villains. From this work, Valery Nikolaevich also gained a good experience, having learned attentiveness, composure and constant combat readiness. The work as a bodyguard forced me to adjust and adjust to the circumstances his previous knowledge. For example, a pistol is taught to be worn on the right side, but in order to reduce the time to remove it and make a shot in time, Kryuchkov carried a weapon on his left side. In addition, in the conditions of a cramped car, getting a gun to the left is both more convenient and faster.
CJSC Strela
The bulk of Valery Kryuchkov’s biography, Strela, is a special active defense system. Valery Nikolaevich embodied all his rich experience gained during his life in his brainchild.
This is a very tough application system created by Kryuchkov to protect the dignity and honor, health and life of both his own and his family, loved ones, the homeland.
The main postulates of the system are determination, surprise, speed and accuracy, where psychological preparation comes first: one must decide first on a sudden attack on an attacking enemy. The main principle of the system is “Attack, defend!”
A family
Valery Nikolaevich Kryuchkov - the head of a large sports family. He was lucky to be the husband of a wonderful, kind and beautiful woman. Kryuchkov is the father of two wonderful children: the daughter of Olesya and the son of Sergei, and a happy grandfather, who is an example for his grandchildren who grow up as real men.
Valery Nikolaevich believes that every man, regardless of education, profession, social status and the circle to which he belongs, is first of all a warrior who is responsible for his family. And if there is no responsibility in a man, then there is neither strength, nor wisdom, nor masculinity.