XII International Martial Arts Festival «Baltic Sea Cup» for the prizes of Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the permanent tournament organizer — the School of Martial Arts of Demid Momot. To congratulate The School gathered many famous athletes and coaches, who stood at the origins of the domestic arts. Sambo World Cup winner Michael Kokorin and his coach Alexander Chernigin who trained several world and European champions, Alexander Massarsky who created Leningrads sambo club in 1963 called «Olympic Hopes» and who at the same time was the founder of the Russian stunt school. One of the first karate instructors in Leningrad — Oleg Rish, who led his younger brother Arnold Rish for two champion titles of the USSR in karate. The guest of honor of the «Baltic Sea Coup» was Nikolai Valuev.