Denis Vasilev?
OKC Master Coach
7 time world Champion and world record holder Denis Vasilev has been one of the most pivotal people in Kettlebell Sport history. His records and championships aside, Denis has travelled all over the world for the past several years helping to establish new clubs and develop the sport on the professional and club levels. We are so fortunate to have him with the OKC and training in Berkeley and Pinole!
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John Wild Buckley
OWner, Orange Kettlebell Club
Named to the Board of Directors WAKSC (World Association of Kettlebell Clubs) 2016
Level 3 KetAcademy Instructor (The first level 3 Instructor in the USA) 2015
CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) 2006
USAW (USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach) 2007
Equinox Tier 3 (2003-2008) NYC-SF
Pre-and Post Natal certified (via Equinox)
IKFF CKT (inaugural class) 2008, IKFF FMD (inaugural class) 2009, IKSFA (St. Petersburg Russia inaugural class) 2010, IKSFA L2 (St. Petersburg Russia inaugural class) 2011, WKC (Master Trainer-inaugural class) 2008, RKC 2006, AKC 2007, WKC Master Coach 2011, KBA 2005, KA 2005, Full Kontact Kettlebell 2006, IUKL Judge 2014
Early Buck:
John Graduated from Plattsburg State University in 2000 with a degree in English Literature.
From 2003-2008 John was a student and trainer at Equinox fitness clubs. First, in NYC John was in the final full class of the world-renowned EFTI education system.
In 2004 John moved to California and worked at Equinox SF where he became a Tier 3 trainer.
In 2007 he started the Orange Kettlebell Club.
In 2008 he left Equinox to run the OKC full time.
In 2014 he Opened OKC North Gym in Berkeley
Competitive Career 2010-2015
John competed in over 40 Kettlebell Sport competitions since 2009 including:
Far Eastern Championship, Siberia, Russia 2012 1st Place Amateur
St. Petersburg Championship, Russia 2012 2nd Place Amateur
White Nights Tournament, Pushkin, Russia 2014 1st Place Amateur
White Nights Tournament, St. Petersburg Russia 2015 1st Place Professional
Amber Championship of Kaliningrad 2015 2nd place Professional.
The Arnold Classic 2010 1st Place Long Cycle Professional
US Nationals 2011 2nd Place Biathlon Professional
Japan Championship 2011,12,13,14 1st Place Biathlon/Snatch only Professional
Hong Kong Championship 2012 1st Place Biathlon Professional
The Asian Championship 2013 1st Place Biathlon Professional
The California Championship 2013 1st Place Snatch Only Amateur
The California Open Championship 2015 1st place Biathlon Professional
The NorCal Championship 2012,13,14 1st place Snatch Only, Long Cycle, Biathlon…
2015 AKA National Champion heavyweight Professional Biathlon
To list a few
John is also co-founder (Jason is the Boss) of the One Hour Long Cycle Charity event 2011- which to date has raised over $50,000 for charities and has built a world-wide network of supporters. In 2014, along with Kettlebells 4 Autism the OHLC had over 70 locations, 700 lifters, and raised over $35,000!
John (with Jason) was part of the two man wrecking crew that became the first American lifters to compete in a kettlebell sport-lifting tournament in Siberia (2012).
John along with OKC head coaches Jason and Nazo became the first Americans to participate in the St. Petersburg Championship in Russia.
John has spent several weeks every year since 2010 training, studying, and competing in Russia.
In 2011 John and the OKC brought over the International Kettlebell Sport and Fitness Academy to the United States to teach and set off the 2nd wave of kettlebell sport information in the US.
In 2011 John and Jason went to Siberia to learn from The Great Sergey Rudnev and redefined the way American Kettlebell Lifters sought out information. Today people travel to Russia to learn and compete all the time, but back then it was just us…and Mike Sherman.
In 2008 John was one of the first 2 (along with Jason) International iInstructors for the IKFF.
John was part of the first class of WKC Master instructors.
In 2012 John became a WKC Master Coach by coaching his student to Master of Sport level at the 2012 WKC World Championship.
John was the first person to Certify WKC kettlebell instructors in Japan.
John was the only person to ever simultaneously certify IKFF CKT’s and WKC Fitness instructors. (There will never be another).
The 2014,15,(and soon to be 16) OKC California Open Sport Championship and Sport Camp was the biggest kettlebell sport event in US history.
The Orange Kettlebell Club is one of the largest private kettlebell clubs in the world.
John has published really bad poems in his University Literary Journal (and even won $50 once!)
John has training articles published in Kettlebell Sport Magazine and My Mad Methods Magazine.