Biography
Name and surname: Ashrafov Farrukh Ashrafovic
Date of birth: 4th of May, 1972.
Education: Graduated degree from the Samarkand cooperative Institute For Economics and management in trade and public catering (1994).
Family status: married
Number of children: 3 (three sons)
(1993) I have started to train traditional Aikido under Mr Bababekov Igor in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
(2002) Started to train Real Aikido with my friend and mentor Mr Fahriddin Usmanov, 1st Dan Aikido, and official representative of Real Aikido in Uzbekistan.
(2003) For the first time in Uzbekistan, organized an International seminar of Real Aikido in Samarkand with Mr Fahriddin Usmanov. Master of Real Aikido Mr Alexander Ulyanov Lvovich from Sankt Petersburg, Russia took participation at seminar. I have been honored with 2 Kyu blue belt at seminar and got right to conduct training for Real Aikido.
(2004) Together with Mr Fahriddin Usmanov registered Federation of Real Aikido in Samarkand city region and I was elected as Vice President of Federation. Ever since, we began actively to develop Real Aikido techniques over the Republic of Uzbekistan. As a result of our activities we have registered Federations as follows: Tashkent, Kashkadarya, Andijan and Surkhandarya regions.
(2006) officially registered Real Aikido Federation of Uzbekistan. Mr Fahriddin Usmanov was elected as President of Federation and I was electedPresident of Real Aikido Federation for Samarkand region.
(2004-2010) We have organized significant number of international seminars of Real Aikido with participations of artists from Russia and all the around the world as well as the International Centre of Real Aikido from Belgrade, Serbia and Master Ljubomir Vracarevic, black belt 10th Dan. At those organized seminars I have been honored as master 1st Dan, 2nd Dan and 3rd Dan. Dozens of my students got master degrees and over 100 students got student´s degrees.
(2010) Mr Fahriddin Usmanov have decided to change the name into the Combat Aikido of Usmanov. Also he changed the name of Real Aikido Federation into Combat Aikido Federation and separated from International Centre of Real Aikido. All regional Federations changed the name into the new one too. I was the only person who did not join him and decided to continue to develop Real Aikido. President of International Centre of Real Aikido, Mr Ljubomir Vracarevic has awarded me to master of 4th Dan and appointed me as official representative of Real Aikido in Uzbekistan.
I left alone without former Federation and with no official documents; I have continued to hold classes by the program of Real Aikido and have tried to register new Federation.
(2017) Managed to register Samarkand Regional Center Aikido.
(2018) Took participation at the International seminar of the World Federation of the System of self-defense Real Aikido with presence of Mr Vladimir Vokic, founder of the World Federation of the System of self-defense Real Aikido, holder of black belt 8th Dan. After the seminar my students and I have decided to join friendly family of the World Federation of the System of self-defense Real Aikido.
In November we have organized the first International seminar of the System of self-defense Real Aikido in Samarkand. Masters of Kazakhstan took participation at the event, Ilchenko Lyubov Nikolaevna, black belt 6th Dan – President of Real Aikido Federation of Kazakhstan and Ilchenko Aleksandr Nikolaevich, black belt 6th Dan – Federation Senior coach. At that seminar four my students got master degree and Boboev Uktamkhuja has been honored with 2nd Dan.
I have trained 18 students who officially got master degrees and more than 130 students have received various student´s degrees.
Currently, I am holder of black belt 4th Dan, Chairman of Samarkand Regional Center for Aikido and official representative of the System of self-defense of Real Aikido in Uzbekistan. With my student Boboev Uktamkhuja, holder of black belt 2nd Dan, Deputy of Chairman of Samarkand city Center Aikido will continue to train and develop Real Aikido in Uzbekistan.