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Vitaliy S. Podobaev
was born on the 10th of May, 1981 in Pavlodar, Kazakh SSR.
In the childhood he was trained in following sportclubs:
- gymnastics
- swimming
- Wushu
- some sort of close-fight
His brother, who was mastered in Judo, trained young relative in the basics of this sport.
In the 1998 after graduating from secondary school Vitaliy decided to move from Kazakhstan to Russian Federation, Novosibirsk to study in Novosibirsk State University, Physics Department, where he received a speciality “Physics of Elementary Particles and Accelerators Techniques”.
When he was on his first year Vitaliy went to Aikido Yoshinkan section first time (1998, September). In this year development of this martial art in N
ovosibirsk Andrey Podoynikov Sensei started to lead. His training classes not looked like dancing classes, trainings were very hardful, and this fact became determinant from the very outset.
In 2004 Novosibirsk Yoshinkan Aikido club “Typhoon” was reorganized to Siberian Yoshinkan Aikido Federation, and Vitaliy became one of minor instructors.
In 2007 he passed the Shodan test on the Yoshinkan Aikido seminar in Moscow, and re
ceived his black belt from Yasuhisa Shioda Soke – Head of Aikido Yoshinkai Foundation.
In 2009 he passed succesfully his Nidan test on the Yoshinkan Aikido seminar in Novosibirsk under the guidance of Yasuhisa Shioda Soke.
In 2011 he passed succesfully his Sandan test on the Yoshinkan Aikido seminar in Novosibirsk under the guidance of Jacques Payet Shihan.
In 2013 he passed succesfully his Yondan test on the Yoshinkan Aikido seminar in Novosibirsk under the guidance of Sonoda Takehiko Shihan.
In 2016 he passed succussfully his Godan test on the Yoshinkan Aikido seminar in Novosibirsk under the guidance of Ando Tsuneo Shihan.
He is a possessor of Yoshinkan Aikido Yondan and instructor certificate from Yoshinkan Aikido Honbu Dojo.
