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Unifight (or Universal Fight) is a competition training system with military applications. The competition is formed of two consecutive stages: the first stage is an obstacle course with close quarters battle – any missed obstacle disqualifies the contestant; the second stage is a bout of full-contact hand-to-hand combat.
Since 2008, every year regularly conducted nationwide and international competitions on "Unifight" among children 10-11 and 12–13 years old (light- unifight). It allows you to reach regular training and competitions are a significant part of children, adolescents and youth, introduce them to healthy lifestyles, improve their active recreation, to distract from the outdoor elements. Also annually, the championships of Russia, Europe and World among boys and girls 14-15, 16–17 years (according to light – and the classic Unifight), Championship of Russia, Europe and the World Juniors and Juniors 18–20 years (according to the rules Light – Unifight and classic Unifight), European, Asian and World Championships among men and women (according to light – and classic Unifight). Novikov Sergei is the President of the International Amateur Federation "Unifight" and the International Amateur Federation "Winter Unifight", Olympic judo champion.
Unifight consists of two consecutive stages of physical challenge:
In the first stage, competitors complete the obstacle course on parallel tracks. The first contestant to complete the course is the winner of the first stage and is awarded 1 point. If a contestant fails to overcome any of the obstacles on the third try, then he/she is disqualified.
One minute after completing the first stage, the winner is called into the ring for the one-on-one combat in the second stage. The number of rounds in the second stage is set according to age categories (children, youth, seniors, boys, girls) and contestants’ skills. The duration of the rounds is set according to the competition level and the level of training the contestants have achieved, as defined in the rules and regulations).
The obstacle course is 60 m in length and includes the following elements:
The steps for completing the obstacle course are:
| a) on hearing the command “Start!”, the competitor runs for 6m; | b) the unequal segments section (1) must be completed; | c) 6m run; |
| d) get past the beam (2); | e) over the 2m high fence (3); | f) 7m run |
g) negotiate the horizontal ladder (4) using only one's arms; (Gripping the first and last bars is mandatory.) | h) 8m run | i) jump over 1.1m high barrier (5); |
| j) 6m run | k) fire 2 rounds at the fixed target 15m ahead (6); | l) 8m run |
m) throw knife at the fixed target 7m ahead (7); | n) 5m run | o) crawl through the horizontal cylinder (8); |
p) scale the 8-10m high fishing net (9); | q) descend the 8-10m long rope using both arms and legs (10); | r) 6m run to Finish line. |
The finish line is located next to the ring used in the second stage.
(Internationally known champion Sergei Kharitonov appears in the pictures above.)
At the end of the combat, the winner is the contestant who has prevailed in the most rounds, by KO, or (in the case of the adversary having been choked or having broken an arm or a leg) by forfeit of the adversary.
Practitioners of any full-contact fighting sport, (judo, sambo, boxing, kick-boxing, savate, jujutsu, wrestling, BJJ, Muay Thai, MMA), regardless of style, may participate in Universal Fight.
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