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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Persian leopard cub at a breeding and rehabilitation center in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Perhaps the most important vote in Russia's public selection of a new Olympic mascot was cast when Putin said he wanted a funky leopard to represent the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Browse through for more photos of Putin trying his hand at different activities.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
(CNN) -- That Vladimir Putin, he's a baaad man.
The muscle-bound Russian President rides horses while shirtless. He catches massive fish and gives them a kiss. He tranquilizes tigers.
He also is apparently pretty good on the mat.
Putin, 62, has been awarded a karate black belt, the Russian Kyokushin-kan Karate-do Federation said Friday.
In a letter to Putin, the federation said the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu decided to award him an eighth-dan, or eighth-degree, black belt for his "contribution in promoting Kyokushin-kan karate in Russia."
Putin, known also for his judo skills, had already been awarded a fifth-degree black belt in 2001, according to the federation.
Kyokushin-kan is a full contact form of karate in which no protective gear is worn and in which striking an opponent in the head with hands is not permitted.
Putin in 2013 also received the highest rank in taekwondo, the ninth-dan ranking, giving him honorary grandmaster status, according to Russian state news agency Itar-Tass.
Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/world/...te-black-belt/
You better watch out Gorbachev, Vlad's just got his eighth degree blackbelt in karate! Russian president to be awarded dan next month – after old Soviet leader accuses him of having a God complex
Published: 14:47 GMT, 21 November 2014 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 21 November 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarded an eighth-degree black belt in Kyokushin Karate
Putin is expected to receive his award at a ceremony in December during the world championship of the sport
Former KGB officer is already is a grandmaster in taekwondo, earning his ninth dan in that martial art in 2013
Angela Merkel (left) spent a furious four hours locked in private talks with the Russian president as they tried to thrash out a solution to the Ukraine conflict
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...la-Merkel.html
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Persian leopard cub at a breeding and rehabilitation center in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Perhaps the most important vote in Russia's public selection of a new Olympic mascot was cast when Putin said he wanted a funky leopard to represent the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Browse through for more photos of Putin trying his hand at different activities.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Russian-based federation says Vladimir Putin gets eighth-degree belt in Kyokushin-kan discipline
- Putin, 62, is quite the sportsman and already has highest rank in taekwondo
- No protective gear is worn in Kyokushin-kan
(CNN) -- That Vladimir Putin, he's a baaad man.
The muscle-bound Russian President rides horses while shirtless. He catches massive fish and gives them a kiss. He tranquilizes tigers.
He also is apparently pretty good on the mat.
Putin, 62, has been awarded a karate black belt, the Russian Kyokushin-kan Karate-do Federation said Friday.
In a letter to Putin, the federation said the Kyokushin-kan International Honbu decided to award him an eighth-dan, or eighth-degree, black belt for his "contribution in promoting Kyokushin-kan karate in Russia."
Putin, known also for his judo skills, had already been awarded a fifth-degree black belt in 2001, according to the federation.
Kyokushin-kan is a full contact form of karate in which no protective gear is worn and in which striking an opponent in the head with hands is not permitted.
Putin in 2013 also received the highest rank in taekwondo, the ninth-dan ranking, giving him honorary grandmaster status, according to Russian state news agency Itar-Tass.
Read more:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/world/...te-black-belt/
You better watch out Gorbachev, Vlad's just got his eighth degree blackbelt in karate! Russian president to be awarded dan next month – after old Soviet leader accuses him of having a God complex
- Vladimir Putin has received a high-ranking black belt in Kyokushin Karate
- Russian president is a grandmaster in taekwondo and a Judo expert
- Gorbachev criticised Putin as he launched his book 'After the Kremlin'
- He warned him not to get a big head because 'that is what ruined me'
Published: 14:47 GMT, 21 November 2014 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 21 November 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been awarded an eighth-degree black belt in Kyokushin Karate
Putin is expected to receive his award at a ceremony in December during the world championship of the sport
Former KGB officer is already is a grandmaster in taekwondo, earning his ninth dan in that martial art in 2013
Angela Merkel (left) spent a furious four hours locked in private talks with the Russian president as they tried to thrash out a solution to the Ukraine conflict
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...la-Merkel.html