TSPU representatives have won a silver medal in IX Russian Artistic Fencing Championship

The honorable second place and a silver medal in Artistic Fencing Championship brought home the fencing duet of artistic fencing studio «SABERIA». Viktor Lobanov, Ph.D., Associate Professor of TSPU Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of Education and Sergei Shmatko, a graduate student of TSPU under the direction of Doctor of Philosophy, Dean of the Faculty of Universitywide subjects S.B. Kulikov have participated in Championship. Not only the representatives of Tomsk State Pedagogical University approached to the Championship with all the responsibility and creativity, but they also combined sport, art and science in their performance.

"Since 2015 the project entitled "The impact of ancient ideas in modern science, culture and education" is implemented in the Tomsk State Pedagogical University.  As part of this project a complex scientific group that studies the influence of antiquity both in theoretical and practical terms was formed. This year, the scientific team not only has participated in scientific events in St. Petersburg, but also took part in artistic fencing competitions. The purpose of the participation was to identify the ancient "tracks" in the sports direction " - said Sergey Kulikov.

It was a ninth Russian artistic fencing Championship in St. Petersburg since the registration of fencing art as a new sports discipline, and the first, held in the northern capital.

Athletes from the Tomsk State Pedagogical University Viktor Lobanov and Sergei Shmatko, with their "Alternative scene" performance have won second place and the silver medal in the category "Art Fencing - Duet - Freestyle".

"In our performance we used some unconventional moves: in particular, we have used the scientific potential of Tomsk State Pedagogical University, Tomsk city as a whole. Work on the project of the Russian Science Foundation allowed us to prepare a performance on the basis of scientific ideas, which was quite important, interesting and spectacular in the eyes of the judges. We just updated the ancient ideals, tried to combine story, theater and fencing " - said member of the Tomsk duo Viktor Lobanov.

A TSPU team had presented a "saber fighting" show and it was most acclaimed performance of this kind in Russia.