{"id":2697,"date":"2024-12-18T13:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:19:13","slug":"martin-zhelezchev-wins-3rd-place-in-state-level-karate-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/2024\/12\/18\/martin-zhelezchev-wins-3rd-place-in-state-level-karate-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Zhelezchev Wins 3rd Place in State Level Karate Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by Alexandra Goranova and Victoria Ivanova<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"694\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.11.43.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.11.43.png 694w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.11.43-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.11.43-350x230.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><figcaption>Martin Zhelezchev and other winners at the recent karate competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Nov. 16 and 17, \u201cGeo Milev\u201d 11th grade student Martin Zhelezchev won 3rd place in the karate discipline &#8220;Kumite&#8221; at a competition, the 20th State Kumita Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition, held at &#8220;AQUALIFE&#8221; sports base in Kranevo, hosted bout 190 karatekas from 10 clubs. It was an initiative of BKA &#8211; IKO Bulgaria with the Chairman of the World Champion &#8211; Shihan Emil Kostov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.12.29-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.12.29-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.12.29-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.12.29-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.12.29.png 802w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Martin holds his certificate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin trains at Kyokushin Spirit Burgas with trainers Shihan Gergana Kostova, Sensei Evgeny Prudnikov, and Senpai Zhivko Zhelev. While he competes at a high-level now, he started at a young age and worked his way up through intensive training.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, \u201cSince I was little, I wanted to learn to defend myself.\u201d He continued, \u201cI went to my first practice, and I liked it. It became a discipline for me, and I went on to greater achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he has been competing in Kyokushin kai for a long time, he said, \u201cI can&#8217;t call myself a professional yet, but I have very big dreams for the future to become a European champion, and later a world champion.\u201d He says that it is difficult to manage his intense training on top of homework, but to him, the right balance is giving as much time to training as he does to school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.13.14-1024x752.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.13.14-1024x752.png 1024w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.13.14-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.13.14-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.13.14-850x624.png 850w, https:\/\/gpaeburgas.org\/Fullbright\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-18-at-15.13.14.png 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Martin&#8217;s certificate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To all his peers Martin wishes, \u201cto not give up on anything and to dream, because if you always believe in what you want, it will happen.\u201d He is motivated by knowing he can succeed in anything\u2013be it sports or science\u2013, so long as he does not give up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations, Martin!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Nov. 16 and 17, \u201cGeo Milev\u201d 11th grade student Martin Zhelezchev won 3rd place in the karate discipline &#8220;Kumite&#8221; at a competition, the 20th State Kumita Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[407],"tags":[102,408,409],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.0.2 - 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