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Karate klub “Mladost” SamoborTrg kralja Tomislava 8a10430 Samobor, HrvatskaT +385 1 3363 280F +385 1 3363 280E [email protected] W www.kyokushin-mladost.hr α

Udruga veterana SJP “Alfa” ZagrebRemetinečka cesta 7710020 Zagreb, HrvatskaT +385 1 6523 700 F +385 1 6523 669 E [email protected] W www.uvsjp-alfa.hr

DŠR “Šport za sve” SamoborTrg kralja Tomislava 8a 10430 Samobor, Hrvatska T +385 1 3363 280 F +385 1 3363 280 E [email protected]

“Onaj koji se u životu nijednom nije istinski borio,

ne može sebe smatrati istinskim karate majstorom.”

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Istinskom borcu, majstoru, učitelju i braniteljuBranku Bošnjaku

“He who has never truly fought, cannot think of himself as a true

karate master.”masutatsu oyama

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To Branko Bošnjak, a true fighter, master, teacher and defender

5MemorijalBrankaBošnjaka

Policijska organizacija svugdje u svijetu izaziva velik interes javnosti, o njoj je snimljen ogroman broj filmova i napisano je tisuće romana, a generacije mla-

dih ljudi, pristupanjem u policiju, ostvaruju svoje dječačke, a u novije vrijeme i djevojačke snove (problem često nastaje kad se probude).

Specijalna policija, kao što joj sam naziv govori, policija je sa zadaćom i dimenzijom više. Namijenjena je za izvršavanje najzahtjevnijih zadaća iz domene rada policije, a njenim pripadnicima mogu postati i u njoj mogu opstati samo najbolji od najboljih. Upravo takvi su 1991. godine stupali u redove Specijalne policije MUP-a.

Ova knjiga posvećena je BRANKU BOŠNJAKU, najboljem od najboljih.Možda sam ovom jednom jedinom rečenicom (neupućeni bi je mogli nazvati pa-

tetičnom) mogao otpočeti i završiti predgovor, jer iskreno vjerujem kako je u njoj sadržano ono najvažnije što bih mogao napisati o Branku. Možda. Ali ipak, poštujući pisana i nepisana pravila (uh, Branko nije volio pravila!), stavit ću na papir neko-liko crtica o Branku kako bi ostale trajno zabilježene i bile dostupne svima koji ovu knjigu uzmu u ruke.

U policijskoj karijeri, ratnoj i mirnodopskoj, upoznao sam na stotine divnih ljudi čija su se imena, lica, likovi i djela zauvijek urezali u moja sjećanja, ljude uz koje su i zahvaljujući kojima su najteže ratne i druge zadaće “Alfi” izvođene s teško objašnjivom lakoćom. S dužnim poštovanjem prema svima, mrtvima i živima, bivšima i sadašnjima, ne mogu a da ne izdvojim Branka kao egzemplar, kao ne-ponovljivog lika kojeg je bila povlastica poznavati.

Upoznao sam ga u ljeto 1991. godine prilikom formiranja Specijalne jedinice polici-je “Alfa” u svojstvu kandidata koji je dragovoljno pristupio Jedinici. S njim sam, kao i s većinom drugih kandidata, obavio kratak razgovor (za dulji nije bilo vremena), razgovor koji je na mene ostavio izuzetan dojam. Na pitanje radi čega želi postati pripadnik Jedinice, šeretski se osmjehnuo i s izraženom dozom cinizma odgovorio da mu je pomalo dosadno u plavcima. Rekao sam mu: “Gospodine Bošnjak, a sad ozbiljno!”…, a on je odgovorio kako mu se ozbiljno čini da su “komšije” ozbiljni u namjeri da nas “oslobode” i da osjeća ozbiljnu potrebu da im “sje...” planove te je dodao da zna kako rat samo što nije počeo i da, kad je već tako, u rat želi ići s pra-vom ekipom. Proročanski, rekao bih, jer rat jest počeo i predugo je trajao, “komšije” su nas pokušale “osloboditi”, postali smo, bili i ostali, prava ekipa… i, bošnjakovski rečeno, “sje...” smo im planove.

Nakon tog razgovora nasmiješio sam se i ja. Neke ljude u životu zavolite na prvi pogled, istina, to se događa rijetko, a još rjeđe takva ljubav opstaje nakon drugog, trećeg i više produženih pogleda. Branka, ma koliko vremena proveli s njim, nije bilo moguće ne voljeti.

Branko je bio kompleksna i kompletna osoba, individualac koji se sjajno uklapao u kolektiv.

Branko je bio iznimno hrabar muškarac, ratnik, ako ne i najhrabriji u Jedinici, onda sigurno jedan od onih čija se vrsta hrabrosti opisuje pridjevom lud. A nije bio luđak.

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Branko je bio prirodni vođa, naravno, ne i jedini takav u Jedinici, ali vođa kojeg je skup najboljih muškaraca ratnika, formacijskog naziva V. vod, bespogovorno slije-dio.

Branko je bio majstor karatea i raznih borilačkih improvizacija, možda ne najbolji u Jedinici, ali najefikasniji u primjeni u praksi.

Branko je bio vrhunski strijelac. Naravno, u Jedinici je bilo i boljih, ali taj promašivao nije.

Branko je bio mjerna jedinica za pouzdanost u izvršavanju borbenih i neborbenih zadaća, pa i onih o kojima se ne govori i ne piše. Niti iz jedne akcije nije se vratio neobavljena posla ili pognute glave. Na žalost, iz jedne se nije vratio.

Branko je bio vrhunski zajebant. Neprimjerena riječ, reći će neki. Možda. Ali opisuje ga u njegovoj biti. Osmijeh mu nije silazio s lica i iz svega je radio sprdnju, nije poštovao autoritet snage, ali je cijenio snagu autoriteta.

Branko je mogao popiti. O da! Možda ne najviše u Jedinici, ali puno više od Cvrka, Ćentija, Zolote i mene. I dobro je to (pod)nosio.

Branko je bio moj prijatelj. Možda ne najbolji, ali prijatelj kojeg se poštuje zauvijek.Branko je bio sin, suprug, otac i brat. O tome ipak neka govore mama Anica, su-

pruga Ljiljana, sestra Mirjana i brat Jurica. A djeca, Josipa i Branko, koji ga nisu imali pored sebe, neka znaju da su imali oca s velikim O.

Ako ste pažljivije čitali, nabrojio sam desetak Brankovih osobina i činjenica o nje-mu. Ne slučajno, jer Branko je bio baš to, desetobojac. Desetoboj je najteže natjeca-nje. Možda su (ma sigurno su) u pojedinim disciplinama postojali bolji, brži, veći i jači od njega, ali u zbroju svih disciplina… možda, ali ja boljeg upoznao nisam. •

slava mu! Vladimir Faber

ratni zapovjednik Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa”


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Everywhere in the world Police Forces attract great public interest. Huge num-ber of films have been made and thousands of novels written on that sub-

ject. Generations of young people make their boys’, and more and more often girls’, dreams come true by joining Police Forces (the problems often occur when they wake up).

Special Police Forces, as the name suggests, are Police Forces with an extra di-mension and more complex tasks. Their role is to execute the most demanding tasks in the domain of policing, and only the best of the best can become members and survive within. Precisely these kinds of individuals joined the Croatian Special Po-lice Forces in 1991.

This book is dedicated to BRANKO BOŠNJAK, the best of the best.With this single sentence I could have (unfamiliar ones might call it pathetic) both

started and finished this foreword, because I honestly believe that it contains the most important thing I could ever write about Branko. Maybe. But still, in order to respect the written and unwritten rules (Oh, how Branko did not like the rules!), I will put down on paper a few lines about Branko, so they could remain, more or less, eternally recorded and available to everyone who takes this book into their hands.

During my police career, both over the war period and peace-time, I have met hundreds of wonderful people whose names, faces, figures and actions are forever engraved in my memory, people with whom and thanks to whom the most serious war and other Alpha’s tasks were performed with a severely explainable ease. With all due respect to everyone, dead and living, past and present, I cannot escape to single out Branko as exemplary, as a unique character who was a privilege to know.

I met him in the summer of 1991, during the formation of the Special Police Unit “Alpha” as a candidate who volunteered to join the Unit. As well as with most other candidates, I conducted a short interview with him (there was no time for a longer one), the conversation that made a remarkable impression upon me. When asked why he wanted to become a member of the Unit he replied, with a cheeky smile and a touch of cynicism, that he was a bit bored within the regular police forces. I told him: “Mr. Bošnjak, now seriously...”, upon which he replied that it seriously seems that our “neighbours” are serious in their intention to “liberate” us and that he feels a serious need to “f... up” their plans, and he added that he knew how the war was just about to start and that, if that was so, he wanted to go to war with a real team. Portentous, I would say, because the war did start and did last for too long. “Neigh-bours” did try to “liberate” us, we did become, and have remained, a real team...and to paraphrase Branko, we did “f... up” their plans.

After the described conversation, I also smiled. There are some people you come to love at first sight. Truthfully, this happens rarely, and even more rarely such love survives after the second, third and more prolonged sights. Branko, no matter how much time you spent with him, was impossible not to love.

Branko was a complex and a complete person, an individual who fit in perfectly within the collective.

Branko was a very brave man, a warrior, if not the bravest in the Unit, then cer-tainly one of those whose kind of courage could be described with the adjective crazy. And he wasn’t a madman.


Branko was a natural leader, of course not the only one in the Unit, but a leader whom the group of extreme line warriors, formation called the 5th platoon, obedi-ently followed.

Branko was a master of karate and other martial improvisation, maybe not the best in the Unit, but with the most effective application in practice.

Branko was the top shooter. Of course, there were better ones in the Unit, but he never missed a mark.

Branko was a criterion for reliability in the execution of combat and non-combat tasks, even those one can not talk or write about. He never returned from the ac-tion with unaccomplished business or head bowed. Unfortunately, from one he did not return.

Branko was a first-rate prankster. Inappropriate words, some would say. Maybe. But, it describes him in his essence. A smile never got off his face and he made a mockery of everything, he did not respect the authority of power, but he appreci-ated the power of authority.

Branko could drink much. Oh yeah! Maybe not the most in the Unit, but a lot more than Cvrk, Ćenti, Zolota and me. And he could bear it well.

Branko was my friend. Maybe not the best one, but a friend you respect forever.Branko was a son, a husband, a father and a brother. But I’ll leave his mom Anica,

wife Ljiljana, sister Mirjana and brother Jurica to talk about that. And his children, Josipa and Branko, who did not have him at their side, should know that they had a father with a big F.

If you read this carefully, you noticed that I’ve counted about ten of Branko’s traits and facts about him. Not coincidentally, as Branko was just that, decath-loner. Decathlon is the toughest competition. Maybe there were (well, there most certainly were) in some disciplines those who were better, faster, bigger and stronger than him, but in the sum of all disciplines...maybe, but I’ve never met anyone better. •

praise him!

Vladimir Faber War Commander of the Special Police Unit “Alpha”

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Branko Bošnjak rođen je 22. ožujka 1963. u Klokočevcu pokraj Samobora, od oca Jurja i majke Ankice rođ. Brunović iz Domaslovca, također iz samoborskoga kraja. Bio je

drugo od četvero djece u obitelji Bošnjak – brat Josip rođen je 1962., a umro je sa samo osam godina. Sestra Mirjana rođena je 1964., a brat Jurica 1966. godine. Mirjana je već skoro 30 godina u Njemačkoj, a Jurica s obitelji, suprugom i osmero djece, živi u Samoboru. Brankov otac Juraj umro je 7. ožujka 1993., a majka Ankica i danas živi u obiteljskoj kući u Klokočevcu.

Osnovnu školu završio je u Bregani, potom je upisao Srednjoškolski centar “Skender Fabković” u Samoboru, a dvije godine kasnije i Obrazovni centar RSUP-a SRH u Zagrebu. Školovanje je kasnije nastavio na Policijskoj akademiji u Zagrebu, što je ujedno bila i pri-prema za Brankovo buduće zvanje.

Nakon završene škole zaposlio se u Kutini te je potom premješten u Zagreb. U vrijeme formiranja hrvatskih redarstvenih snaga bio je jedan od osnivača Specijalne jedinice polici-je “Alfa” PU zagrebačke, s kojom je u Domovinskom ratu prošao mnoga bojišta.

Tijekom školovanja Branko je trenirao kyokushin karate u Karate klubu “Mladost” Samo-bor. Bio je i član i trener kluba u kojem je imao ne samo kolege nego i prijatelje, a u klubu je naposljetku upoznao i buduću suprugu. Bio je dobar karatist i još bolji trener i peda-gog. Svoje je umijeće i ljubav prema tom sportu prenosio na mlađe naraštaje, a njegov rad s najmlađima u klubu, koji je prekinuo odlaskom na ratište, nastavila je njegova Ljiljana.

Branko i Ljiljana vjenčali su se 6. studenoga 1993., u jeku ratnih zbivanja, što se moglo primijetiti i na svadbenoj svečanosti na kojoj je dio gostiju bio u vojnim i policijskim odora-ma. Šest dana nakon Brankova 31. rođendana, kao najljepši dar, rodila im se kći Josipa.

A onda je jedan sretan život naprasno prekinut nesretnim slučajem. Vraćajući se s Južnog bojišta 29. siječnja 1995. godine oko 3 sata na 12. kilometru autoceste Zagreb – Karlovac u prometnoj su nesreći stradala četvorica specijalaca, od kojih dvojica smrtno. Jedan od njih bio je Branko Bošnjak. On, koji je bio spreman svakome pomoći i koji je na bojištu uvijek bio ispred svojih vojnika. On, koji se uvijek posljednji vraćao s prve crte, i te je noći, na povratku s bojišnice, bio u zadnjem vozilu u koloni. No, njegova ga obitelj i njegovi suborci taj put nisu dočekali. Umjesto uvijek veselog Branka, u rano nedjeljno jutro stigla je tužna vijest...

No, iako je prerano otišao, Branko je tako živio da ga se i danas, dvadeset godina nakon odlaska u vječnost, rado sjećaju svi koji su ga poznavali, ali i oni koji su ga “upoznali” poslije smrti. Na neki način Branko i danas živi, dio njega zauvijek je sačuvan u njegovoj djeci, u kćeri Josipi i sinu Branku, koji se rodio dva mjeseca nakon njegove pogibije i koji ne samo imenom nego i likom podsjeća na oca kojega, nažalost, nikada nije vidio.

Branko Bošnjak bio je dobar sin i dobar suprug, a bio bi i najbolji tata, da mu je sudbi-na namijenila drugačiji put. Bio je i dobar kolega, i na poslu i u klubu, pouzdan suborac te odlučan i pravedan zapovjednik. Bio je i mnogo više od toga, o čemu najbolje svjedoči Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka, koji se iz godine u godinu održava njemu u spomen. Prošlo je 20 godina otkako je poginuo, u pripremi je 20. Memorijal, a tim je povodom nastala i ova monografija koja nosi isti naziv – Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka. Njemu u spomen, a svima nama kao podsjetnik, kako na dane ponosa i slave, ali i one teške u Domovinskom ratu, tako i na hvalevrijednu sportsku manifestaciju u kakvu je tijekom svih ovih godina Memorijal izrastao. •

Marija Alvir Trogrlić


Branko Bošnjak was born on 22nd March 1963 in Klokočevec near Samobor, to Juraj Bošnjak and Ankica Bošnjak (maiden name Brunović), from Domaslovac, Samobor.

He was the second of four children in the Bošnjak family. His brother Josip was born in 1962 and died when he was only eight years old. His sister Mirjana was born in 1964 and his brother Jurica in 1966. Mirjana has been living in Germany for almost 30 years now, and Jurica’s family, his wife and eight children, live in Samobor. Branko’s father Juraj died on 7th March 1993, and his mother Ankica still lives in their family house in Klokočevec.

He attended primary school in Bregana, then enrolled into High school Center “Skender Fabković” in Samobor, and two years later the Secondary School of Internal Affairs of the Croatian Republic Secretariat of the Interior in Zagreb. He later continued his education at the Police Academy’s College of Home Affairs in Zagreb, which was the preparation for Branko’s future vocation.

After finishing high school he started working in Kutina and then was transferred to Za-greb. When Croatian Police Forces began to form, he was one of the founders of the Spe-cial Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb Police Department, and together with his Unit he went through many Croatian Homeland War battlefields.

During his education Branko started to train kyokushin karate in Karate Club “Mladost” in Samobor. He was the club’s member and coach, there he gained many colleagues and also friends, and finally there he met his future wife. He was a good karate fighter and even better coach and educator. He transferred his knowledge and love for this sport onto younger genera-tions. When the war started, his Ljiljana continued his work with the youngest club members.

Branko and Ljiljana got married on 6th November 1993, in the midst of war, which was very evident at the wedding because many of the guests wore military and police uniforms. Six days after Branko’s 31st birthday, their daughter Josipa was born, which was the most beautiful gift.

Then a happy life was suddenly interrupted by a terrible accident. Returning from the Southern Battlefield on 29th January 1995, at about 3 am, on the 12th kilometre of the highway Zagreb – Karlovac, four members of Special Police Forces were injured in a car accident, two of them fatally. One of them was Branko Bošnjak. He, who was ready to help everyone and was always in front of his soldiers in the battlefield. He, who was always the last to return from the front lines. That night also, on the way back from the battlefield, he was riding in the last vehicle of the motorcade. But his family and his comrades weren’t able to welcome him back that time. Instead, at early Sunday morning they received the sad news...

However, although his life ended too early, Branko lived in such a way that even today, twenty years after leaving for eternity, he is gladly remembered by all who knew him, as well as those who got “acquainted” with him after his death. In a way, Branko still lives, a part of him lives forever in his children, in his daughter Josipa and his son Branko, who was born two months after his death. His son not only carries his name but is a living image of his father whom, unfortunately, he never met.

Branko Bošnjak was a good son and a good husband, and would have been the best fa-ther, if destiny hadn’t chosen a different path for him. He was a good colleague, both at work and in the club, a reliable comrade as well as determined and just commander. He was also much more than that, which is best demonstrated by Branko Bošnjak Memorial, held every year in his memory. It has been 20 years since he died, the 20th Memorial is in its preparation phase, and to mark this occasion the monograph of the same name was written - Branko Bošnjak Memorial. In his honour, and as a reminder to us all, of the days of pride and glory, of the tough days of Homeland War, but also of this praiseworthy sports event which the Memorial has turned into over the years. •

Marija Alvir Trogrlić

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Branko s obitelji, 1970./branko with his family, 1970

Branko Bošnjak – da se ne zaboravi Branko Bošnjak – not to be forgotten

Branko (prvi zdesna), sestra Mirjana, brat Jurica i bratić Dražen, 1970./ Branko (first on the right), sister Mirjana, brother Jurica and cousin Dražen, 1970


Sjećanja ne blijedeMemories do not fade

Mirjanina priča

Odrasla sam zajedno s braćom u Klokočevcu, a 1986. godine odseli-

la sam se u Njemačku, gdje i danas živim sa suprugom. Iako sam sada već veći dio života tamo, moje je srce dijelom zauvijek ostalo ovdje, u obitelji iz koje sam potekla. S braćom, starijim Brankom i mlađim Juri-com, uvijek sam se dobro slagala. Zbog male razlike u godinama svi troje bili smo bliski i jako smo se voljeli. Branko je već kao dijete bio poseban. Za razliku od mene i mlađeg brata, koji smo bili vrlo živahni i znali ra-diti svakakve gluposti, on je bio miran, tih i povučen. Ne mogu se sjetiti da je ikada dobio batina, za razliku od mene. Imao je izražen osjećaj odgovornosti i uvijek se brinuo o nama mlađima.

Bio je iznadprosječno inteligentan, ni-kada nije učio, zadaću bi napisao za neko-liko minuta, a često je pomagao lošijim učenicima. Tu je do izražaja dolazila njegova “tvrda” strana, morali su ga slušati dok pišu zadatke. Izvana je bio hrabar, jak, odlučan, a u srcu tratinčica. Bio je nevjerojatno osjećajan i stoga sam ga teško mogla zamis-liti kao vojnika, čovjeka koji može zapovi-jedati drugima. U društvu su ga znali kao veseljaka, a kod kuće je znao danima šutjeti, sjediti na kauču i gladiti mačku.

Mirjana’s story

I grew up with my brothers in Klokočevac and in 1986 I moved to Germany, where

I still live with my husband. Although I have now spent most of my life there, a part of my heart will forever remain here, with the family I grew up in. I always got along very well with my brothers, the older Branko and the younger Jurica. Due to the small difference in age all three of us were close and loved each other very much. Even as a child Branko was unique. Unlike me and our younger brother, who were very spirited and did all kinds of nonsense, he was calm, quiet and shy. I cannot remember if he ever got disciplined by our parents, unlike me. He had clear sense of responsibility and always took care of us, the younger ones.

His intelligence was above-average, he never needed to study, he used to finish his homework in a few minutes, and would often help less successful students. It was possible to see his “tougher” side in those moments, they had to listen to him while they did their school assignments. From the outside he looked bold, strong and determined, but in his heart he was “a daisy”. He was incredibly sensitive and therefore it was hard for me to imagine him as a soldier, a man who could command others. His friends knew him as a jolly fellow, and at home he used to be silent for days, just sitting on the couch and cud-dling a cat. Branko s razredom i učiteljem

Ivanom Prpićem/Branko with his classmates and teacher Ivan Prpić



Cijeli je život bio povezan s obitelji, pogo-tovo s majkom, ali ne kao “mamin sin”.

Nikada nije volio biti u središtu pažnje, bio je jako skroman i uvijek su mu drugi bili važniji nego on sam sebi. Kao brat bio je iznimno osjećajan i nježan. Primjerice, kad mi nije bilo dobro, ja bih ležala, a on brisao pod. Pisao je pjesme, što potvrđuje njegovu nježnu stranu, a volio je i čitati. Nikada se nismo svađali, naprotiv, zajedno smo izlazi-li, a ponekad je znao usred noći kući dovesti prijatelje na kavu. No, u obitelji je bio više tih i povučen, gotovo da ga drugačijeg i ne poznajemo. Bilo je važno da smo zajedno i činilo se da će sve biti dobro. Branku je pak bilo važno prirediti nam nekakvo veselje. Tako je meni za 18. rođendan darovao plave balerinke, koje sam silno željela. Nismo ima-li previše novca, ali smo bili sretni zajedno.

Bio je nesebičan i požrtvovan. Jednom pri-likom smo mlađi brat i ja od tate uzeli ciga-rete i probali pušiti, a on je poslije rekao tati da smo to učinili on i ja. Iako je zbog toga bio kažnjen, Branko nije odao brata. Egoizam je za njega bio nepoznanica. Obožavao je djecu,

Through his whole life he was very con-nected to his family, especially to our moth-er, but not as a “mama’s boy”.

He never liked to be the center of atten-tion, he was very humble and others were always more important to him than him-self. As a brother he was very sensitive and gentle. For example, when I was not feeling well, I would lie down, and he would wipe the floor. He wrote poems, which showed his tender side, and he also loved to read. We never argued, quite contrary, we went out together, and sometimes he would bring his friends home for coffee in the middle of the night. But to his family he showed his more quiet and shy side, we almost didn’t know him any different. The important thing was being together and then it seemed that all would be well. And Branko found it impor-tant to cheer us up and make us happy. Thus, for my 18th birthday he gave me blue ballet flats, which I really wanted. We didn’t have much money, but we were happy together.

He was selfless and self-sacrificing. Once, my younger brother and I took my father’s cigarettes and tried to smoke, and later he told our dad that he had been the one to do it. Although he got punished, Branko never told on his brother. Egoism was unknown to

Branko (prvi zdesna) sa sestričnom i bratićima/Branko (first on the right) with his cousins



kod nas je uvijek bilo kao u dječjem vrtiću. U njemu kao da su bile dvije osobe, i to su-protnih karaktera: s jedne strane, bio je jak i neustrašiv, s druge pak nježan i emotivan.

Zadnji put smo se vidjeli 1993. godine, na njegovoj svadbi. Dočekao me na Autobus-nom kolodvoru u Zagrebu i kad je autobus stao, kucno mi je na prozor – to nasmijano lice i vesele oči nikada neću zaboraviti, tu sam si sliku zaključala u srce.

Nikada neću zaboraviti ni tu nedjelju kada su mi javili da je poginuo. Isti dan sam došla kući u kojoj su me čekale mama i trudna Ljiljana. Cijelo vrijeme sam bila kao konzer-va, bez ikakvih osjećaja. Mislila sam da se od mene očekuje da smirim mamu i Ljiljanu. Od toga dana vjerujem u sudbinu, a Branko svoju kao da je predosjetio – sve je dao u ovom životu. •

him. He loved kids, it was always like a kin-dergarten at our house. It looked like there were two persons of opposite characters inside him: on the one hand, he was strong and fearless, on the other gentle and emo-tional.

We saw each other for the last time in 1993, at his wedding. He met me at the bus sta-tion in Zagreb, and when the bus stopped he knocked on my window – I will never forget that smiling face and those happy eyes, I’ve locked that picture in my heart.

I’ll never forget that Sunday when I got the call that he was killed. The same day I returned home where mom and pregnant Ljiljana were waiting for me. The whole time I was like a tin can, without emotion. I thought it was expected from me to calm down mom and Ljiljana. From that day I believe in destiny, and it seems like Branko sensed his own - he gave everything in this life. •

Branko i nećakinja Sandra, 1992./Branko and his niece Sandra, 1992



Ljiljanina priča

Branka sam upoznala u Karate klubu “Mladost” u Samoboru. Kad sam se

1986. godine učlanila u klub, on je već tre-nirao. Kao žena nisam baš bila dobrodošla u klubu u kojem su trenirali uglavnom muškarci, pa sam iz inata odlučila pokazati što znam i koliko mogu. Ubrzo je sportsko nadmetanje između Branka i mene preraslo u prijateljsko druženje, a potom i u ljubav. Zajedno smo bili od 1987. godine. Zbog ra-zlike u godinama (njemu je bilo 24, a meni 16) u početku je bilo teže, no ubrzo smo se uskladili. Branko se uvijek i svugdje vrlo dobro mogao prilagoditi i uklopiti. Zajedno smo trenirali i družili se poslije treninga, odlazili s ekipom iz kluba na piće, na zimske i ljetne škole, na bazene i na more... U ljeto 1993. godine bili smo u Dramlju, te smo se zime vjenčali, a u proljeće 1994. rodila nam se kći Josipa.

Uza sve što smo zajedno doživjeli i proživjeli, najviše sjećanja na Branka vežem

Ljiljana’s story

I met Branko at Karate Club “Mladost” in Samobor. When I became a member of

the club in 1986, he was already practicing karate. As a woman I have not been fully ac-cepted in a club where mostly men trained, so out of spite I decided to show what I know and what I can. Soon a sporting competition between Branko and I turned into friend-ship, and then into love. We became a couple in 1987. It was difficult in the beginning be-cause of the age difference (he was 24, and I was 16), but soon we found a way to make it work. Branko could always well adapt to ev-ery situation. We trained together and hung out afterwards, went for drinks with the team, attended winter and summer camps, visited pools and travelled to the seaside... In the summer of 1993 we went to Dramalj for our vacation, we got married that same winter, and in the spring of 1994 I gave birth to our daughter Josipa.

Along with all that we have experienced and lived through together, most of my

Vjenčanje, 1993./The wedding, 1993


Branko Bošnjak – osobna pričaBranko Bošnjak – Personal Story

uz našu djecu. Nekada je bilo važno biti zajedno za doček Nove godine, no nakon rođenja Josipe sve se promijenilo. Naša je ljubav urodila plodom i naš zajednički svi-jet preselio se u krevetić pokraj našega. No, njegovo je mjesto u našoj postelji često bilo prazno. Odmah na početku rata priključio se “Alfama”. Za njega, kao i za mene, bio je to logičan izbor. Upoznala sam ga kao policajca i nisam ga mogla ni zamisliti drugačije niti sam pomišljala odgovarati ga od te odluke. Za razliku od većine njih koje sam poznavala i sretala, Branko nikada nije “paradirao” u odori. Uvijek je bio u civilu, osim na poslu i na ratištu. Kad je odlazio na teren nisam ni znala kamo ide, činilo se kao da je rat

memories of Branko I connect to our chil-dren. It used to be important to be together for New Year’s Eve, but after Josipa was born everything changed. She was the fruit of our love and our world moved to that little crib next to our bed. But his place in our bed was often empty. Right at the beginning of the war he joined the “Alpha” Unit. For him, as for me, it was a logical choice. I met him as a police officer and I could not imagine him differently, nor have I thought to per-suade him otherwise. Unlike most of those I knew and met, Branko never “paraded” in uniform. He was always dressed in civilian clothes, except at work and on the battlefield. When he was going away I never even knew

Ljetna škola, Velika, 1988./ Summer camp, Velika, 1988



miljama daleko od nas, sve dok nije počelo i u Pokupskom, tada se počeo uvlačiti strah. Ipak, na najgore nisam ni pomišljala, mislila sam da se to meni ne može dogoditi, uvijek misliš da se to nekome drugom događa... Rat stvara neke puno žešće emocije, snažno se osjećalo zajedništvo, kuća je uvijek bila puna ljudi, strahovali smo, ali smo se i veselili za-jedno. Danas toga više nema...

Oboje smo željeli zasnovati obitelj. Branko je jako volio djecu, napose svoje nećake. Sjećam se, dok smo se još zabavljali, kako je previjao nećakinju Sandru, a našu je kćer on prvi okupao, ja sam se bojala. Bio je i na porodu, ravno s terena došao je u bol-nicu tijekom noći 28. ožujka 1994., a Josipa se rodila tek u 13.30. Što od umora, što od uzbuđenja, šiknula mu je krv na nos, a u jed-nom je trenutku zapeo za nekakve kablove i sve aparate isključio. Ipak, uspješno je pre-rezao pupčanu vrpcu... Bio je to najsretniji trenutak u našem životu, sve su se kockice posložile, to je to, mislila sam...

Kad sam drugi put ostala trudna i kad smo saznali da je dečko, nazdravio je s pri-jateljima prije odlaska na teren – za Josipa,

where he was going, it seemed as if the war was miles away, until it started to happen in Pokupsko. Then the fear began creeping in. However, I never thought about the worst scenario, I never thought it could happen to me, people always think this happens to someone else... The war creates much more intense emotions, we felt strong closeness, our house was always filled with people, we feared but we also rejoiced together. Today it is all gone...

We both wanted to start a family. Branko was very fond of children, especially his nephews. I remember, while we were still dating, how he was changing his niece San-dra’s diapers and he was the one to give the first bath to our daughter. I was afraid. He was also present at her birth. He came to the hospital straight from the field during the night of 28th March 1994, and Josipa wasn’t born until 13.30. Was it tiredness, or the ex-citement, but he got a nosebleed, and at one moment he stumbled over some cables and shut off all the medical instruments. How-ever, he managed to successfully cut the umbilical cord... It was the happiest moment in our lives, everything lined up, that’s it, I thought...

The second time I got pregnant and we found out that it was a boy, he toasted with his friends before going away to the field - for Josip, as we then planned to call our son, after his late brother. But, as I was 7 months pregnant when he was killed, I decided to give his son his name. Branko was born on 5th April 1995, just two months after his fa-ther had died. His whole platoon came to the hospital. It was crowded with members of Special Police Forces. It was a very difficult moment...

Branko does not like to talk about his dad, he knows him only from photographs and from the stories. Only once, for St. Nicholas Day he wrote: “I would like to wake up and see my dad sitting on my bed... And some candies...” His teacher commended him, but

Branko s kćeri Josipom, 1994./Branko with his daughter Josipa, 1994

Branko Bošnjak – osobna pričaBranko Bošnjak – Personal Story

kako smo tada mislili nazvati sina, po njego-vom pokojnom bratu. No, kako sam bila u 7. mjesecu trudnoće kad je poginuo, odlučila sam sinu dati njegovo ime. Branko se rodio 5. travnja 1995., samo dva mjeseca nakon što mu je otac poginuo. Cijeli njegov vod došao je u bolnicu, rodilište je bilo puno speci-jalaca. Bilo je jako teško...

Branko ne voli pričati o tati, poznaje ga samo s fotografija i iz priča. Samo je jednom za svetog Nikolu napisao: “Želio bih da se probudim i da tata sjedi na mom krevetu... I malo slatkiša...” Učitelj mi ga je pohvalio, a Branko je istrgnuo taj list iz bilježnice da ne vidim što je napisao, nikada mi to nije pročitao i nikada više nije spomenuo tatu na

Branko snatched the paper from the note-book so I would not see what he had written. He has never read that to me and has never mentioned his dad in that way. But while watching The Lion King, the scene where Simba is calling his dad, he used to say: “I’m not crying, the tears are falling down all by themselves...”

Josipa doesn’t remember her dad either. She was only 10 months old when he was killed, but she also cannot hide emotions. It was difficult for them to grow up with-out him, and I have also gone through vari-ous phases - from sadness and mourning to frustration and anger. I was angry at myself and everyone around me, at happy couples

Vrijeme odmora/Resting time



takav način. No, kada bi gledao Kralja lavova i kako Simba doziva tatu, znao je reći: “Ne plačem, to suze same teku...”

Ni Josipa se ne sjeća tate, imala je samo 10 mjeseci kad je poginuo, no ona ne može sakriti emocije. Teško im je bilo odrastati bez njega, a i sama sam prošla razne faze – od tuge i žalovanja do frustracije i bijesa na sebe samu i sve oko sebe, na sretne parove s djecom, pa i na Branka što nas je ostavio. Nemaš se s kim ni pošteno posvađati...

Dan prije pogibije čuli smo se i rekla sam mu da pazi kako vozi. “Skuhaj graha, idemo doma”, rekao mi je, tješeći me da ima vozača. Ali doma nije stigao... Umjesto njega, tog su nedjeljnog jutra na vrata pokucali njegovi suborci...

with children, and even at Branko for leav-ing us alone. I didn’t even have anyone to ar-gue with...

The day before his death, we talked over the phone and I told him to be careful while driving. “Cook the beans, we’re heading home”, he said, comforting me with the fact that he has a driver. But he never came home... Instead, his comrades knocked on the door that Sunday morning...

He used to surprise me, to prepare spon-taneous and romantic moments. Our wed-ding anniversary, the first and only we had together, he congratulated to me through an emissary, because he was on Velebit, and there were no phones, let alone a cell phone. During the war we spent little time together, but there was much more positive energy. I

Budimpešta, 1988./Budapest, 1988



had never felt fear or anxiety, until that day... When I was left alone with two children, one unborn, for months I had no income. We were forgotten by the bureaucracy, but not by the “Alpha” Unit, not by family and friends, especially not by Branko’s comrades. All of them respected him and loved him, as a commander, a colleague and a friend. Guys from the Special Police Forces and his pla-toon helped us renovate our family house, and afterward they were willing to give us a hand whenever needed. That relationship is still the same, our best man Cvrk and other guys have been and still are a big support, and it’s nice to know that you have someone to rely on. But, although getting help was never questionable, I was aware that I have to take things into my own hands. I chose to live alone with my children. It was diffi-cult, especially when they were little. We all missed Branko…

And if Branko would wake up, he would probably say: “This is no longer my Ljiljana!” I don’t know whether he would liked me like this... I have never cried before, but over the years it gets more difficult to control emo-tions. The hardest moments are when we celebrate something, especially children’s birthdays, Communions, Confirmations, or the difficult times, when children are sick, and I’m alone. Branko was really very fond of children and I’m sorry that our children have not had the chance to feel that. But, it comforts me to see him in them. Our son has never even seen him, but he laughs and jokes in the same way and even has the same bad handwriting as his dad. Josipa and Branko are very connected to each other, and I’m connected to them and to my memories of their father. He had a thousand flaws, but one special virtue – he was charismatic. And as such he was not only mine or only ours - Branko was a part of many lives, many miss him, but we miss him the most. That is why I want to permanently preserve a memory of him, so that our grandchildren one day also know who Branko Bošnjak was. •

Znao je iznenaditi me, prirediti nefor-malne i romantične trenutke. Tako mi je godišnjicu braka, prvu i jedinu zajedničku, čestitao preko posrednika, jer je tada bio na Velebitu, a nije bilo ni telefona, a kamoli mobitela. Tijekom cijelog rata bili smo jako malo zajedno, ali bilo je puno više nekakve pozitivne energije. Nikada nisam imala osjećaj straha ili tjeskobe, sve do toga dana... Kad sam ostala sama s dvoje djece, jednim još nerođenim, mjesecima nisam imala ni-kakva primanja. Bili smo zaboravljeni od birokracije, ali ne i od “baze”, od obitelji i prijatelja, napose Brankovih suboraca. Svi su ga cijenili i voljeli, kao zapovjednika, ko-legu i prijatelja. Ekipa iz Specijalne i njego-vog voda pomogla nam je renovirati kuću, a i poslije su uvijek bili spremni pomoći. Taj odnos i danas je takav, naš kum Cvrk i dečki bili su i ostali naša potpora, a lijepo je znati da se imaš na koga osloniti. No, iako pomoć nikada nije bila upitna, bila sam svjesna da se moram uhvatiti u koštac sa životom. Odlučila sam živjeti sama sa svojom dje-com. Bilo je teško, pogotovo dok su bili mali. Nedostajao je Branko i meni i njima...

I Branko, da se probudi, vjerojatno bi rekao: “To više nije moja Ljiljana!” Ne znam bih li mu se svidjela ovakva... Prije nikada nisam plakala, no s godinama je sve teže kontrolirati emocije. Najteže je kad se nešto slavi, napose djeca – rođendani, pričesti, firme, ili u teškim trenucima, kad su djeca bolesna, a ja sama. Branko je doista jako vo-lio djecu, žao mi je samo što to naša djeca nisu imala priliku osjetiti. No, tješi me što u njima vidim njega. Naš sin ga nikada nije ni vidio, ali se isto smije i šali, pa čak ima i jednako loš rukopis kao tata. Josipa i Branko jako su vezani jedno uz drugo, a ja sam ve-zana uz njih i uz svoja sjećanja na njihovog tatu. Imao je tisuću mana, ali jednu posebnu vrlinu – bio je karizmatičan. I kao takav nije bio samo moj niti je samo naš – Branko je dio mnogih života, mnogima nedostaje, a nama najviše. Baš zato želim trajno sačuvati uspomenu na njega, da i naši unuci jednoga dana znaju tko je bio Branko Bošnjak. •


Prijatelji o BrankuFriends about Branko

Branko mi je bio susjed i prijatelj, za njega me vežu samo lijepe uspomene.

Iako sam bio stariji od njega, dobro smo se slagali. Kao dijete, Branko je uvijek bio dobar, miran i povučen. U mladosti je malo živnuo, ali mislim da se nikada nikome nije zamje-rio. Uvijek je bio spreman pomoći drugima i često smo si međusobno pomagali, on meni u poljoprivrednim radovima, a ja njemu kad je gradio kuću... No, o poslu nismo nikada razgovarali. Znao sam da radi u policiji, ja sam bio profesionalni vatrogasac, ali o tome se nikad nije pričalo. Povezivale su nas neke druge stvari...

Kad je Branko poginuo, bio sam na poslu i za vijest sam saznao tek kad sam se vra-tio kući. Kao i svi ostali, bio sam šokiran, a nakon prvotnog šoka i nevjerice uslijedio je stres. To me jako pogodilo. Kad čovjek izgu-bi nekog tako bliskog, kao da je izgubio dio sebe. Na sahrani sam zajedno s njegovim ko-legama i suborcima nosio lijes u kojem smo ga ispratili na posljednje počivalište.

Branka više nema, i to već dugih 20 go-dina, no kad vidim njegovu djecu, znam da na neki način i dalje živi među nama. Drago mi je da je, osim lijepih uspomena, iza njega ipak mnogo više ostalo... •

Tomica Kos

Branko was my neighbour and a friend of whom I only have fond memories.

Even though I was older than him, we got along well. As a child, Branko was always good, quiet and shy. In his youth, he perked up a bit, but I believe he never did anything wrong to anybody. He was always ready to help others and we often helped each other. He assisted me with agricultural work, and I gave him a hand when he was building his house... But we never spoke about his job. I knew that he was a policeman, I was a pro-fessional firefighter, but that was never a subject of our conversations. We had other things connecting us...

When Branko was killed, I was at work and heard the news upon returning home. Like everyone else, I was shocked, and that initial shock and disbelief were followed by stress. It hit me very hard. When you lose someone so close, it seems like you have lost a part of yourself. At his funeral, together with his colleagues and comrades, I carried the coffin in which we sent him off to his final resting place.

Branko has been gone for long 20 years, but when I see his children, I know that in some way he still lives among us. I am pleased that, in addition to the beautiful memories, he has left behind so much more… •

Tomica KosPosljednji ispraćaj Branka, Otruševec, 1995./Branko’s funeral, Otruševec, 1995



Nikada neću zaboraviti riječi Bran-kove mame koja je jednom rekla da je

Branko živio kao da je znao da će rano umri-jeti. Jedno je sigurno – on je znao živjeti tre-nutak, sada i ovdje! Doista je živio “punim gasom”.

Upoznali smo se u klubu u kojem smo obojica trenirali. Počeli smo se družiti, ne samo s ekipom iz kluba nego i šire. Slavili smo rođendane, ali smo znali feštati i bez ikakvog povoda. Bilo je dovoljno da se samo pogledamo i već bi nešto iskrsnulo, nekakva prigodna “koreografija” i slično, čime smo zabavljali cijelu ekipu. Branko je čak osmislio i karate katu na svoj način, onako, više kao parodiju. Sjećam se, volio je slušati grupu Creedence Clearwater Revival... Ako govo-rimo o druženju i provodima, za njega se ne bi moglo reći da je bio uvijek pouzdan, jer ni-kada se nije znalo gdje će “zaglaviti”. Ali ako si bio s njim, bio si siguran u svakom pogledu i definitivno te nikada ne bi ostavio na cjedilu. To se pokazalo i u ratu, gdje je očito bio i više nego pouzdan. Branko je bio s obje noge na zemlji, realan te nadasve pošten i pravedan.

Iako smo tijekom Domovinskog rata obojica bili na terenu, i to na različitim bojiš-nicama, cijelo smo vrijeme bili u kontaktu. Bio je od onih koji o svom ratnom iskustvu nisu govorili, no na njemu je to definitivno ostavljalo traga. Kad je dolazio kući, nasto-jao je o ratu ne govoriti, iako je bio izrazito trezven i realan te potpuno svjestan situ-

I ’ll never forget the words of Branko’s mother who once said that Branko lived

as if he knew he would die young. One thing is certain - he was able to live in the mo-ment, here and now! Indeed he lived life to the fullest.

We met at the club, where we both trained at the time, and started to hang out with not only our karate friends but with people out-side of that circle. We celebrated birthdays, but often we would organize a party with-out any reason. It was enough to just look at each other and we would immediately come up with something, some kind of “choreog-raphy” which would suit the moment and make everybody laugh. Branko even invent-ed his own karate kata, just for fun, more like a parody. I remember, he liked to listen to a band Creedence Clearwater Revival... If we talk about spending time together and having fun, you couldn’t say that he was always reliable, because you could never know where he would “get stuck”. But if you were with him, you were safe in every way and he would definitely never leave you in the lurch. He especially demonstrated this during the war, when he was clearly more than reliable. Branko was a down-to-earth person, realistic and, above all, fair and just.

Although we were both on the battlefield during the Homeland War, and on different fronts, we stayed in contact the whole time. He was one of those who didn’t talk about his war experience, but it definitely left its mark on him. When he would come home, he tried not to talk about the war, although he was very sober-minded and realistic, and fully aware of the situation. Only sometimes he would tell some war story, as when we were teasing him about the little wound on his lip, so he explained that it didn’t have a romantic cause, but his lip pasted upon a bag he was sleeping in during that winter on the mountain of Velebit. Or, for example, when a

Branko (desno) i Vladimir Sekelj, zimska škola, Otočec ob Krki, 1983./Branko (on the right) and Vladimir Sekelj, Winter camp, Otočec ob Krki, 1983



acije. Tek ponekad bi se upustio u kakvu ratnu priču, kao kad smo ga zafrkavali zbog rane na usni, pa nam je pojasnio da njen uz-rok nije ljubavne prirode, nego mu se usna zalijepila za vreću u kojoj je te zime spavao na Velebitu. Ili, primjerice, kad ga je karate trener iz Mađarske pitao zna li koliko je ljudi u ratu ubio, Branko je odgovorio da ne zna, a na protupitanje Mađara kako ne zna, pojas-nio je da ne gleda dok puca. Iako to možda s vojničke strane baš i nije opravdano, to mnogo govori o čovjeku, a Branko je doista bio pravi čovjek, svijetla točka u mraku...

Kad je Branko poginuo, bio sam na terenu na Dinari, javio mi je tu vijest naš zajednički prijatelj. Nisam mogao vjerovati... U ratu je poginulo mnogo znanih i dragih ljudi, ali kada bih mogao samo jednoga vratiti, njega bih vratio. Iako za njega nikad nisam govorio da je moj najbolji prijatelj, kao ni on za mene, niti smo bili svaki dan zajedno. No, nekoga jednostavno doživiš drugačije. Bio je pose-ban. Bilo je teško doći do njega, jer su mnogi htjeli biti u njegovu društvu, ali kad si bio s njim, bio je s tobom sto posto. Kad bih ga tre-bao usporediti s nekim poznatim likom, bio bi to Pink Panter – totalna flegma, ležeran, nezainteresiran za sve oko sebe, a opet, uvi-jek spreman, pogotovo za zafrkanciju. Bil je faca, fakat! •

Vladimir Sekelj

karate coach from Hungary asked him if he knew how many people he had killed dur-ing the war, Branko said that he didn’t know, and to a Hungarian’s counter-question how come he didn’t know, he explained that he was not looking when he was shooting. Al-though it might not have been justified from the military perspective, it said a lot about the man, and Branko was a man in true sense of the word, a bright spot in the dark...

When Branko was killed, I was on the bat-tlefield on the mountain of Dinara, our mu-tual friend called me and told me the news. I could not believe it... A lot of people dear to me were killed during the war, but if I could bring only one of them back, I would bring him back. Although I never talked about him as my best friend, and neither did he, nor did we spend every day together. But there are some people you just see differently. He was unique. It was hard to get to him, because many people wanted to share his company, but when you were with him, he was with you one hundred percent. If I would com-pare him to some famous figure, it would be Pink Panther – total phlegmatic, casual, indifferent to everything around him, and yet, always ready, especially to make jokes. He was really something! •

Vladimir Sekelj

Branko (lijevo) i Vladimir Sekelj, Budimpešta, 1987./Branko (on the left) and Vladimir Sekelj, Budapest, 1987



Branko je u Karate klub “Mladost” došao još kao mladić, u srednjoj školi. S vre-

menom smo se počeli sve više i više družiti, i ne samo na treninzima. Unatoč razlici u godinama provodili smo puno vremena za-jedno, poznanstvo je preraslo u prijateljstvo, a kasnije smo postali i “braća po oružju”. Često smo zajedno izlazili, a nerijetko bis-mo usred noći, u 2 ili 3 sata ujutro, došli u njegovu kuću na gozbu i druženje do jutra. Ja sam postao dio njegove obitelji, a on moje.

Pomagali smo si međusobno. Kad sam si jednom prilikom, radeći kod njega u šumi, pilom ozlijedio nogu, on me vukao do ceste, a onda me odvezao u bolnicu.

Prvi je u klubu predložio da se počne raditi s mladima, prvi je oko sebe počeo okupljati djecu i raditi s njom. Bilo je teško, jer je i sam trening takav, ali je ipak uspio pokrenuti program za mlade, u čemu smo ga mi ostali u potpunosti podržavali. U klubu je upoznao i svoju buduću suprugu Ljiljanu. Kad zbog svog posla više nije mogao voditi najmlađe članove, ona je preuzela te treninge.

Branko came to Karate Club “Mladost” as a young man, still in high school.

Over time we started hanging out more and more, mainly outside training. Despite the age difference we spent a lot of time to-gether, our acquaintance grew into friend-ship, and later we also became “brothers in arms”. We used to go out together and after, in the middle of the night, at 2-3 o’clock in the morning, went to his house for a feast and hung out till the morning. I became a part of his family, and he a part of mine.

We also used to help each other in various types of work, so I once worked with him in the woods and cut my leg with a saw, and he dragged me to the road and took me to the hospital.

He was the first to propose that we should begin to work with young people in the club, the first who began to gather children around and to work with them. It was hard because the training was hard by itself, but he, nevertheless, managed to launch a pro-gram for young people, in which he was fully supported by all of us. He also met his fu-ture wife Ljiljana in the club. As he was no longer able to train our youngest members because of his job obligations, she took over the training of his young karate pupils.

When the war began we separated, every-one went their own way, but we tried to keep in touch and occasionally met each other. He was killed one Sunday, and my old men in-formed me about it. At first I did not believe it, especially as there were no combat activi-

Branko i Milan Garašić, ljetna škola, Otočec ob Krki, 1983./Branko and Milan Garašić, Summer camp, Otočec ob Krki, 1983


Na početku rata smo se razdvojili, svatko je otišao svojim putem, no bili smo stalno u kontaktu i povremeno smo se viđali. Pogi-nuo je jedne nedjelje, tu mi je vijest prenio moj stari. Znao sam da je sa specijalcima na Prevlaci, ali tada više nije bilo borbenih djelovanja, pa u prvi mah nisam povjerovao. No, kad sam nazvao njegove, potvrdili su mi vijest. Otišao sam odmah na mjesto nesreće i vidio prizor koji se ne zaboravlja. Kad vidiš mjesto na kojem su poginuli, moraš početi vjerovati u sudbinu. Da su samo dva metra prije ili poslije skrenuli, to se ne bi dogodilo. To je doista kao da te prst sudbine vuče...

Već mjesec-dva kasnije odlučili smo u klubu organizirati turnir za Branka. Nismo imali ništa, samo dobru volju i ideju. Odmah smo kontaktirali Mađare, a budući da je u klubu trenirao i jedan Slovenac, organizira-li smo međunarodni turnir pod nazivom Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka. Tako smo na 1. Memorijalu imali 16 natjecatelja u apsolut-noj kategoriji. Iduće smo se godine pitali da li da ga opet organiziramo, pa smo odlučili

ties at that time, even though I knew that he was in Prevlaka with his Special Police Unit. But when I called his home, they confirmed it. I immediately went to the crash site and saw a scene that cannot be forgotten. When you see the place where they died, you have to believe in fate. If only they had bounced off the road two meters before or after, it would not have happened. It’s really as if destiny pulls you...

Only a month or two after that we de-cided the club would organize a tourna-ment in memory of Branko. We had nothing but good will and an idea. We immediately contacted the Hungarians, and considering that we had a Slovenian training in the club, we organized an international tournament named Branko Bošnjak Memorial. At this first Memorial tournament 16 competitors fought in the open category. Next year we wondered if we should do it again and de-cided to try. Our invitation was answered by some 30 fighters from Hungary. Soon the fighters from other countries, namely Ro-

Branko (prvi slijeva, sjedi), Damir Jelić, Milan Garašić i Jurica Bošnjak, splavarenje po Savi, 1980./Branko (first on the left, sitting) Damir Jelić, Milan Garašić and Jurica Bošnjak, rafting on the river Sava, 1980



pokušati. Našem se pozivu odavalo 30-ak boraca iz Mađarske.

Ubrzo su nam se priključili i borci iz dru-gih država, Bugarske, Francuske, Grčke, Ru-munjske...

Prvih nekoliko godina sve smo organizira-li sami, a onda su nam počeli pomagati i dečki iz “Alfi”. Pridružili su nam se Milijan Brkić, Zoran Cvrk i Vladimir Faber, koji su nam doista puno pomogli, ali i ostali dečki. Najteže je bilo dovesti natjecatelje izvana, budući da je rat u Hrvatskoj tek završio. Fi-nancijski smo se svakako snalazili. “Peglali” bismo i vlastite kartice da je trebalo, ali ni-kad ne bismo odustali, čak i kad se to činilo kao nemoguća misija. Danas je već Memo-rijal tradicija koja još uvijek traje, baš kao i uspomena na Branka... •

mania, France, Bulgaria, Greece, have joined the tournament...

During the first few years we organized everything ourselves, and then we started to get help from the guys from the “Alpha” Unit. Milijan Brkić, Zoran Cvrk and Vladi-mir Faber joined us and have really helped a lot, as well as the other guys. We met each other and started to work together at the Memorial. The hardest thing was to bring competitors from outside, since the war in Croatia had just finished, and we managed in all sorts of ways regarding financial costs. We were even prepared to use our own credit cards if it was needed, but we never gave up, even when it seemed impossible. Meanwhile, the Memorial became a tradi-tion that is still ongoing, just like the memo-ry of Branko... •

Trening Milana Garašića i Branka/Milan Garašić and Branko during training



Branko je u KK “Mladost” Samobor došao kao srednjoškolac, ujesen 1979.

godine. Već sljedeće godine tijekom tjedna je bio u Zagrebu u policijskoj školi, a vi-kendom je trenirao u klubu. U početku se nismo previše družili, najviše zbog razlike u godinama, no zbližili smo se boraveći za-jedno na ljetnim i zimskim školama te na raznim seminarima i drugim događanjima u organizaciji kluba – u Otočcu, Crikvenici, Novom Vinodolskom, kao i na kampovima u Mađarskoj. Drugi vid druženja i suradnje odvijao se u Društvu za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor, nekoć “Sokol” pa onda “Partizan”, koje je klubu omogućilo korištenje dvorane za svoje treninge. Za-uzvrat su članovi kluba sudjelovali u orga-nizaciji pješačkih pohoda “U susret zdravlju”

Branko came to KC “Mladost” as a high school kid, somewhere in the autumn

of 1979. During the week he was at the Po-lice Academy, which he attended at the time, and on the weekends he trained at the club. At the beginning, we did not socialize much, primarily because of the age difference, but in time we became closer during our stays at summer and winter camps and at vari-ous seminars we attended together. Thus we were together in Otočac, Crikvenica, Novi Vinodolski, as well as in camps in Hungary and other places where we went in the orga-nization of the club.

Another aspect of our friendship and co-operation took place in the Society for Sports Recreation “Sport for All” in Samobor, once called “Sokol” and “Partisan”, which allowed the club to use its sports hall for train-ing. Considering that cooperation the club members participated in the organization of pedestrian hikes “Towards health” and cycling tours, where Branko was engaged in his full capacity. In the club everyone did ev-

Branko i sudionici pješačkog pohoda "U susret zdravlju", LD “Srndać”, Plešivica/Branko and the participants of the pedestrian hike “Towards Health”, Hunting Lodge “Srndać”, Plešivica




i biciklističkih tura, u čemu se Branko maksi-malno angažirao. U klubu smo svi radili sve, pa je tako i Branko od člana postao trener te je neposredno prije Domovinskog rata trenirao najmlađe članove.

Kad je počeo rat, zbog njegova angažmana u Specijalnoj jedinici policije, više nije dolazio u klub. No i dalje smo se viđali i družili, kada god se za to pružila prilika.

Branko je zbilja bio poseban tip, koga god bi upoznao, na prvu bi ga osvojio. Iz njega je zračila mirnoća, djelovao je flegma, pa iako je uvijek bio spreman na zafrkanciju, nikad nisi znao kad se šali, a kad je ozbiljan. S njim nikad nije bilo dosadno. I danas, kad ga se prisjećamo, činimo to s tugom, ali i s osmje-hom. •

Ivan Bezjak

erything, so Branko soon became a coach and immediately prior to the Homeland War he trained our youngest members.

When the war started, due to his involve-ment in the Special Police Forces, Branko did not come to the club anymore. How-ever, we still saw each other and hung out whenever we got the opportunity. Branko was really a special guy, he immediately won over everyone he met. A certain calm-ness, or even coolness, shined out of him, but he was always ready to joke so one could never tell when he was joking and when he was serious. It was never boring with him around. Even today, when we remember him, we do so with sorrow, but also with a smile. •

Ivan Bezjak

Branko (treći slijeva), ljetna škola, 1984./Branko (third on the left), Summer camp, 1984


Branko i Alfe žive vječno!Branko and the Alphas live forever!

Specijalna jedinica policije “Alfa’’ PU zagrebačke

Nakon prvih demokratskih izbora 1990. i proglašenja neovisnosti početkom

ljeta 1991. godine, kada je uslijedila oružana agresija na Republiku Hrvatsku, upravo su se specijalne snage Ministarstva unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske pokazale efikas-nim i odlučujućim čimbenikom u izvršenju najsloženijih operacija i akcija kojima se uspostavila cjelovitost Republike Hrvatske i zaustavila velikosrpska agresija (Milković 2013).

Narušavanje javnoga reda i mira u Hrvatskoj na dijelu teritorija gdje je srp-sko pučanstvo imalo većinu ili barem zna-tan udio među stanovništvom, zabrinulo je hrvatsko vodstvo. Posebice s obzirom na upitnu odanost dijela tadašnjih mili-cajaca legalno izabranoj hrvatskoj vlasti i nacionalnu strukturu zaposlenih u Minis-tarstvu unutarnjih poslova RH (krajem ruj-na 1990. godine u MUP-u RH bilo je 50,3 % Hrvata, 30,1 % Srba, 15,6 % Jugoslavena i 4 % ostalih, a u ukupnom broju stanovnika Hrvatske tada je bilo 78 % Hrvata). Zbog toga se nametnula potreba za ustrojavanjem i naoružavanjem većeg broja ljudi spremnih za obranu Hrvatske, dakako, u skladu s tada važećim republičkim i saveznim zakonima, uzimajući pritom u obzir da bi otpuštanje “viška” djelatnog osoblja srpske nacional-nosti moglo poslužiti srpskim ekstremis-tima kao povod za sukobe.

Tako je 5. kolovoza 1990. godine na Policij-skoj akademiji u Zagrebu započeo prvi Tečaj za obuku policijskih službenika (Prvi hrvatski redarstvenik). Na tečaj je prim-ljeno oko 1700 kandidata, od kojih je formi-rana brigada policije, kao prva hrvatska oružana postrojba na koju je novoizabrana hrvatska vlast mogla potpuno računati (Ćurak 2006: 52). Prvim hrvatskim redar-

After the first democratic elections in 1990 and the declaration of indepen-

dence at the beginning of the summer of 1991, when the armed aggression against the Republic of Croatia started, the Special Forces of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia proved themselves to be an effective and decisive factor in carrying out the most complex operations and ac-tions which led to the establishment of the territorial integrity of Croatia and the end of the Serbian aggression (Milković 2013).

Croatian leadership was worried about the disturbances of the public order and peace in a part of the Croatian territory where Serbs were in a majority or at least had a significant portion in the population. Especially consid-ering the questionable loyalty of one part of the Police Forces to the legally elected Croa-tian government and also the questionable ethnic structure of employees of the Minis-try of the Interior (in late September of 1990 there was 50.3% of Croats, 30.1% of Serbs, 15.6% of Yugoslavs and 4% of other nationali-ties working in the Ministry of the Interior, and at the same time 78% of people living in Croatia declared as Croats). Therefore, there was a need to organize and arm significant number of people willing to defend Croatia, of course in accordance with the then valid republican and federal laws, but also taking into account that discharging the “surplus” of the active police personnel of Serbian na-tionality could serve the Serbian extremists as an excuse for further conflicts.

Thus, the first training course for police officers began on 5th August 1990 at the Po-lice Academy in Zagreb (First Croatian Po-liceman). Around 1,700 candidates attended it and later became members of the newly formed Police Brigade, the first Croatian

Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb Police Department



stvenicima popunjena je 7. rujna 1990. go-dine Antiteroristička jedinica Lučko, a po-tom i jedinice za posebnu namjenu MUP-a i ZNG-a RH, te posebne jedinice policije (u daljnjem tekstu: PJP), kasnije nazvane speci-jalne jedinice policije (u daljnjem tekstu: SJP), pri policijskim upravama (u daljnjem tekstu: PU).

Slijedom općeg stanja sigurnosti u Re-publici Hrvatskoj, a na temelju odredbe stavka 1. članka 24. Zakona o unutrašnjim poslovima, tadašnji ministar unutarnjih po-slova Josip Boljkovac donio je odluku o os-nivanju posebnih jedinica policije. Budući da je prilikom organizacijskog ustrojavanja Zbora narodne garde (u daljnjem tekstu: ZNG) veći broj djelatnika iz jedinica prešao u ZNG, trebalo je PJP ponovno ustrojiti. Stoga se odmah pristupilo ustrojavanju i formiranju jedinica od aktivnih policajaca, tako da policijske uprave u Rijeci, Gospiću, Karlovcu, Sisku, Zagrebu, Bjelovaru, Kutini, Slavonskom Brodu, Osijeku, Vinkovcima, Vukovaru, Zadru, Šibeniku i Splitu formi-raju jedinice od stotinu dvadeset (120), a uprave u Puli, Zaboku, Varaždinu i Du-brovniku od osamdeset (80) policajaca po kriterijima opće psihofizičke sposobnosti i dragovoljnosti. Unutar utvrđenoga broja jesu zapovjednik, dva pomoćnika, koman-diri vodova i odjeljenja.

Primjenom novih vojnopolicijskih pro-grama temeljenih na dugogodišnjim iskust-vima sličnih svjetski poznatih specijalnih postrojbi, u kratkom vremenu stvoreni su visokoprofesionalni hrvatski specijalci koji su postali elitni i nezaobilazni dio hrvatskih oružanih snaga. Hrabrost, psihološka stabil-nost, iznadprosječna tjelesna kondicija, vi-soka obrazovanost, odlučnost, odgovornost, nepokolebljivost, snalažljivost, sposobnost za brzo reagiranje i procjenu situacije za mnogobrojne borbene djelatnosti, sprem-nost i izdržljivost na najrazličitije zemljo-pisne i meteorološke uvjete, samo je dio karakteristika koje opisuju hrvatskog speci-jalca (Milković 2013: 336).

Ustrojavanjem Specijalne policije MUP-a RH stvorena je naoružana jezgra prijeko

armed unit which the new Croatian govern-ment could fully count on (Ćurak 2006: 52). First Croatian Policemen became members of the Antiterrorist Unit “Lučko” on 7th Sep-tember 1990, and after that members of the Units for Special Purposes of the Ministry of the Interior and of the National Guard Forc-es, as well as the Special Police Units (herein-after: SPU) established within different terri-torial Police Departments (hereinafter: PD).

Following the general security situation in the Republic of Croatia, based on the provi-sions of paragraph 1 Article 24 of the Law on Internal Affairs, former Minister of the In-terior Josip Boljkovac made a decision to es-tablish Special Police Units. During the pro-cess of establishment of the National Guard Forces (hereinafter: NGF) a larger number of Special Police Unit members transferred to the National Guard, so the SPU had to re-established. Therefore, the re-formation of these units started immediately from the ranks of active police officers, so the Police Departments in Rijeka, Gospić, Karlovac, Si-sak, Zagreb, Bjelovar, Kutina, Slavonski Brod, Osijek, Vinkovci, Vukovar, Zadar, Šibenik and Split formed the units of one hundred and twenty (120), and Departments in Pula, Zabok, Dubrovnik and Varaždin the units of eighty (80) police officers, using the general mental and physical abilities and willing-ness as selecting criteria. Within the forti-fied number were also the commander, two assistant commanders, platoon leaders and squad leaders. In a short time, by applying new military and police programs based on years of experience of similar world famous Special Forces, a highly professional Croatian Special Police Forces were established and its members have become an elite and indis-pensable part of the Croatian Armed Forces. Courage, psychological stability, above aver-age physical fitness, higher education, de-termination, responsibility, constancy, re-sourcefulness, ability to quickly assess and respond to the situation during numerous combat activities, readiness and endurance in various geographical and meteorological conditions, are only a part of the character-



potrebna za stvaranje slobodne i suverene Hrvatske, koja je ujedno bila i začetak stvaranja suvremene Hrvatske vojske.

Naredbom od 21. srpnja 1991. godine, imajući u vidu složenost sigurnosnog stanja u Republici Hrvatskoj i na području PU Za-greb te činjenicu da je bivša Posebna jedi-nica PU Zagreb prešla u sastav ZNG-a, bilo je potrebno hitno formirati posebnu jedinicu policije pri Policijskoj upravi Zagreb. Već 23. srpnja 1991. godine, što je ujedno datum os-nivanja “Alfi”, sastavljen je prvi popis djelat-nika koji su iz organizacijskih jedinica PU Zagreb određeni u Posebnu jedinicu policije Policijske uprave Zagreb, uz napomenu da se na popisu nalazi ukupno 100 djelatnika, dok će broj od 120 djelatnika biti popunjen u što kraćem roku.1

Prvo borbeno djelovanje “Alfi” bilo je u Akciji “Topusko” 26. kolovoza 1991. godine, s ciljem izvlačenja civilnog pučanstva iz

1 Do određenih promjena došlo je u studenome 1991., kada su Naredbom ministra unutarnjih poslova Ivana Vekića od 15. studenoga 1991. godine posebne je-dinice policije (PJP) preustrojene u specijalne jedinice policije (SJP), koje su “radi posebnih razloga sigurnosti” predviđene u svakoj policijskoj upravi (PU). Specijalne jedinice formirane su na “kadrovskim i materijalno-tehničkim osnovama dotadašnjih Posebnih jedinica policije”. Naredbom je određeno da će se u Policijskoj upravi Karlovac, Policijskoj upravi Gospić, Policij-skoj upravi Osijek, Policijskoj upravi Slavonski Brod i Policijskoj upravi Zagreb formirati jedinice jačine 180 djelatnika; u Policijskoj upravi Sisak, Policijskoj upravi Bjelovar, Policijskoj upravi Rijeka i Policijskoj upravi Šibenik jačine 150 djelatnika; u Policijskoj upravi Split, Policijskoj upravi Zadar, Policijskoj upravi Kutina, Policijskoj upravi Vinkovci, Policijskoj upravi Županja i Policijskoj upravi Vukovar jačine 120 djelatnika; u Policijskoj upravi Varaždin, Policijskoj upravi Pula, Policijskoj upravi Zabok i Policijskoj upravi Dubrovnik jačine 100 djelatnika (sveukupno oko 2620 djelatnika). U specijalnim jedinicama jačine do 150 djelatnika, uz zapovjednika, predviđena su dva pomoćnika za-povjednika, a u jedinicama s više od 150 djelatnika, uz zapovjednika predviđena su tri pomoćnika zapovjed-nika. Prema spomenutoj Naredbi svaka specijalna je-dinica trebala je imati rezervni sastav, jednako brojan kao i aktivni sastav te jedinice, a takva jedinica rezerv-noga sastava formirala se od pripadnika rezervnog sas-tava policije, prema kriterijima utvrđenim za aktivne djelatnike specijalne policije (Nazor, 2007: 103–106).

istics that describe the members of Croatian Special Police Forces (Milković 2013: 336).

Special Police Forces of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia became an armed nucleus indispensable during the process of establishing free and sovereign Croatia, and it was also the beginning of forming the contemporary Croatian Army.

Bearing in mind the complexity of the security situation in the Republic of Croa-tia and within the territory of Zagreb Police Department as well as the fact that the for-mer Special Police Unit of Zagreb PD became part of the National Guard, it was necessary to urgently form a new SPU within Zagreb PD, which was formally done by the Com-mand of 21st July 1991. Already on 23rd July 1991, which is the date of the establishment of the “Alpha” Unit, the initial list of police officers to be assigned to the new SPU from different organizational units of Zagreb PD was compiled, noting that there was a total of 100 police officers on that list, while the number of 120 officers was expected to be filled as soon as possible.1

1 Certain changes occurred during November of 1991, when the Units for Special Purposes, based upon the Command of the Minister of the Interior Ivan Vekić of 15th November 1991, were reorganized into Special Police Units, formed within each Police De-partment (PD) “for specific security reasons”. The core of new special units was the “personnel, material and technical resources of former Units for Special Pur-poses”. The Command determined that units of 180 po-lice officers would be formed in Karlovac PD, Gospić PD, Osijek PD, Slavonski Brod PD and Zagreb PD, units of 150 police officers in Sisak PD, Bjelovar PD, Rijeka PD and Šibenik PD, units of 120 police officers in Split PD, Zadar PD, Kutina PD, Vinkovci PD, Županja PD and Vu-kovar PD, and units of 100 police officers in Varaždin PD, Pula PD, Zabok PD and Dubrovnik PD (a total of around 2.620 police officers). The Special Police Units with force up to 150 officers, in addition to the com-mander, had two assistant commanders, and units with more than 150 officers, in addition to the com-mander, had three assistant commanders. According to the mentioned Command, each Special Unit was obliged to form a reserve force, as numerous as an ac-tive force of the same units, and these reserve force was formed out of regular Police Reserve Force, using the same criteria valid for active members of Special Police Forces (Nazor 2007: 103-106).



četničkog okruženja, kao i uspostavljanje crte obrane te onemogućavanje daljnjeg prodora neprijatelja. Tijekom proboja ne-prijateljskih crta 30. kolovoza 1991. poginuo je djelatnik Pero Perčević, a 13 je djelatnika ranjeno.

U akciji zauzimanja vojarne u Velikoj Buni 6. listopada 1991., “Alfe” su još jednom doka-zale da su se transformirale u visokoprofe-sionalnu postrojbu na koju se može računati u izvršenju najsloženijih borbenih zadaća. Tijekom zauzimanja vojarne korištena je vatrena podrška minobacača 82 mm netom osnovane topničke grupe, a u akciji je život izgubilo osam vojnika JNA, dok su ranjena naša dva djelatnika.

Nakon akcije u Topuskom, “Alfe” se 6. studenoga 1991. upućuje u pravcu mjesta Pokupsko sa zadaćom konsolidacije obrane

Željko Mihaljević, Goran Maretić, Zlatko Pukšec, Oliver Sviben, Branko Bošnjak, Ivan Pranjić (iznad), "Alfe" prije odlaska u akciju, 1991./ Željko Mihaljević, Goran Maretić, Zlatko Pukšec, Oliver Sviben, Branko Bošnjak, Ivan Pranjić (up), the Alphas before going into action, 1991

The “Alpha” Unit gained their first combat experience on 26th August 1991 during the Action “Topusko”, which aimed at bringing out civilians from encirclement of Serbian forces, as well as to establishing a line of defence and preventing further penetra-tion of the enemy. During the breach of the enemy lines on 30th August 1991 officer Pero Perčević was killed and 13 other officers were injured.

On 6th October 1991, during the action of taking over the army barracks in Velika Buna, the Alphas proved once again that they had managed to transform themselves into a highly professional unit which one could depend on to execute the most com-plex combat missions. During this action, the fire support of 82 mm mine-throwers, given by the newly formed artillery group, was used. Eight soldiers of the former Yugo-



i onemogućavanja daljnjeg probijanja nepri-jatelja, gdje su tijekom borbenih djelovanja također ranjena dva djelatnika.

Tijekom mjeseca studenog 1991. godine cjelokupni sastav Jedinice nalazi se u stalnoj borbenoj pripremi za oslobađanje Vukovara.

Kada su početkom 1992. godine hrvatske oružane snage počele pretragu (tzv. češlja-nje) terena, u šumi iznad mjesta Sažije zarobili su skupinu četnika koja se skrivala u unaprijed pripremljenim zemunicama, opremljenim velikom količinom hrane i oružja. Kako se radilo o šumovitom i nepro-hodnom terenu, iskazala se potreba za do-datnim angažiranjem snaga Specijalne policije MUP-a RH, pa su se na temelju zapo-vijedi Odjela specijalne policije od 15. siječnja 1992. “Alfe” u vojnom smislu uključile u Ak-ciju “Trokut”, odnosno pretragu terena na području Zvečeva i djelomično Papuka.

Krajem 1992. godine jedinica se upućuje na Velebit po akciji “Poskok 1”, gdje na planini Visočica izvršava zadaće održavanja crte razgraničenja, pri čemu je 3. veljače 1993. prilikom operativnog izviđanja poginuo pri-padnik pričuvnog sastava jedinice, Miroslav Fabečić.

U vojno-redarstvenu operaciju (u daljnjem tekstu: VRO) “Maslenica” (“Gusar”), pripad-nici SJP “Alfa” PU zagrebačke (tri voda – II., V. i VI.) uključuju se od 18. siječnja 1993. te uspješno izvršavaju sve dobivene zadaće, a posebno se ističu tijekom zasjede na komu-nikaciji Sveti Rok, kada su uništena dva ne-prijateljska interventna voda. Zasjeda koju su izvele “Alfe” i pripadnici SJP “Barun” iz Zaboka zasigurno je s obzirom na meteo i zemljišne uvjete bila najteže izvediva zasje-dna akcija u Domovinskom ratu, a po na-nesenim gubicima neprijatelju i jedna od najuspješnijih (Milković 2013: 107). Pored usmene pohvale prvog hrvatskog predsjed-nika dr. Franje Tuđmana, topništvo je dobilo pismenu pohvalu ministra unutarnjih po-slova Ivana Jarnjaka zbog visokog stupnja uvježbanosti i izvršenja borbenih zadaća. Prilikom izvršavanja borbenih zadaća u ak-ciji “Maslenica” poginuo je hrvatski vitez Ivica Drmić, dok su četiri djelatnika ranjena.

slav Army lost their lives, and two of our of-ficers were wounded.

After the action in Topusko, on 6th Novem-ber 1991 the “Alpha” Unit was relocated in the direction of the village Pokupsko, with the task to consolidate defence and disable further penetration of the enemy, where two of our officers were wounded in combat.

During November of 1991 the full compo-sition of the Unit was in constant combat preparation for the liberation of Vukovar.

In early 1992, when Croatian armed forces started searching the field (so-called comb-ing) in the woods above the village Sažije, they arrested a group of rebelled Serbs who were hiding in pre-prepared pits, equipped with a large amount of food and weapons. As it was a wooded and rugged terrain, there was a need for additional deployment of Croatian Special Police Forces. So, based upon the Command of the Department of Special Police of 15th January 1992, the “Al-pha” Unit was militarily included within the Action “Triangle”, regarding the search of the terrain in the mountain area of Zvečevo and partially Papuk.

At the end of 1992, the Unit was deployed to the mountain of Velebit to take part in the Action “Viper 1”, where they performed tasks of maintaining the demarcation line on the mountain of Visočica. On 3rd February 1993, during the operational reconnaissance of the terrain, a member of the reserve part of the Unit Miroslav Fabečić was killed.

On 18th January 1993 members of the SPU “Alpha” of Zagreb PD (three platoons – 2nd, 5th and 6th) were included in the Military-Police Operation (hereinafter: MPO) “Maslenica” (“Pirate”) and they successfully carried out all the entrusted tasks. They especially dis-tinguished themselves during an ambush on communication point Sveti Rok, when they destroyed two enemy intervention platoons. This ambush, carried out by the Alphas and members of SPU “Baron” from Zabok, was certainly, due to the weather and soil con-ditions, the most difficultly executable am-bush action during the Homeland War, and



Tijekom 1993. godine “Alfe” kontinuirano sudjeluju u akcijama “Poskok 1” i “Poskok 2” sve do 7. rujna 1993., kada dio jedinice (grupa za PZO) sudjeluje u akciji “Medački džep 93”, dok veći dio jedinice drži crtu razgraničenja na Velebitu.

Početkom 1994. pa sve do svibnja 1995. go-dine “Alfe” su provele na izvršenju zadaća osiguranja crta razgraničenja prema ne-prijatelju, i to u sljedećim akcijama: “Krug – Požega” i “Krug – Dubrovnik” te “Poskok 2” kontinuirano, kao i “Kocka”, u kojoj je je-dinica uključena cjelokupnim sastavom na-kon podmuklog ubojstva petorice hrvatskih državljana u području Zaštićene zone Ujedinjenih naroda – Sektor zapad (United Nations Protected Areas – UNPA područje).

Već 30. travnja 1995. godine “Alfe” u punom sastavu odlaze na izvršenje VRO “Bljesak” i daju svoj doprinos u akcijama oslobađanja zapadne Slavonije. Tijekom proboja nepri-jateljske crte obrane poginuli su djelatnici

V. vod na Senjaku nakon "Oluje", 1995./5th platoon at Senjak after the operation “Storm”, 1995

by inflicted losses to the enemy, one of the most successful ones (Milković, 2013: 107). In addition to verbal praise of the first Croa-tian president Franjo Tuđjman, the artillery group also received a written commenda-tion of Minister of the Interior Ivan Jarnjak due to the high degree of proficiency and ef-fective execution of combat missions. Croa-tian knight Ivica Drmić was killed in combat during the Action “Maslenica”, while four of our officers were wounded.

During 1993 the “Alpha” Unit continuously participated in Actions “Viper 1” and “Viper 2” until 7th September, and after that a part of the Unit (group for air defence) took part in the Action “Medački džep 93”, while ma-jority of the Unit held the demarcation line on the mountain of Velebit.

From the beginning of 1994 until May of 1995, the Alphas carried out tasks of protect-ing the demarcation line towards the en-emy during the following actions - “Circle-


Vladimir Deščak i Miroslav Flegar, dok je je-dan djelatnik ranjen. “Alfe” u lipnju i srpnju 1995. godine sudjeluju u akcijama pretraga terena i neutralizaciji zaostalih pripadnika te razbijanju neprijateljskih formacija. Jedi-nica se ujedno aktivno priprema za naredne zadaće sve do 30. srpnja 1995., kada zajedno s drugim jedinicama zaokružuje svoj bor-beni put sudjelovanjem u VRO “Oluja”, gdje se definitivno potvrđuju opravdanima sva ulaganja u djelatnike i ovu jedinicu, koja krajnjom motiviranošću i profesionalnošću, zajedno s drugim jedinicama Specijalne policije MUP-a RH, dolazi na državnu granicu naše domovine. Tijekom akcije VRO “Oluja” ranjen je jedan djelatnik jedinice.

Nakon završetka akcije VRO “Oluja”, “Alfe” su sudjelovale u izvršavanju zadaća čišćenja i pretrage terena na oslobođenim područjima od zaostalih neprijateljskih grupacija u akci-jama “Oluja – Obruč Petrova Gora”, “ Oluja – Obruč Gračac” i “ Oluja – Obruč Plitvička jezera”.

Od 1. studenoga 1996. jedinica se nalazila u punoj borbenoj pripravnosti, kao i u više navrata tijekom studenog iste godine za oslobađanje istočne Slavonije.

Osim iznimnog borbenog puta u Domo-vinskom ratu, “Alfe” sudjeluju u gotovo svim redarstvenim akcijama MUP-a RH, od akcije “Dvor” 1991. godine pa do akcija “Alan” i “Pauk” te “Sar”, za koje je jedinica kontinuirano provodila pripreme kako bi se sigurnost Zračne luke Zagreb uvijek držala na zadovoljavajućoj visokoj razini, a davala je djelatnike i za akciju “Skok”. Isto tako, “Alfe” su odradile velik broj radnih sati u akcijama “Mrav”, “Krug”, “Češalj” i “Ravo”. U akciji “Valuta” jedinica je izvršavala zadaće u Virju i Splitu, a zbog uspjeha u provedbi i krajnjih rezultata akcije, pohvaljena je od svih vodećih struktura MUP-a. Kontinuira-na uključenost “Alfi” u pratnje specijalnih tereta i posebnih pošiljki, izuzetno velikih novčanih sredstava Hrvatske narodne ban-ke i Zagrebačke banke, samo je jedan od do-kaza koliko je svaki pripadnik “Alfi” ulijevao povjerenje profesionalnim i nesebičnim pristupom prilikom izvršenja svakog


Požega”, “Circle-Dubrovnik” and “Viper 2” continuously, as well as during the Action “Cube”, in which the complete unit was in-cluded after the treacherous murder of five Croatian citizens in the West Sector of the United Nations Protected Area (UNPA).

Already on 30th April 1995 the Alphas were in full capacity engaged in the execution of MPO “Flash” and made their contribution to the liberation of Western Slavonia. Dur-ing the breach of enemy defence lines, offi-cers Vladimir Deščak and Miroslav Flegar were killed, while one officer was wounded. During June and July of 1995 the Alphas participated in the actions of searching the field and breaking up the enemy formations as well as of neutralization of their residual members. The Unit was also actively prepar-ing for the following tasks until 30th July 1995, when, by taking part in MPO “Storm”, together with other units, it rounded up its-own battle way. During this action all the investment in the staff and the Unit in general was definitely confirmed as justi-fied, due to their ultimate motivation and professionalism. Together with other Croa-tian Special Police Units, they managed to get to the state border of our country. Dur-ing the MPO “Storm” one member of the unit was wounded. After finalization of the MPO “Storm”, the Alphas were involved in executing the tasks of searching and clean-ing the field of the remaining enemy groups in the liberated areas, within the Actions “Storm - Ring Petrova Gora”, “Storm - Ring Gračac” and “Storm - Ring Plitvice Lakes “.

Until 1st November 1996 the Unit was in full combat readiness, as well as in numer-ous occasions during November that same year, for the liberation of Eastern Slavonia.

In addition to exceptional combat actions in the Homeland War, the “Alpha” Unit par-ticipated in virtually all police actions of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia, from the Action “Dvor” in 1991 to the Actions “Alan”, “Spider” and “Sar”, dur-ing which the Unit was continuously pre-paring in order to keep the security of the Zagreb Airport at a satisfactory high level,



postavljenog policijskog zadatka. Djelat-nici jedinice bili su i okosnica stožer snaga specijalne policije te su postigli izuzetne rezultate u akcijama “Štibra – Osijek”, “Štibra – Split”, “Štibra – Čakovec”, “Štibra – Varaždin” i “Štibra – Zagreb”. Na području PU karlovačke “Alfe” su bile angažirane na izvršenju zadaća po akciji “Tu – ka”, kao i tijekom 1995. i 1996. godine po akciji “Nauk”.

Vrhunska stručnost, kao i iskustvo ove je-dinice u osiguranjima javnih skupova (više od 500 javnih okupljanja, kako na području PU zagrebačke tako i na gotovo svim policij-skim upravama u državi), kulminirala je sudjelovanjem u planiranju i neposrednom vođenju te izvršenju zadaća u prioritetnoj akciji MUP-a RH tijekom 1994. godine, a to je bilo osiguranje Svetog Oca, pape Ivana Pavla II., koja se vodila pod imenom “Pastir 900”. Pripadnici “Alfi” lišili su slobode više desetaka počinitelja teških krivičnih djela, a posebice ističemo lišenje slobode na području PU požeško-slavonske osobe koja je bila počinitelj dvostrukog ubojstva ko-

and at the same time its officers were in-volved in the action “Jump”. Likewise, the Alphas worked a great number of hours within the Actions “Ant”, “Circle”, “Comb” and “Ravo”. In the Action “Valuta” the Unit executed tasks in the areas of Virje and Split, and due to success in the fulfilment of their tasks and aims of the actions, it was praised by all the leading structures of the Ministry of the Interior. The “Alpha” Unit was continu-ously involved in accompanying special car-gos and special packages, particularly those with extremely large amounts of money of the Croatian National Bank and the Bank of Zagreb, which is just one proof of how each member of the “Alpha” Unit instilled confi-dence by their professionalism and selfless approach during the execution of every po-lice task placed in front of them. Members of the Unit were also the backbone of Special Police Forces Headquarters and achieved outstanding results in Actions “Štibra-Osijek”, “Štibra-Split”, “Štibra-Čakovec”, “Štibra-Varaždin” and “Štibra-Zagreb”. In the area of Karlovac PD the Alphas were en-gaged in the execution of the tasks within Action “Tu-ka”, as well as within the Action “Nauk” during 1995 and 1996.

This Unit’s superior expertise and expe-rience regarding the protection of public gatherings (more than 500 public gather-ings, both within the area of Zagreb PD and areas of almost all other Police Departments in the country) culminated in participation in the planning, leading and conducting the tasks within a 1994 prioritized Action of Croatian Ministry of the Interior, under-taken to secure the Holy Father Pope John Paul II, which was carried out under the name “Shepherd 900”. Members of the “Al-pha” Unit arrested dozens of perpetrators of serious crimes, and the deprivation of liberty of the person who was the perpetra-tor of the double murder of fellow officer in the area of Požeško-Slavonska PD should be particularly emphasized. The Unit success-fully resolved several hostage situations, such as the release of an American citizen upon the alert of the American Embassy in



lega policajaca. Jedinica je uspješno riješila više talačkih situacija, kao što je oslobađanje američkog državljanina po dojavi Velepo-slanstava SAD-a u lipnju 1993. godine, kao i stvaranje svih potrebnih preduvjeta (bloka-da prostora, snajpersko pokrivanje) kako bi se uspješno mogla riješiti talačka situacija. Osim već naprijed navedenog osiguranja, u više od 500 javnih skupova SJP “Alfa” PU zagrebačke sudjelovala je u osiguranju više desetaka osoba i objekata visokog sigurnos-nog značenja (Milković 2013: 134).

Specijalna jedinica policije “Alfa” PU zagrebačke izvršavala je najsloženije voj-nopolicijske zadaće tijekom Domovin-skog rata te je izrasla u elitnu i jednu od najobučenijih specijalnih postrojbi MUP-a RH. To dokazuje pismena pohvala predsjed-nika RH dr. Franje Tuđmana za sudjelovanje jedinice u oslobađanju vojarne Velika Buna, priznanje Grada Zagreba – Grb Grada koji je jedinica primila 1995. godine, zatim Medalja Grada Zagreba iz 2006. godine u povodu 15. godišnjice ustrojavanja rat-nih zapovjedništava, za iskazano junaštvo njezinih pripadnika u Domovinskom ratu jedinicu je 30. studenoga 2012. godine Re-dom Nikole Šubića Zrinskog odlikovao pred-sjednik Ivo Josipović, a dobivena su i brojna pojedinačna visoka odličja za sudjelovanje u svim borbenim akcijama i operacijama ti-jekom Domovinskog rata. •

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Zagreb in June of 1993, as well as taking all the necessary requirements (blockage of the area, sniper cover) to successfully resolve the hostage situation committed by Alek-sandar Milas. Besides the already aforemen-tioned safeguarding tasks related to more than 500 public gatherings, the SPU “Alpha” of Zagreb PD took part in securing dozens of people and objects of high security impor-tance (Milković, 2013: 134).

Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb PD executed the most complex military and police duties during the Homeland War and grew into one of the elite and most profi-cient special police units within Croatian Ministry of the Interior. This was also prov-en by many praises - written commendation of the Croatian President Franjo Tuđman for participating in the liberation of the military barracks in Velika Buna; Praise of City of Zagreb - Coat of Arms of the City, which the Unit received in 1995; Medal of the City of Zagreb received in 2006 on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of establish-ing the war headquarters; on 30th Novem-ber 2012 the Unit was honoured by Croa-tian President Ivo Josipović by an Order of Nikola Šubic Zrinski for expressed heroism of its members during the war; as well as numerous individual high praises obtained for participating in all combat actions and operations during the Homeland War. •

Stjepan Milković


Rođen je 22. ožujka 1963. godine u Samo-boru. Nakon što je 1980. godine s odličnim uspjehom završio Školski centar “Skender Fabković” u Samoboru, upisao je Obra-zovni centar Republičkog sekretarijata za unutrašnje poslove Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske u Zagrebu. Tijekom obrazovanja, budući da je trenirao kyokushin karte, po-kazao se kao vrlo dobar i perspektivan “pi-tomac”. Pedagoško vijeće škole pohvalilo je Branka 22. siječnja 1982. godine za “vrlo dobar uspjeh, primjereno vladanje i van-nastavne aktivnosti”. Završni ispit 10. lipnja

Hrvatski vitez Branko Bošnjak


He was born on 22nd March 1963 in Samo-bor. After graduating from Samobor High School “Skender Fabković” in 1980 with honours, Branko enrolled in the Second-ary School of Internal Affairs of the Croa-tian Republic Secretariat of the Interior in Zagreb. During his police education, since he practised kyokushin karate, he proved to be a very good and promising cadet. On 22nd January 1982 Branko was praised by the Pedagogical Council of Secondary School for Internal Affairs in Zagreb “for a very good success, appropriate behaviour and extracurricular activities”. Branko passed his final exam with honours on 10th June 1982, and already from 1st July of that year he started internship as a police officer in the Police Unit for the Control and Regulation of Traffic in Kutina of the former Republic Secretariat of the Interior (hereinafter: the

Croatian knight Branko Bošnjak

Branko (drugi slijeva, stoji) s kolegama, školovanje na Policijskoj akademiji, 1981./ Branko (second on the right, standing) with his classmates from the police academy, 1981


1982. Branko je položio s odličnim uspje-hom te je već 1. srpnja iste godine započeo s pripravničkim stažem na radnome mjestu milicionar pripravnik u Jedinici za kontro-lu i regulaciju prometa Kutina, tadašnjeg Republičkog sekretarijata unutrašnjih po-slova (u daljnjem tekstu: RSUP). Nakon završenog vježbeničkog staža, od 31. pro-sinca 1982. g. radio je na mjestu operativnog radnika u Jedinici Kutina sve do novog ra-sporeda s 1. listopadom 1984., kada je prešao u tadašnji Gradski sekretarijat unutrašnjih poslova Zagreb na radno mjesto operativnog radnika za osiguranja u Jedinici milicije za osiguranja.

Nakon prvih demokratskih izbora 1990. i proglašenja neovisnosti početkom ljeta 1991. godine, uslijedila je oružana agresija na Re-publiku Hrvatsku. Događaji u Pakracu i na Plitvicama početkom i krajem ožujka 1991. te prijetnja uporabe JNA radi očuvanja SFRJ, nametnuli su hrvatskom vodstvu potrebu za ustrojavanjem vlastitih oružanih snaga. Kako je policija u to vrijeme bila jedina ob-


RSI). After completing his internship on 31st

December 1982, Branko remained working as a police officer in Kutina Unit until a new schedule from 1st October 1984, when he was reassigned to the then Municipal Secre-tariat of Internal Affairs in Zagreb as a police officer within the Police Unit for Safeguard-ing Tasks.

After the first democratic elections in 1990 and the declaration of independence at the beginning of the summer of 1991, the armed aggression against the Republic of Croatia started. Events in Pakrac and Plit-vice at the beginning and the end of March of 1991 as well as the threat of using the then Yugoslav Army in order to preserve former Yugoslavia, imposed to the Croatian lead-ership the need to establish its own armed forces. As the police was the only defensive force in the Republic of Croatia at that mo-ment, the establishment of Special Police Forces and Special Units within the Police Departments began upon the Command of the Minister of the Interior. Without any calculations, selflessly and self-effacingly, on 23rd July 1991 Branko voluntarily transferred from the post of the police officer at the Op-erational Centar of the Unit for the Deten-tion, Retention and Safeguarding in Zagreb to the then Department of Police Affairs of

Branko (čuči) s kolegama, školovanje na Policijskoj akademiji, 1981./Branko (squatting) with his classmates from the police academy, 1981


rambena snaga u Republici Hrvatskoj, na-redbom ministra unutarnjih poslova počelo se s ustrojavanjem posebnih, odnosno speci-jalnih jedinica policije pri policijskim upra-vama. Bez imalo kalkuliranja, nesebično i samozatajno, s radnog mjesta operativnog radnika za zadržavanje, preprate i osigu-ranje Operativnog dežurstva Jedinice za zadržavanje, preprate i osiguranje u Za-grebu, 23. srpnja 1991. Branko je dragovoljno prešao u tadašnji Odjel za poslove policije PJP PU Zagreb na radno mjesto operativni radnik – komandir odjeljenja.

Dolaskom u PJP PU Zagreb Branko se smatra i jednim od osnivača legendarnih “Alfi”, odnosno Specijalne jedinice polici-je PU zagrebačke. U Specijalnoj policiji MUP-a RH naročito su došle do izražaja Brankove sposobnosti, što je vidljivo i kroz njegovo brzo napredovanje u službi. Tako je Odlukom ministra unutarnjih poslova na temelju članka 62. Zakona o unutar-njim poslovima (“NN” 29/91) već u mjesecu prosincu 1991. godine raspoređen na radno mjesto komandira voda, a sa 1. listopadom 1992. na radno mjesto policijski službenik – instruktor specijalističke obuke. Pomoćnik zapovjednika Specijalne jedinice policije PU zagrebačke postao je 15. lipnja 1993. go-dine. Kako je tadašnjim Rješenjem o ra-sporedu bilo regulirano da u određenom vremenskom roku mora steći višu školsku spremu, a budući da je već bio upisan na Vi-sokoj školi za unutarnje poslove u Zagrebu te je odslušao predviđena četiri semestra i položio sve ispite u roku, diplomirao je 8. srpnja 1993. godine te je stekao stručnu spremu VI. stupnja i stručni naziv krimina-list.

Početkom agresije na Republiku Hrvatsku Branko je s “Alfama” dragovoljno sudjelovao u svim borbenim zadaćama. Tako je već tijekom 1991. godine sudjelovao u akci-jama “Topusko” i “Pokupsko”, krajem 1992. u akciji “Poskok I”, a tijekom 1993. godine u operaciji “Maslenica” te u akcijama na državnom nivou “Poskok II”, “Kocka” i “Krug – Dubrovnik”. Tijekom svih akcija dokazao se kao iznimno hrabar, odlučan i smiren


Special Police Unit of Zagreb PD to the post of squad commander.

Upon his transfer to the SPU of Zagreb PD Branko is considered one of the founders of the legendary “Alpha” Unit or the Special Police Unit of Zagreb PD. Within the Special Police Forces of Croatian Ministry of the Interior Branko’s competences came par-ticularly to the fore, which is evident in his rapid career advancement. Thus, already in December of 1991, upon the decision of the Minister of the Interior on the basis of Ar-ticle 62 of the Law on Internal Affairs (“Of-ficial Gazette” 29/91), Branko was appointed to the position of platoon commander, and on 1st October 1992 to the post of the instruc-tor for special training. He was appointed as assistant commander of the Special Police Unit of Zagreb PD on 15th June 1993. One of the requirements for being appointed to this duty was a higher education level, and since Branko was enrolled at the College of Home Affairs in Zagreb, where he, at that point, had already attended four required semesters and passed all the exams, he graduated on 8th July 1993 gaining the 6th de-gree educational level and professional title criminalist.

At the beginning of the aggression against Croatia Branko voluntarily participated with the Alphas in all combat missions. Thus, already during 1991 he participated in the Actions “Topusko” and “Pokupsko”, in the late 1992 in the Action “Viper I”, and during 1993 in Operation “Maslenica”, as well in the Actions at the state level – “Viper II”, “Cube” and “Circle – Dubrovnik”. Dur-ing all these actions he proved himself to be extremely courageous, resolute and calm member of the Special Forces, who instilled confidence and continuously passed his life experience and extensive knowledge to the members of Croatian Special Police Forces while executing the most complex police and combat missions.

All that energy and wisdom, gained during his professional engagement in kyokushin karate (martial art), Branko, as an excep-tional warrior and leader, very thoughtfully


specijalac koji je ulijevao povjerenje, a svoje životno iskustvo i veliko znanje prenosio je na pripadnike Specijalne policije MUP-a RH u svakom trenutku prilikom izvršenja najsloženijih policijskih i borbenih zadaća.

Svu tu energiju i mudrost koju je stekao tijekom profesionalnog bavljenja spor-tom, borilačkim vještinama – kyokushin karateom, Branko je kao izniman ratnik i vođa vrlo promišljeno prenosio na pripad-nike specijalne policije. Uvijek je naglasak stavljao na zajedništvo, isticao je da uvijek treba djelovati u skladu sa situacijom te je smatrao da se svakoj zadaći mora pristu-piti racionalno, a ne emocionalno, odnosno da samo razumijevanjem sukoba možemo doći do njegova razrješenja. Što znači da je Branko vrlo promišljeno znao prepoznati psihologiju određene situacije te je, kao u karate borbi, uočio da je svaki korak pro-tivnika odmah viđen i da se treba prilagoditi situaciji kako bi sukob razriješili uz mini-mum napora i štetnih posljedica. Nikad nije srljao i žurio u izvršenje zadaća, iako se to od specijalaca često zahtijevalo, da se uz zvuk sirena i veliku buku u “tren oka” pojave na mjestu događaja. Možda kod neiskusnih ru-kovoditelja da, ali kod Branka to nikad nije prolazilo. Sustav veze često je divljao: “Tre-bamo hitnu intervenciju specijalne policije! Jeste li krenuli?” Branko je uvijek znao “stati


passed on to the members of Special Police Forces. He always put emphasis on the fel-lowship and stressed out that one should al-ways act according to the situation. He con-sidered that each task must be approached rationally, not emotionally, and that only by understanding the conflict one can come to its dismissal. That means that Branko could very thoughtfully identify the psychology of a certain situation and was aware, the same as in karate fighting, of the importance of immediate notice of every step of the op-ponents in order to adapt to the situation and resolve the conflict with the minimum of effort and damage. He never hurried or rushed into carrying out tasks, although it was often required of the members of Spe-cial Forces to make an appearance on the scene in the “blink of an eye”, accompanied by the sound of sirens and a lot of noise. Per-haps the inexperienced police commanders could be pressured by these expectations, but that could never happen to Branko. Po-lice radio would often scream: “We need im-mediate intervention of the Special Police! Are you on your way?” But Branko always knew how to “cool down the game” and respond appropriately and calmly without panic: “The members of the Special Police Forces are moving towards the position.” One can never be late for an intervention,

V. vod s Brankom, Senjak/5th platoon with Branko, Senjak


na loptu” odgovarajući smireno i bez pa-nike: “Pripadnici specijalne policije krenuli su na poziciju.” Nikad se ne može zakas-niti na intervenciju, a u žurbi može doći do ugrožavanja sigurnosti u prometu – često je Branko znao ponoviti. Prilikom realizacije intervencije Brankova smirenost i hlad-nokrvnost te procjena situacije najviše su dolazili do izražaja, što je uvelike djelovalo na samopouzdanje specijalaca koji su iz-ravno izvršavali najsloženije vojnopolicijske zadaće. Branko je bio omiljen, jer je imao dobar smisao za šalu, pa je često, kada se od njega očekivalo da bude ozbiljan, jer ipak je bio rukovoditelj elitnim specijalcima, znao dobaciti i pokoju šalu. Tako se na sastan-cima neposredno prije izvršenja neke od tajnih zadaća “Alfi” s drugim ustrojstvenim cjelinama policije često na kraju znalo reći: “Sve što je izrečeno, nikako ne smije izaći iz ove prostorije!” te “Ima li kakvih pitanja?”. Na jednom takvom sastanku nakon tih


but in a hurry may jeopardize traffic safety - Branko often repeated. Branko’s calmness and cool-headed assessment of the situation especially came to the fore during the in-terventions, which had a big impact on the confidence of the members of Special Forces who were directly carrying out the most complex military and police tasks. Branko was popular because he had a good sense of humour and very often he would throw in a joke when he was expected to be serious, because he was the commander within an elite Special Police Unit. Thus, at the meet-ings with other police organizational units, held immediately prior to execution of some of the Alphas secret mission, at the end someone would often say: “Everything said cannot get out of this room!” and “Are there any questions?”. After these warnings at one such meeting Branko asked - “Can I use the phone?”. He had thrown it in his own style – cold-bloodedly, just to “break the ice” and

Alfe na pripremi za akciju “Pokupsko” 1992./The Alphas preparing for the Action “Pokupsko”, 1992


upozorenja Branko je upitao: “Mogu li tele-fonirati?” Dobacio je to u svom stilu – hla-dnokrvno, onako za razbijanje “leda” i ner-voze, ali ne kod specijalaca, već nadređenih, koji su izdavali naloge za izvršenje zadaće.

U prvom poglavlju knjige “Umijeće ra-tovanja”, posvećenom strategiji, Sun Tzu je napisao: “Vodstvo je stvar inteligencije, pouzdanosti, čovječnosti, hrabrosti i stro-gosti.” Du Mu, poznat kao “vitez posto-janog poštenja i iznimne časnosti” slijedio je učenje Sun Tzuova klasika te je napisao komentar: “Put drevnih kraljeva je bio da prije svega drže do čovječnosti, dočim su oni umješni u borilaštvo smatrali inteligen-ciju prvom. To je zbog toga što inteligencija uključuje sposobnost planiranja i znanja kad učinkovito izvrši primjenu. Pouzdanost znači da su ljudi sigurni da će za nešto biti kažnjeni, a za nešto nagrađeni. Čovječnost znači ljubav i suosjećanje za ljude, kao i biti svjestan njegova truda. Hrabrost znači zgrabiti bez oklijevanja priliku za sigurnu pobjedu. Strogost znači uspostaviti stegu u vojnim redovima putem oštrih kazni.”

To su samo neke od vrlina koje je Branko imao. Osim strogosti, njegov autoritet bio je dovoljan za uspostavljanje stege, stoga “tre-niranje strogoće” nije bilo potrebno. Mno-gi suradnici i kolege koji su imali priliku surađivati s Brankom veoma su ga poštivali kao osobu i vođu koji je suosjećao s njihovim potrebama, a iznad svega znao je prepoznati njihove radne kvalitete. Nije volio “folirante”, tzv. velike specijalce bez pokrića, hvalisavce kojima je specijalna policija služila samo za osobni imidž. Kaljenje i selekcija pripadnika specijalne policije bila je dosta surova, zbog složenosti situacije izravno su upućivani u “vatru” po načelu “ili jesi ili nisi specijalac”, stoga nije bilo mjesta za “instant specijalce”. U američkim središtima za specijalno rato-vanje već desetljećima instruktori se pri-likom izobrazbe drže pravila: “Specijalac mora biti brz kao komarac noću, pokretljiv kao leptir u prostoru, neuhvatljiv kao jegulja u vodi i hitar kao izgladnjeli tigar.” Hrvat-ski specijalac zadovoljava sve odrednice i shvaćanja koja su prihvaćena u većini za-


nervousness, but not to his subordinated of-ficers, but to his superiors, who issued or-ders for the execution of tasks.

In the first chapter of his book “The Art of War”, dedicated to strategy, Sun Tzu wrote: “Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, courage, and sternness.” Du Mu, known as a “knight of unflinching honesty and extraordinary hon-our”, followed Sun Tzu’s classic study and wrote the comment: “The Way of the ancient kings was to consider humaneness fore-most, while the martial artists considered intelligence foremost. This is because intel-ligence involves ability to plan and to know when to change effectively. Trustworthiness means to make people sure of punishment or reward. Humaneness means love and compassion for people, being aware of their toils. Courage means to seize opportunities to make certain of victory, without vacilla-tion. Sternness means to establish discipline in the ranks by strict punishments.”

These are just some of the virtues that Branko had. In addition to strictness, his au-thority was sufficient to establish discipline, so any kind of rigorous approach was not necessary. Many co-workers and colleagues who had the opportunity to work with Branko highly respected him, both as a per-son and as a leader who sympathized with their needs, and above all as someone who knew how to recognize their work qualities. He didn’t like “phonies”, so called elite mem-bers of Special Forces without any coverage, boasters who used Special Police Forces only for their personal image. Selection and hard-ening of Special Police Forces members was quite harsh, because of the complexity of the situation they were being sent directly to the line of fire under the principle “you either are or aren’t a member of Special Forces”, so there was no place for “instant members of Special Forces”. For decades the instructors within U.S. Special Warfare Centres during training use the rule: “A member of Special Forces must be as fast as a mosquito at night, agile as a butterfly in space, slippery as an eel in the water and fast as a starving tiger.”


padnih zemalja. Specijalci su najčešće dra-govoljci, fizički su snažni, okretni, izdržljivi, odvažni, smjeli i psihofizički stabilni, inteli-gentni, besprijekorno vješti u uporabi va-trenog i hladnog oružja te eksplozivnih sred-stava. Uz to, hrvatski specijalac mora biti, zbog zadaća izravne akcije, pribrana ličnost, dok je snalaženje na terenu koje nadzire ne-prijatelj jedinstven zahtjev (Višnar 1995.).

Najbliži suradnici i djelatnici, ponajviše pripadnici V. voda kojima je u jednom periodu Branko izravno zapovijedao, često su znali reći kako jedva čekaju da dođu na posao. Malo čudno, pogotovo ako govorimo o vremenu Domovinskog rata, kada su se izmjenjivale vojnopolicijske zadaće kao na traci, kada je u opisu poslova pripadnika specijalne policije pisalo “veoma opasno”.


Members of Croatian Special Forces meet all requirements and requests also accepted in most Western countries. They are usually volunteers, physically strong, agile, hardy, courageous, bold, and psychophysically sta-ble, intelligent, and impeccably skilful in the use of firearms, cold weapons and explosive devices. In addition, a member of Croatian Special Forces must have, because of his involvement in the direct action, a self-col-lected personality, while getting around in the field controlled by the enemy is an fun-damental request (Višnar 1995).

Closest associates and subordinated of-ficers, mostly members of the 5th platoon, which was at one time under Branko’s di-rect command, often used to say that they can hardly wait to come to work. A little bit strange, especially if we are talking about the time of war, when military and police tasks were constantly lining up one after the other, and when job description of the

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Visočica, 1993./Visočica, 1993



members of Special Forces was considered “very dangerous”. Having in mind all the requests and tasks that the “Alpha” Unit carried out during the Homeland War, we can safely conclude that at the time it was the only Special Police Unit in the country capable to parallely conduct both military and police tasks. This meant that after the execution of some of the combat missions, upon their return to Zagreb, the Unit was immediately being sent to carry out some of the customary police tasks. Branko’s sense of humour and fellowship, together with his organizational skills, made getting through it all much easier.

There are many examples from Branko’s past when he applied his life principles onto the execution of the most complex military tasks. For example, on 18th January 1993 the Alphas were included in the MPO “Masleni-ca” by deployment of three platoons – 2nd, 5th and 6th, whose members headed towards the base in Lukovo Šugarje early in the morn-ing of that day. As the commander of the 5th platoon, bearing in mind the complexity of the tasks, Branko managed to squeeze the last atom of energy out of his fellow soldiers by virtue of his determination, tranquillity and the ability to motivate others, as well as skilfully using the authority of the leader. The Alphas walked trough the entire moun-tain of Velebit, in harsh winter conditions and under their full war equipment, in or-der to stop and hamper rapid penetration of hostile Serbian forces aimed at ensuring the isolation of Masleničko ždrilo. Even fa-tigue and bloody blisters gained after five days of continuous walking didn’t stop the Alphas from going back to Zagreb to attend a funeral of the Croatian knight Ivica Drmić. Having said goodbye to their colleague, members of the 2nd and 5th platoon returned to Velebit with the aim of preserving the conquered lines. There, Branko’s determina-tion was on its peak once again and probably saved the members of the 5th platoon from potential losses. Namely, the position of the 5th platoon was deep under Lišćani bu-nari, in the part of the mountain of Velebit

Sagledavajući činjenice i opis zadaća koje su “Alfe” izvršavale tijekom Domovinskog rata, sa sigurnošću možemo konstatirati da su tada bili jedina specijalna postrojba u državi koja je mogla paralelno izvršavati vojne i policijske zadaće. Naime, nakon izvršenja neke od borbenih zadaća (većinom su se paralelno izvršavale vojnopolicijske zadaće), već povratkom u Zagreb jedinica je upućivana ne neke od policijskih zadaća. Uz Brankov smisao za šalu i zajedništvo te njegove organizacijske sposobnosti, bilo je puno lakše sve to prebroditi.

Ima mnogo primjera iz Brankove prošlosti u kojima je primjenjivao svoja životna načela u izvršenju najsloženijih vojnih zadaća. Tako je bilo, primjerice, i u VRO “Masleni-ca”, u koju su se “Alfe” uključile 18. siječnja 1993. borbenom uzbunom tri voda jedinice – II., V. i VI., koji su istog dana u ranim jutarnjim satima krenuli u smjeru baze u Lukovom Šugarju. Branko je tada bio na dužnosti zapovjednika V. voda, a s obzirom na zahtjevnost zadaće, svojom je odlučnošću i smirenošću, kao i sposobnošću motivacije, vješto koristeći autoritet vođe, od suboraca izvukao i zadnji atom snage. “Alfe” su tada pod punom ratnom opremom prepješačile cijeli Velebit u teškim zimskim uvjetima kako bi zaustavile i onemogućile brzi prodor neprijateljskih srpskih snaga te osiguranje izolacije Masleničkog ždrila. Umor i krva-



which was dominant from the position to-wards the hiking trails, but not towards the forest road. Precisely this forest road was critical, because it was partially rounding the conquered position of the “Alpha” Unit and there was a possibility that members of the 5th platoon would find themselves sur-rounded by the enemy. Freezing rain, fog and very low temperature were typical for a winter on Velebit, and improvised shelters made of wood and tent wings were the only protection from such weather conditions. When the 5th platoon took over the position

Zoran Cvrk (zapovjednik i kum) s Brankom/ Zoran Cvrk (commander and best man) with Branko

vi žuljevi nakon petodnevnog neprekid-nog pješačenja nisu zaustavili “Alfe” da se upute prema Zagrebu na dostojan posljednji ispraćaj hrvatskog viteza Ivice Drmića. Na-kon što su se oprostili s kolegom, pripadnici II. i V. voda ponovno su se vratili na Velebit s ciljem održavanja zaposjednute linije. Tada je Brankova odlučnost opet dosegnula vrhu-nac i vjerojatno spasila pripadnike V. voda od mogućih gubitaka. Naime, pozicija V. voda bila je duboko ispod Lišćanih bunara, u dijelu Velebita koji je bio dominantan s pozicije prema planinarskim stazama, ali ne


from the members of the 2nd platoon every-thing went downhill. The enemy, who knew that part of Velebit better, backed up by two tanks and artillery fire, began approaching the part of the road that could, if they would have taken it over, became crucial for mem-bers of the 5th platoon. The order was issued not to leave the position, but because Branko knew how to skilfully confront the superi-ors, he made a crucial decision to stop the enemy on that road. The penetration of the enemy was stopped by the tactical shifting of forces under Lišćani bunari. Members of the 5th platoon remained in position under the open sky all through the night. The tem-perature reached up to -30 °C, the woods echoed with loud detonations because the beech trees were cracking under the pres-sure of ice. It was already around 2 or 3 am when their colleagues from the 2nd pla-toon were able to come from the direction of Dušica and bring them blankets, saving them from freezing to death. This position, defended by brave and courageous members of Special Forces and thanks to Branko’s de-termination, remained under their control until the MPO “Storm”. Precisely from that same place the Alphas engaged the MPO “Storm” in 1995 and contributed to this great, historic victory of the Croatian Army and Police.

Unfortunately, when returning from the execution of the task within the Action “Circle – Dubrovnik”, a Croatian knight Branko Bošnjak lost his life in a tragic acci-dent on 29th January 1995. On the occasion of the Croatian National Day and the 5th an-niversary of the establishment of indepen-dent and sovereign Republic of Croatia, on 26th May 1995 the Croatian President made the decision to honour Branko Bošnjak by the Order of Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan with a golden braid, as a symbol of eternal memory of those who were killed in the Homeland War. He was also post-humously honoured by the Order of Duke Domagoj with Necklace on 28th May 1995, as well as by the Order of Nikola Šubić Zrinski


i prema šumskom putu. Upravo je taj šumski put bio kritičan, jer je dijelom zaokruživao zaposjednutu poziciju “Alfi” te je postojala mogućnost da pripadnici V. voda ostanu u okruženju. Ledena kiša, magla i vrlo niska temperatura, uvjeti karakteristični za Vele-bit zimi, a improvizirana skloništa od drve-ta i šatorskih krila bila su jedina zaštita od takvih vremenskih uvjeta. Kad su preuzeli poziciju od pripadnika II. voda, tad kao da je sve krenulo nizbrdo. Neprijatelj koji je taj dio Velebita poznavao bolje, potpomognut s dva tenka i artiljerijskom vatrom, počeo se približavati dijelu ceste koji bi mogao, ako ga zauzme, biti presudan za pripadnike V. voda. Zapovijed je bila da se ne napuštaju pozicije, ali kako se Branko znao vješto su-protstaviti autoritetima, donio je presudnu odluku da se prodor neprijatelja zaustavi na cesti. Taktičkim prebacivanjem snaga ispod Lišćanih bunara zaustavljen je prodor ne-prijateljskih snaga. Pripadnici V. voda ostali su cijelu noć na poziciji pod vedrim nebom, temperatura je dostizala i do -30 °C, šumom su odjekivale glasne detonacije, jer su bukve pucale pod pritiskom leda. Tek oko dva-tri sata ujutro iz pravca Dušica kolege iz II. voda dopremili su im deke kako se ne bi smrznuli. Pozicija koju su tada hrabri i odvažni speci-jalci obranili Brankovom je odlučnošću zadržana sve do VRO “Oluja” i upravo su se s te iste pozicije “Alfe” uključile u VRO “Oluja” 1995. godine te pridonijele velikoj, povijesnoj pobjedi hrvatske vojske i policije.

Nažalost, prilikom povratka s izvršenja zadaće “Krug – Dubrovnik” 29. siječnja 1995. godine nesretnim slučajem hrvatski vitez Branko Bošnjak izgubio je život. Pred-sjednik RH u prigodi Dana državnosti i 5. obljetnice samostalne i suverene hrvatske države donio je Odluku (od 26. svibnja 1995.) kojom je Branko Bošnjak odlikovan Redom Petra Zrinskog i Frana Krste Frankopana s pozlaćenim pleterom kao časnim znakom vječnog spomena poginulima u ratu za hrvatsku državu, a posmrtno je odlikovan i Redom kneza Domagoja s ogrlicom (od 28. svibnja 1995.). Za zasluge u Domovinskom


life with branko was so happy, that the memory of him,

with infinite sadness that we have lost him too soon,

brings the immense joy that we had him...

život s brankom bio je toliko sretan,da i sjećanje na njega,

uz beskrajnu tugu što smo ga prerano izgubili,

budi neizmjernu radost što smo ga imali...

Stjepan Milković Stjepan Milković


and Homeland War Memorial Medal for his service during the war.

According to the Article 5 of the Decision on the regulation of the status of the wound-ed and the families of deceased active and reserve officers of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior, dated 18th August 1995, Branko Bošnjak was promoted to the title of senior inspector.

Journalist Marija Alvir, for the purpose of the book “Alphas live forever!” – Contribu-tions to the War Path of the Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb PD in the Homeland War 1991 – 1995, wrote verses that best describe the person and work of Branko Bošnjak:

ratu Branko je odlikovan i Redom Nikole Šubića Zrinskog te Spomenicom Domovin-skog rata.

U skladu s člankom 5. Odluke o reguli-ranju statusa ranjenih i obitelji poginulih djelatnog i pričuvnog sastava Ministarstva unutarnjih poslova Republike Hrvatske od 18. kolovoza 1995. godine Branko Bošnjak unaprijeđen je u zvanje viši inspektor.

Novinarka Marija Alvir, za potrebe knjige “Alfe žive vječno!” – prilozi za ratni put Speci-jalne jedinice policije “Alfa” PU zagrebačke u Domovinskom ratu 1991. – 1995., napisala je stihove koji najbolje opisuju lik i djelo Bran-ka Bošnjaka:


V. vod u opuštajućoj atmosferi (Stjepan Šantek, Branko Bošnjak, Dražen Hadžić, Ivica Stanić, Željko Branković, Milijan Brkić i ostali)/5th platoon in a relaxing atmosphere (Stjepan Šantek, Branko Bošnjak, Dražen Hadžić, Ivica Stanić, Željko Branković, Milijan Brkić and others)

Braća po oružjuBrothers in arms

Kad sam se u rujnu 1991. pridružio Specijalnoj jedinici policije “Alfa”, ra-

sporedili su me u V. vod kojim je zapovije-dao Branko Bošnjak. Odlučnost i smirenost najbolje opisuju mog zapovjednika još od prvog našeg razgovora. Onako staložen, sa-bran, hladnokrvan, ali nipošto ne i hladan, ulijevao je povjerenje. Kolikogod mogao biti uznemiren, čovjek se u njegovom društvu osjećao sigurno.

U to nas vrijeme nije bilo mnogo u Je-dinici, uvježbavali smo se, pripremali za svoju svetu zadaću – obranu Domovine. Branko je i tijekom obuke uvijek bio ispred nas, a mi smo ga slijedili, premda se nikada nije pozivao na autoritet dužnosti koju je obnašao. Bio je pravi vođa i uživao je golem autoritet. Nije puno pričao, ali kad je govo-rio, svi su ga slušali. Nikada nitko nije niti pomislio ne ga poslušati.

Nakon nekog vremena i bez ikakve na-jave, Branko me odabrao za zapovjednika odjeljenja V. voda. Zahvalio sam mu se na ukazanom povjerenju i odgovorio da sma-tram da ima puno kvalificiranijih, sposob-nijih i zaslužnijih od mene za tu čast. No on mi je spremno uzvratio: “Kad budeš ti odlučivao, biraj koga hoćeš, a sad odlučujem ja. I bit će tako.” Smireno, bez povišenog tona, ali odlučno. Bilo mi je teško i zamisliti kako

W hen I joined the Special Police Unit “Alpha” in September 1991, I was

assigned to the 5th platoon, commanded by Branko Bošnjak. Even since our first conver-sation I saw determination and calmness as his key attributes. So poised, tranquil, cold-blooded, but not at all cold, he instilled con-fidence. No matter how upset one was, in his company he would feel safe.

At that time, there were not many of us in the Unit, we trained and prepared ourselves for our sacred duty – defending our Home-land. Even during training Branko was al-ways ahead of us, and we followed him, al-though he never referred to the authority of his position. He was a true leader who enjoyed enormous authority. He didn’t talk much, but when he spoke, everyone listened. No one ever thought not to obey him.

After a while and without any notice, Branko selected me for squad commander within the 5th platoon. I thanked him for having confidence in me and replied that I think there were those much more quali-fied, more competent and worthier than me to be given this honour. He promptly answered: „When you are the one to decide, choose whoever you want, but now I’m de-ciding and it will be as I say.” Calmly, with-out raising his voice, but with much deter-



ću zapovijedati svojim dojučerašnjim kole-gama, no ubrzo sam shvatio da moram biti odlučan, baš kao što je to bio i naš Branko.

Tijekom Domovinskog rata, u kojem je naša postrojba prošla brojna bojišta, nailazili smo na svakakve izazove, a Branko je i dalje, kao i uvijek, oko sebe širio tu svoju legendarnu smirenost u odlučnosti. Sam njegov pogled govorio je – s vama sam, ne bojte se – što je meni osobno ulijevalo i povjerenje i snagu. Bio je zaista čovjek od iznimnog autoriteta, ljudskog i profesionalnog, kako u vodu kojim je zapovijedao tako i u cijeloj Jedinici.

Uvijek je nalazio vremena za razgovor sa svima nama, obraćali smo mu se i zbog privatnih razloga, a on je uvijek nastojao pomoći. I pomagao je. I uvijek je integrirao ljude, okupljao ih, potičući na zajedništvo – nas, braću po oružju. Branko je jedan od rijetkih ljudi koji mi je, uz pokojnog oca, moralni i ljudski uzor. Bio mi je, bez ikakvog pretjerivanja, i inspiracija i vodilja, a i danas ga se često sjetim u raznim životnim situ-acijama.

Kad je stradao, bio je to istinski šok za sve nas. I kao što skrbimo o obiteljima svih naših poginulih, tako smo bili i uz Brankovu su-prugu i djecu. No, o tome trebaju govoriti djela, a ne riječi. Jedno je od takvih djela i tradicionalni Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka, koji se ove godine održava jubilarni, 20. put, i u čijoj organizaciji svi mi, njegovi kolege i suborci, rado pomažemo.

I ne mislim pritom da radimo nešto poseb-no: to je naša moralna obveza, kako prema Branku tako i prema njegovoj obitelji te, na kraju krajeva, i prema našoj djeci, kojoj na taj način šaljemo poruku o tome kako se moramo odnositi prema ljudima koji su nas zadužili.

Branko je doista bio poseban čovjek i zato zaslužuje poseban odnos, a Memorijal i ova monografija samo su dio našeg duga prema njemu. Ostavio je uistinu neizbrisiv trag, na ponos svojoj majci, supruzi i djeci, te svi-ma nama koji smo ga poznavali, poštovali i voljeli. Daj Bože da Hrvatska ima više takvih ljudi! •

Milijan Brkić

mination. It was hard for me to imagine that I will have to command my yesterday’s col-leagues, but soon I realized that I need to be as determined as Branko.

During the Homeland War, our Unit went through numerous battlefields and we found ourselves in all kinds of situations, but Branko was the one who always spread his legendary calmness and determination around him. His look was saying – I’m with you, don’t be afraid. Personally, that gave me confidence and strength. He was really a man of great authority, personal and profes-sional, within the platoon he commanded as well as within the whole Unit.

He always found time to talk to all of us, we would turn to him both professionally and privately, and he always tried to help. And he did help. He always integrated peo-ple, gathered them, encouraging us to com-radeship – us, brothers in arms. Branko was my moral and human role-model, one of the few I had along with my late father. He was, without any exaggeration, my inspiration and guidance in life, and even today I often remember him in various life situations.

When he got killed it was a shock to all of us. And as we took care of families of all our killed colleagues, we were there for Branko’s wife and children also. But we need to let deeds and not words speak of that. One such deed is Branko Bošnjak Memorial. This year, the 20th jubilee Memorial will take place and all of us, Branko’s colleagues and comrades, gladly help in its organization.

And thereby, I don’t think that we are do-ing something special, it is our moral obli-gation to Branko and his family, and in the end to our children whom we are sending a message how to treat people who have in-debted us.

Branko was a really unique man, so he deserves a special treatment. The Memorial and this monograph are just a small part of what we owe him. He truly left an indelible mark, he can be a pride to his mother, wife and children, and to all of us who knew him, honoured him and loved him. Lord, let Cro-atia have more of such people! •

Milijan Brkić



Uvijek se rado sjetim dragog prijate-lja, suborca i vođe mog voda. Kad

sam primljen u ondašnju Posebnu jedini-cu milicije PU zagrebačke (1991.), bio sam dodijeljen odjeljenju starijih milicajaca, a komandir odjeljenja tada je bio Stevo Živčić. Odlaskom Živčića na novu funkciju, komandir je postao Branko Bošnjak, koji je iz drugog dijela jedinice raspoređen k nama u grupaciju. Budući da je završio Višu kriminalističku školu, bio je logičan izbor. Skužili smo se, odnekud se znamo, a bilo je to iz Kostajnice za vrijeme borbi, davno prije okupacije. Vidjeli smo se nekoliko puta u tamošnjoj stanici.

U rad moje grupacije uvodio je treninge za povećanje kondicije karate kyokushin načinom, priznajem, za umrijeti od napora, zatim opake ophodnje – trčanja s opremom po Maksimiru, Žumberku i Sljemenu. I to sve još 1991. godine, između borbenih aktivnosti

I’m always happy to think of my dear friend, my fellow soldier and the leader

of my platoon. When I was first admitted to the Special Police Unit of Zagreb Police De-partment (in 1991), I was assigned to a squad of experienced officers, and my platoon commander at the time was Stevo Živčić. Upon his departure to a new post, Branko Bošnjak was appointed as a new platoon commander, assigned to our group from an-other part of the Unit. He had already com-pleted the Higher School of Criminalistics, so he was the logical choice. We realized that we knew each other from somewhere – we’ve meet during the armed fighting in

Ante Jurišić, Stjepan Milković, Stjepan Šantek, Ivan Barišić (dolje), Velebit, Mali Javornik, 1994./Ante Jurišić, Stjepan Milković, Stjepan Šantek, Ivan Barišić (down), Velebit Mountain, Mali Javornik, 1994



i opservacija u Zagrebu i raznolikih inter-vencija. Zatim po igralištu TPK u Sveticama, gdje je tada bila baza, pa u dvorani Peščenica, a i u Vatrogasnoj školi na Ksaveru. Bilo je to primijećeno, pa je uvedeno kao obavezna obuka za cijelu jedinicu. Interesantno, meni je posvećivao puno pažnje u tim treninzima i ophodnjama, stalno me bodrio i poticao na sve veće napore. A ja sam ponosno nosio punu opremu, ali i više od toga, obvezno snaj- persku pušku i ‘falovku’ zajedno, što je bilo lijepo opterećenje. Čak me baš on odgovo-rio da 1992. godine odem u Legiju stranaca. Htio sam otići, jer sam kod nas osjećao sve veću frustraciju – bilo je proglašeno, kao, primirje. Branku je bilo drago da nam svima može pomoći da napredujemo u fizičkim sposobnostima i snazi volje. Razinu koju smo s njim postigli, ranije nam je bila teško zamisliva. Iako sam imao solidnu podlogu u borilačkim sportovima, nisam ga mogao

Kostajnica, long before the occupation. We’d seen each other a few times at the premises of the local Police Station.

He introduced a new way of training in the platoon’s routine in order to improve our physical form - kyokushin karate, which, I admit, was to die of strain, and it was at the same time combined with gruelling patrols – running tours with heavy equip-ment on our backs in Maksimir, Žumberak and Sljeme. And all of this took place in 1991, between combat activities, patrols in Zagreb and various other interventions. We trained at the playground in Svetice, where our base was stationed at the time, in the sports hall in Peščenica, and at the premises of the Fire-fighters School in Ksaver. This was noticed and was introduced as a mandatory training for the entire Unit. Interestingly, he gave me a lot of attention during these trainings and patrols, and he constantly urged me and en-couraged my efforts. And I proudly wore my full combat gear, and even more than that, both sniper and assault rifle were manda-tory. All that combined made a pretty nice load. It was he who discouraged me in 1992 to leave to join the French Foreign Legion, and I wanted to leave because I felt a grow-ing frustration. Apparently, a truce was de-clared. Branko was glad he could help us im-prove our physical abilities and strength of will. The level we managed to achieve under his guidance was until then hardly imagin-able to all of us. Even though I had a solid background in martial arts, I couldn’t beat him in his extraordinary karate, during the training of standing sparring, but I’d man-aged to beat him using the wrestling tech-niques.

His style of communication and transmis-sion of received orders was exceptional, so there was never a problem with accepting any of them. He showed great strength in completing his tasks. To mention one ex-ample from Zagreb: a general riot occurred in the Police Station in Dubrava - a shoot-ing occurred between citizens followed by an attempt to extract a participant of the shooting out of the station. We were called



pobijediti u njegovom čudnom karateu, u treningu stojećeg sparinga, ali bih ga uspio savladati hrvačkim tehnikama.

Njegov stil komuniciranja i prijenosa dobivenih zapovijedi bio je izuzetan, tako da nikada nije bilo problema s prihvaćanjem niti jedne od njih. Pokazivao je veliku čvrstinu u izvršavanju zadataka. Da spomenem jedan “zagrebački”… U Dubravi je došlo do općeg nereda u policijskoj stanici, pucalo se među građanima, a jedan se sudionik pucnjave pokušao silom izvući iz stanice. Pozvali su nas tamo, Branko se obratio gomili građana, koji su automobilima blokirali stanicu i ulični promet, moleći ih da se “raziđu”, svat-ko svojim putem. Gomila nas je izviždala, turirali su automobile i čak su nas njima pokušali “gurati”. A Branko je na to udario AP M70 AB2 (‘kaljom’) sklopljenog kundaka po haubi jednog Mercedesa, tako da se u limu lijepo vidio otisak sanduka puške! Rulja se zaprepastila i lako smo ih razjurili, oslo-bodili promet i nastavili raditi svoj posao po propisima. Moja se ekipa oduševila ovakvim potezom izvan pravila službe!

No Branko je često pokazivao smisao za humor, a i hrabrost. Evo i zgode s pokup-skog terena: poslani smo spriječiti potpuni prodor neprijatelja preko Kupe te spriječiti povlačenje svih naoružanih branitelja iz Pokupskog do dolaska novog pojačanja, pa smo se premjestili na cestovni čvor prema Cvetnić brdu kako bismo imali kontrolu prolaska. U jednom je trenutku Branko rekao da ide obaviti nuždu u šumu, nor-malna stvar, kad za nekoliko minuta prozuji granata iz smjera s druge strane Kupe točno u dio šume gdje je obavljao nuždu. Zabrinuli smo se i krenuli prema šumi, kad vidjesmo Branka kako izlazi iz šume i nosi rasprs-nute ostatke granate. Smješka se i kaže da je pala tako blizu da je skoro ‘sel na rit da se nije držal za grabić’. Krepali smo od smijeha, dobro je ispalo. Nije za knjigu, ali je čovjek stvarno bio hrabar, čak i na “šekretu”.

U bezbroj je prilika pokazao svoju sna-lažljivost. Postao je i pomoćnik zapovjed-niku Zoranu Cvrku, dobrim dijelom i većinu vremena nosio je rad Jedinice. Puno njih

to the scene, Branko addressed the crowd, which had blocked the station and the traf-fic with their cars, and asked them to leave peacefully. The crowd booed us, revved their cars and even tried to push us with the cars. Branko hit a folded stock of his rifle AP-M70-AB2 on the hood of a parked Mercedes, so that the print created by the rifle could be seen in the car’s sheet. The mob was stunned and we were able to disperse them easily, unblock the traffic and continue to do our job according to regulations. My team was thrilled by this move outside the rules!

However, Branko often showed a sense of humour, but also courage. Here’s an event that took place in Pokupsko: we were sent to prevent the complete penetration of en-emies over the Kupa river, as well as the withdrawal of all armed defenders of Pok-upsko until the arrival of new reinforce-ments, so we moved onto the road junction near Cvetnić Hill in order to have the con-trol of passage. Branko at one point said that he had to go to the bathroom in the woods, a normal thing, when a couple of minutes later a grenade whizzed from the other side of the Kupa river and fell exactly in the part of the forest where Branko went. That had us worried and we went towards him, when Branko emerged from the forest, car-rying the remnants of the exploded shells. He was laughing and said that the grenade fell so close that it almost sat him down on his ass if he hadn’t been holding onto a bush. We burst out laughing, it turned out well. It’s not something you write about in a book, but the man was really brave, even on the toilette.

On countless occasions he showed his resourcefulness. He became the assis-tant to the Unit’s commander Zoran Cvrk, and largely handled the Unit’s operations. Many wanted to exploit his kindness, so it was not easy for him to weigh everything right. It was during the combat action in Maslenica, when our forces retreated into the mountains of Velebit, that Branko had a conversation with me because I volunteered to go back and find three of our colleagues



who did not know that we all climbed up the hill (Pezer, Budoš, Dedić), and Pezer had also turned off the communication ra-dio. Branko believed in me, I knew how to move around the woods and in the dark, so he expected I would surly find them. He said that he would personally wait at the spot for me and those I find during the next two hours, and after that at Dušice, if we had enough luck. Indeed, I managed to find our colleagues, but prior to finding them my eye was injured by tank machine gun bul-let shrapnel, and I was pretty exhausted too. Branko showed great concern waiting for us in the dark of the mountains, and when he saw that I was wounded and terribly tired he even helped me carry the equipment, as his was light. Willpower!

In 1994 he proposed to Cvrk to appoint me to the post of instructor for shooting and weapons. I believe he saw my qualities, and I appreciated that a lot.

When, in the woods around Pakrac, while we were in the field, Rostohar stepped on a mine that exploded, he forbade me to rush to him. He knew that Rostohar and I were good friends so he reacted quickly and pre-vented me to possibly also get hurt due to concern and rashness. That was really wise of him.

And after a few tasks in the field in Konav-le, during the last one we were also room-mates, the most horrible moment of my life happened. Even in the fatal traffic accident we were together: Fuš, Branko, Sučić and I. Fuš was driving and probably fell asleep, so we ran off the road. Fuš and Branko died. And yet in Karlovac, at the terminal, we were drinking coffee... It was half past three in the morning, 29th January 1995. He died on the spot. In the car, despite being an athe-ist, I begged God to take me instead of him because it was not fair. A great tragedy. And he was truly a remarkable man... •

Stjepan Šantek

htjelo je iskoristiti njegovu dobrotu, nije mu bilo lako sve odvagati kako treba. Kod ak-cije Maslenica naše su se snage povukle na Velebit, a Branko je popričao sa mnom, jer sam se javio da idem po trojicu naših djelat-nika (Pezera, Budoša i Dedića), koji nisu znali da smo se svi popeli gore, a Pezer je još i isključio vezu. Branko je vjerovao u mene, znao je da se znam kretati po šumi i mraku, pa je bio siguran da ću ih pronaći. Rekao je da će mene i sve one koje pronađem on osobno čekati dva sata, a poslije toga na Dušicama, ako bude sreće. Stvarno, pronašao sam naše, prije toga sam u oko dobio šrapnel zrna PKT s tenkovskog mitraljeza, a bio sam i sav iz-moren. Branko je pokazao veliku brigu dočekavši nas u mraku planine, pitao me oso- bne stvari kako bi utvrdio tko uopće dolazi. Vidio je da sam ranjen i strašno umoran, pa mi je čak pomagao nositi moj teret streljiva, kao da je njegovo bilo lagano. Snaga volje.

Cvrka je 1994. g. nagovorio da me postavi na mjesto instruktora za gađanje i naoružanje, mislim da je uvidio moje kvalitete. Jako sam to cijenio kod njega.

Kad je na terenu u šumama oko Pakraca Rostohar stao na minu koja je grunula, zabranio mi je da odjurim do njega, jer se bojao da i ja ne naletim na minu. Znao je da smo bili dobri prijatelji, pa je brzo reagirao spriječivši da možda i ja nastradam zbog brige i brzopletosti. Zaista mudro od njega.

A nakon nekoliko terena u Konavlima, na posljednjem smo bili cimeri, dogodio se najstrašniji trenutak u mom životu. U fatal-noj prometnoj nesreći bili smo svi zajedno: Fuš, Branko, Sučić i ja. Fuš je vozio, izgleda da je zaspao, i sletjeli smo s ceste, a Fuš i Branko su poginuli. Eto tragedije. A u Karlovcu smo još kave pili na kolodvoru, bilo je oko pola 3 u noći, 29. siječnja 1995. godine. Umro je na mjestu. U autu sam čak ja, ateist, molio Boga da uzme mene, a ne njega, jer nije pravedno. Eto. Izniman čovjek! •

Stjepan Šantek



Branka Bošnjaka prvi sam put vidio 1991. godine, kad sam već bio u Speci-

jalnoj jedinici policije. Nismo bili u istom vodu, tako da se baš nismo često susretali. Moj V. vod bio je drugačiji od ostalih. Prvo, bilo nas je desetak, svi smo bili pomalo “div-lji”, svi smo se bavili borilačkim sportovima, a disciplina nam nije bila jača strana. No, bili smo ljudi od akcije. Kad je trebalo učiniti najteže i najgore zadaće, birao se V. vod, jer se znalo da će ono što se traži biti obavljeno. U V. vodu uvijek smo se šalili, zabavljali i radili nepodopštine.

Nakon nekoliko mjeseci Branko je postao zapovjednik tog našeg V. voda. Ne znam je li nas trebao dovesti u red ili je zbog nekog drugog razloga postao naš zapovjednik, ali, nije nam baš bilo drago…

Branko je bio mlad, ali je imao policijskog iskustva od prije rata. Kad je trebalo, bio je strog i nepopustljiv, do granica tvrdoglavos-ti, ali je isto tako bio od pomoći kad je pomoć bila potrebna. Uvijek je dobro organizirao i uspješno obavio svaku zadaću, bio je lukav i uvijek je dobro predviđao svaki sljedeći ko-rak.

Bio mi je drag prijatelj i puno sam o policij-skom poslu naučio od njega. Pomagao mi je svojim iskustvom, a znao je iskoristiti i moje potencijale. Kad je jednom bio odsutan, iza-brao me da budem na čelu našeg voda, što mi je bila velika čast.

Ako su Branka izabrali da kontrolira nepo-dopštine V. voda, prevarili su se, jer je on nepodopštinama dao jednu drugu dimen-

Branko (lijevo) i Dean Rostohar, 1992./Branko (on the left) and Dean Rostohar, 1992

I met Branko Bošnjak for the first time in 1991 when I was already a member

of the Special Police Unit. He was assigned to another platoon, so we didn’t have much contact. I was assigned to the 5th platoon, which was different from the others. First, there were only ten of us. We were all a little bit wild, we all practiced some kind of mar-tial art and discipline was not our stronger side. But we were all men of action and when the hardest and the worst tasks needed to be done, the 5th platoon was chosen, because they knew that what is demanded will be carried out. In our platoon, we always joked around, had fun and made pranks.

After a few months, Branko was appointed our platoon commander. I don’t know if it was done on purpose in order to get our act together or for some other reason, but we were not exactly pleased about it...

He was young, but had police experience from before the war. When it was necessary he could be strict and resolute to the lim-its of obstinacy, but at the same time he was always ready to help. He always envisioned and carried out the task as required and when required, he was cunning and always looked a step ahead.

He was my dear friend and I’ve learned a lot about police work from him. He helped me a lot with his experience, and he knew how to best exploit my potential. Once he chos me to lead the platoon while he was away, and that was a great honour.

If Branko was chosen to control the mis-chief of the 5th platoon, they fooled themselves, because he brought a new dimension to the name “mis-chief”. War and proximity to dan-ger are terrible by itself, and hu-mour, making jokes and various pranks is a daily ritual of all Special



ziju. Rat i blizina pogibelji sami su po sebi strašni, pa su humor, šala i nepodopštine svakodnevni ritual svih specijalnih postroj-bi u svijetu, kako bi se što lakše preživjeli teški trenuci.

I u V. vodu bilo je puno smiješnih situacija, a neke su mi posebno ostale u sjećanju.

Jednom prilikom, bilo je to negdje u ljeto 1992., svi su vodovi trebali održati vježbu, ali i odraditi tzv. “preživljavanje” od tjedan dana na Žumberku. Osim raznih vježbi prikriva-nja, taktike i preživljavanja te snalaženja u prirodi, vodovi su trebali spremni dočekati napad pripadnika nekih drugih vodova. Slušali smo priče onih koji su već prošli vježbe, pa smo tako čuli da je zapravo glavni problem bila hrana. Jer, da bi se prehranili, neki su čak znali ubili srndaća. Branka to nije zabrinjavalo, no nismo shvaćali zašto. On se samo zagonetno smiješio.

Naime, Branko je živio u blizini Žumbe-račkoga gorja, a kao policajac, služio je i u Samoboru, tako da je jako dobro poznavao i okolicu i ljude. Predvečer, dok smo završavali logor, najednom smo začuli zvuk motora. Mislili smo da je to napad koji smo očekivali, no Branko je rekao da ostanemo gdje jesmo. Do logora je lagano klizeći polj-skim putem stigao bijeli furgon. Iz njega je izašao poveći čovjek, koji se srdačno poz-dravio s Brankom, a on ga je predstavio kao svog prijatelja, mesara. Čovjek se široko nas-mijao i rekao: “No, dečki, hoćete li istovariti stvari za preživljavanje!?” Kad sam prišao furgonu, vidio sam najveći lonac u svom životu, imao je promjer jedan metar. Bio je pun mesa – kobasica, odrezaka, ćevapa, pljeskavica i koječega. Lonac je bio dostatan za “preživljavanje” cijelog tjedna. Branko se uvijek brinuo za sve nas.

Drugom smo prilikom bili u tzv. “pri-premi”. Pripreme su uvijek bile dosadne i frustrirajuće. Morali smo biti u bazi, “na čekanju”, jer smo svakog trenutka mogli krenuti u akciju, a isto tako, i nakon čekanja od čak nekoliko dana, sve je moglo biti ot-kazano. Čekanje je uvijek bilo najgore i to je bilo vrijeme kada smo bili nervozni, ali i pravo vrijeme za spačke.

Forces in the world, to make it easier to sur-vive these difficult times.

We made a lot of jokes and were constant-ly doing pranks in the 5th platoon, but some of them in particular stayed in my mind.

On one occasion, I think it was sometime in the summer of 1992, all platoons were sup-posed to conduct an exercise and work off a survivor week in the Žumberak Mountains, near Samobor. Platoons were supposed to, in addition to a variety of exercises of con-cealment, tactics, survival and orientation in nature, be ready for an attack, conducted by other platoons. We listened to the stories of the platoons that have previously under-gone the exercise and thus we’ve heard that the main problem was food. In order to feed themselves some of them even killed a buck. But Branko was not worried about that, al-though we didn’t understand why. He just smiled mysteriously.

In fact, Branko lived near Žumberak Mountains, and had previously served as an officer in Samobor, so he was very well acquainted with the surroundings and the people. In the evening, while we were finish-ing our base camp, suddenly we heard the sound of a car engine. We thought that this was the attack we had been expecting, but Branko told us to stay where we were. On a country road a white van was slowly ap-proaching the camp. A pretty big man came out of it and he warmly greeted Branko. Branko introduced him as a friend, a butch-er. The man smiled broadly and said: “Well guys, will you unload the things you need for survival!?” When we approached the van, there was the biggest pot I’ve ever seen in my life, at least one meter wide. It was full of meat - sausages, chops, kebabs, burgers and much more. The pot was sufficient for us to “survive” the whole week. Branko was al-ways, even then, taking care of us all.

On another occasion we were “in prepara-tion”. This was always boring and frustrat-ing. We had to be in our base on a “stand-by” because at any moment we could take off into action, but also even after waiting a period of several days everything could



Budući da tada nismo imali svoju bazu, bili smo u prostorijama nekog malog no-gometnog kluba. Zapravo, svi su vodovi bili u jednoj većoj prostoriji, samo si je V. vod “priskrbio” zasebnu prostoriju. Sjedili smo tako u toj našoj “sobi V. voda”, koja je ustvari bila kotlovnica.

U malenoj kotlovnici naguralo se nas nekoliko, zajedno s Brankom. Zezali smo se, a u jednom je trenutku Branko izvukao bombu govoreći: “Ajmo nekog zajebati!” Otvorio je bombu i iz nje izvukao upaljač, tako da je bila neaktivna i onesposobljena. Gledali smo u Branka i nismo mogli vjerova-ti. “Evo plana!” rekao je, dodajući: “Dovedite nekoga od zapovjednika, a mi ćemo se pra-viti da se svađamo.” Otišao sam u kance-lariju i pronašao pomoćnika zapovjednika. Rekao sam mu da se dečki svađaju i da dođe riješiti situaciju. Kad je stigao, situacija je već bila vrlo napeta, zakuhala se, padale su psovke, teške riječi i prijetnje… Pomoćnik je pokušavao smiriti situaciju moleći nas: “Dečki, nemojte…!” A onda je u jednom tre-nutku Branko izvukao bombu govoreći: “Što

have been cancelled. Waiting was always the worst, we were all nervous, but it was also the right time for pranks.

Since at that time we did not have our own base, we used the premises of a small foot-ball club, and all the platoons were in one larger room, but only the 5th platoon man-aged to “provide” a separate room for them-selves. So one time we were sitting in our room, which was actually a boiler room.

In a small boiler room a few of us crammed with Branko and were joking around. At one point Branko pulled out a bomb and said: “Come on, lets punk someone!” He opened the bomb and removed the detonator, so it was inactive and disabled. We watched Branko and we could not believe it. “Here’s the plan”, said Branko and added: “Bring one of the commanders, and we will pretend that we are all arguing.” I went to the office, found the assistant commander and urged him to come, saying that there was an argu-ment going on and that he had to resolve the situation. When the assistant commander arrived, the situation was already very tense and was boiling up, swearing, harsh words and threats could be heard. The assistant commander tried to calm the situation by

Branko i V. vod, Visočica, 1993./Branko and the 5th platoon, Visočica, 1993



saying: “Guys, don’t!” At one point Branko pulled out a bomb and said: “Don’t what?! Now, I will kill you all!” We all rushed to Branko who pulled the safety pin of a bomb. “Branko don’t, you’re crazy!”, we were say-ing and Branko replied: “Don’t fuck with me anymore!” He tried to put the safety pin back into a bomb, but he was doing it as if he was nervous, his hands were shaking with rage and were unsure. At one moment he “accidentally” dropped the bomb without a safety pin and a safety lever bounced of. We all pretended that we were greatly alarmed in a small room of several square meters and we all at once rushed out in fear and panic. When the assistant commander, who failed to stop the “argument”, saw the bomb drop he pulled all of us aside to be the first to get out of the room. He was scared the most because the whole joke was intended for him. When he ran a good ten meters down the hall from the room, we who stopped be-hind him were laughing so hard we could barely stop the tears. He was appalled. We could see the confusion and disbelief on his face. He went to the office, at that moment already a little angry. We were still laughing and telling the story when the commander Vladimir Faber came and said: “Guys, you’re insane! Don’t do that anymore!”, but he was also barely suppressing a giggle.

I have only fond memories of Branko. You could never be bored around him. When I think of him, I always laugh because in my heart and mind he will always remain some-one who liked to tease and make pranks, but when he needed to conduct a task, he would have done it professionally, courageously and humanly. My dear friend, I’ll miss you forever! •

Dean Rostohar

nemojte?! Sad ću vas sve pobiti!” Svi smo na-valili na Branka, naravno, znajući da je izvu-kao osigurač iz bombe… “Nemoj Branko, nisi normalan!” govorili smo, a Branko je rekao: “Nemojte me više zajebavati!” pokušavajući istovremeno vratiti osigurač u bombu. Činio je to pomalo nespretno, nervozno, nesi-gurno, ruke su mu se tresle od bijesa. U je-dnom mu je trenutku bomba bez osigurača “slučajno” ispala i ručica je odskočila… Pravili smo se kao da smo se silno uplašili pa smo iz te prostorije, od tek nekoliko kvadrata, od straha svi istovremeno pohrlili van. Pomoćnik zapovjednika, koji nije us-pio prekinuti “svađu”, a vidjevši bombu koja je pala, sve nas je povukao u stranu kako bi prvi izletio iz sobe. Njemu je vjerojatno bilo “najstrašnije”, budući da nije znao da je cijela ta šala njemu namijenjena … Kad je istrčao iz sobe na hodnik, desetak metara dalje, mi smo se grohotom smijali i jedva zaustavljali suze. Pomoćnik zapovjednika nije mogao vjerovati, bio je zaprepašten događajem. Na licu su mu se vidjele zbunjenost i nevjerica. Otišao je u kancelariju, pomalo ljut. Mi smo se još uvijek smijali i prepričavali događaj. A onda je došao zapovjednik Vladimir Faber i rekao: “Dečki, vi niste normalni! Nemojte to više raditi!” pritom jedva zaustavljajući os-mijeh na svome licu.

Imam samo lijepa sjećanja na Branka. S njime nikad nije bilo dosadno. Pri pomisli na njega uvijek se nasmijem, jer ga se moje srce sjeća kao osobe koja se voljela šaliti i ra-diti spačke, ali kad je trebalo raditi, obavio bi posao stručno, hrabro i ljudski. Falit ćeš mi, dragi prijatelju, uvijek! •

Dean Rostohar



I met Branko in the mid-eighties in the Karate Club “Mladost” Samobor, where,

as a fifteen year old kid, I came to my first training. Although eight years older and already an experienced athlete, he never looked down at us. We quickly became friends, he was a role-model and it was a privilege to be in his company because he simply drew people toward him with his peculiar sense of humour. We trained with great pleasure, went to summer and winter karate camps where we worked hard, but also had great fun. He transferred only good energy to me. On one occasion, after a sleep-less night, we went to run a marathon in Za-gorje. That day it seemed as mission impos-sible – one look at prepared professionals wearing at the time expensive sports shoes and their “stories” about the severity of this venture didn’t sound encouraging. But it was enough to see Branko and the look on his face, it did not bother him at all. He came to run a marathon and so he did. Together, wearing sneakers which today we would not even wear for a walk, we had small talk, laughed and the thought of not being able to do it never crossed my mind. If Branko con-tinued on as Forest Gump did, I’d probably follow him. Beside him a man couldn’t nor was allowed to feel bad.

I was not surprised that within the “Alpha” Unit he instantly transformed into a natural leader. Ranks, titles and school education are of no use if people don’t appreciate you. At that time it was not easy to gain respect and trust. War was raging, lives were being lost, and the best among us could not stay in someone’s shadow as it happens in peace-time. With his comrades he was equal in ev-erything, but his word was obeyed unques-tionably because no one doubted its validity. It was a privilege to have him with you in the field, from the mountain of Velebit to Dubrovnik, because he approached us with-out imposing himself and we accepted him willingly, out of respect and out of our free choice.

Someone once said that people die only when they are forgotten. Branko made sure that it did not happen. •

Robert Koletić - Grba

Branka sam upoznao sredinom 80-ih godina u Karate klubu “Mladost” Sa-

mobor, u koji sam kao 15-godišnjak došao na svoj prvi trening. Iako osam godina stariji i već iskusan sportaš, na nas mlađe nije gledao s visine. Ubrzo smo postali prijatelji, postao mi je uzor i biti s njim u društvu bila je privi-legija. Svojim osebujnim smislom za humor privlačio je ljude k sebi. S guštom smo tre-nirali, odlazili na ljetne i zimske škole gdje se naporno radilo, ali i dobro zabavljalo. Na mene je prenosio samo dobru energiju. Jednom smo zgodom, nakon neprospavane noći, otišli trčati maraton u Zagorje. Taj dan mi se to činilo kao skoro nemoguća misija – pogled na pripremljene profesionalce u, za ono vrijeme, skupim tenisicama, i nji-hove “priče” o težini pothvata, nisu zvučale ohrabrujuće. No, dovoljno je bilo pogledati Branka i njegov izraz lica, njega se to nije ti-calo. On je došao otrčati maraton i tako je i bilo. Zajedno, u tenisicama u kojima danas ne bismo išli ni u šetnju, razgovarali smo o sitnim stvarima, smijali se glupostima i meni ni jednom nije palo na pamet pitanje mogu li ja to. Da je Branko nastavio dalje kao Forest Gump, vjerojatno bih išao s njim. Pored njega se čovjek nije niti mogao niti smio osjećati loše.

Nije me nimalo čudilo što se u “Alfama” odmah prometnuo u vođu. Badava su svi činovi, zvanja i završene škole ako vas ljudi ne cijene. U ono vrijeme nije bilo lako steći poštovanje i povjerenje. Bjesnio je rat, gubili su se životi, a najbolji među nama nisu mo-gli ostati u nečijoj sjeni kao što se to događa u miru. Sa suborcima je u svemu bio ravno-pravan, ali njegova se riječ bespogovorno slušala, jer nitko nije sumnjao u njenu is-pravnost. Bila je privilegija imati ga uz sebe na terenima od Velebita do Dubrovnika, jer nam je pristupao nenametljivo, a mi smo ga prihvaćali dragovoljno, iz poštovanja i po vlastitom izboru.

Netko je jednom rekao da ljudi umiru tek onda kada ih svi zaborave. Branko se pobri-nuo da tako ne bude. •

Robert Koletić - Grba



"Alfe" tijekom VRO "Bljesak", 1995./The Alphas during the operation “Flash”, 1995



Branka sam upoznao 1991. godine, kad sam se priključio Specijalnoj jedinici

policije “Alfa”. Bio je tada zapovjednik V. voda, dok sam ja bio raspodijeljen u jedan drugi vod. Uvijek je bio nasmijan i raspoložen za šalu, no istovremeno i vrlo ozbiljan i odgovo-ran kad se radilo o poslu. Svi u jedinici, a i šire, jako su ga cijenili, jednostavno, bio je čovjek kojem se moglo vjerovati i zapovjed-nik kojeg se poštovalo.

Posebno me se dojmio u jednom teškom trenutku moje profesionalne karijere, na-kon ratne operacije Maslenica. Bio sam razo- čaran s nekim ljudima i načinom na koji su neke stvari funkcionirale. Razočaran do te mjere da sam želio napustiti jedinicu. Branko mi je tada pristupio s namjerom da mi pomogne donijeti najbolju odluku, iako mi u tom trenutku nije bio neposredno nadređen i nije postojao nikakav poseban razlog zbog kojeg bi se u to miješao. Ponudio mi je da prijeđem u njegov vod i uvjerio me da trebam ostati u jedinici te da će se stvari popraviti.

Brojni tereni na Velebitu samo su potvrdili ono što sam već znao, a to je da je Branko rođeni vođa. Bio je pošten, pravedan i cijenio je svačiji rad i zalaganje. I u najtežim i naj-opasnijim situacijama ulijevao je povjerenje i sigurnost. Znao nas je naučiti i usmjeriti u našem poslu, uvijek je bio pozitivan i smiren, svodio je stvari na pravu mjeru, a za svaki je problem i naizgled bezizlaznu situaciju pronalazio najbolje rješenje. Znali smo da na njega uvijek možemo računati. Bio je tu za svakoga od nas, znao je svakome pristupiti na pravi način i iz svakoga od nas izvući ono najbolje. Zauzvrat, svi koji su ga poznavali su ga voljeli i bili su mu uvijek spremni pomoći. Nikome nije bilo teško odlaziti pomagati mu u izgradnji kuće, biti cijeli dan na gradilištu i nakon toga otići na posao u bazu.

Bio je najbolji zapovjednik kojeg sam ikad imao, no bio je i više od zapovjednika, čovjek u svakom smislu riječi, daleko iznad drugih, po svemu. •

Robert Hasija

I met Branko in 1991 when I joined the Special Police Unit “Alpha”. He was the

5th platoon commander, while I was assigned to another platoon at that time. A smile nev-er got of his face and he was always in the mood for joking, but at the same time he was very serious and responsible when it came down to our professional tasks. Everyone within the Unit and beyond greatly appreci-ated him, simply because he was a man who could be trusted and a commander who was respected.

I was particularly impressed at one diffi-cult moment of my professional career, after the war Operation „Maslenica“. I was disap-pointed with some people and the way things were functioning. I was disappointed to the point that I wanted to leave the Unit. At that moment Branko approached me with the in-tention to help me make the best decision, al-though he wasn’t my first superior then, and there was no special reason for him to inter-fere. He offered me a transfer to his platoon and convinced me that I should stay in the Unit and that things would improve.

Numerous field tasks on the mountain of Velebit only confirmed what I already knew, that Branko was a born leader. He was hon-est, fair and appreciated everyone’s work and dedication. Even in the most difficult and dangerous situations he instilled confi-dence and security. He knew how to teach us and guide us in doing our job, he was al-ways positive and calm, moderating things, and finding the best solution for every prob-lem and seemingly every hopeless situa-tion. We knew that we could always count on him. He was there for all of us, he knew how to approach everyone in the right way and bring the best out of each one of us. In return, everyone who knew him loved him and was always willing to help him. No one had a problem helping him build his house, to spend the whole day at the building site, and afterwards go to work to our base.

He was the best commander I’ve ever had, but he was much more then a commander, he was a man in every sense of the word, by far above everyone else. •

Robert Hasija



Branko i V. vod, obnova obiteljske kuće, 1994./ Branko and the 5thplatoon, reconstruction of the family house, 1994



Svi mi u životu trebamo prijatelje, i onda kad sve ide dobro, ali i onda kad ništa

ne ide kako treba. Prijatelj je zaista potre-ban, posebno u ratu, koji obično dugo traje, pa ljudi provode puno vremena zajedno u specifičnim okolnostima. S nekim možeš biti dobar godinama, a da ne znaš kakav je zaista, sve dok se ne pokaže u stresnoj situ-aciji. Branko je bio najbolji prijatelj kojeg se u ratu moglo imati. I najbolji zapovjednik. Njegovoj odluci smo uvijek vjerovali, toliko povjerenje je uživao.

U pojedinim situacijama nitko od nas ne bi reagirao onako kako bi to on učinio, a naposljetku bi se pokazalo da su upra-vo njegova odluka i reakcija bile najbolje. Bilo je mnogo primjera u kojima je svojom hladnokrvnošću smirivao najnapetije situ-acije i time spašavao živote. Jednom je pri-likom potencijalnu talačku situaciju riješio tako da je jednostavno pokucao na vrata i zamolio osobu koja je unutra prijetila oružjem da izađe, što je ona i učinila. Za razliku od njega, svi ostali prisutni policij-ski službenici u tom su trenutku vjerojatno pomišljali na sve druge opcije, osim na ovu, koja se pokazala najboljom.

Kad bi netko u nečemu pogriješio, Branko ga ne bi ukorio ili mu se ružno obratio, već bi ga kaznio na svoj način, primjerice raspore-dom za držanje straže. Ipak, najgora nam je kazna bila kad bi se našalio na naš račun, no iz tih je šala svatko od nas izvlačio najbolje pouke. Takav je pristup bio učinkovit, jer nitko nije želio da Branko o njemu misli loše, nismo ga htjeli razočarati pa smo se trudili biti najbolji što smo mogli biti. Poštovali smo ga i voljeli i na tome se temeljio njegov neu-pitan autoritet.

S druge strane, pamtim ga kao osobu koja je oko sebe širila pozitivnu atmosferu i smijeh. Često se sjetim trenutaka predaha od posla koje smo provodili uz nogometnu loptu. Redovito smo tada umirali od smi-jeha. Naime, Branko je kao karatist imao posve specifičnu tehniku igranja nogometa, a svojom je urođenom duhovitošću i takve uobičajene stvari činio nezaboravnima. Jednostavno, bio je najposebniji čovjek kojeg sam ikad upoznao. •

Goran Maretić - Paraga

We all need friends in life, when things are going well, but also when noth-

ing seems to be going right. A friend is espe-cially needed during the war, which usually lasts a long time, and people spend a lot of time together in specific circumstances. You can know someone for years, but not know what they are really like, as long as you don’t see their reaction in a stressful situation. Branko was the best friend one could have in war time. And the best commander. We always believed his decision, that’s how much confi-dence he enjoyed.

In certain situations, none of us would have reacted the way he did, and at the end it was obvious that precisely his decision and reac-tion were the best. There are many examples when he sorted out the most intense situa-tions using his coolness and thus saved lives. On one occasion he resolved a potential hos-tage situation by simply knocking on the door and asking the person inside threaten-ing with weapons to come out, which he did. Unlike him, all other police officers present at the scene were probably thinking about all other possible options, except this one, which showed to be the best.

If someone made a mistake, Branko would not reprimand him or address him in an un-pleasant way, instead he would punish him in his own way, such as to schedule him to stand guard. However, the worst of all punishments was when he would make a joke at our expense, but from such joke everyone would learn the best lessons. This approach was effective, be-cause no one wanted Branko to think bad of them, we did not want to disappoint him so we tried to be the best we could be. We respected him and loved him and that’s what his unques-tioned authority was based upon.

On the other hand, I remember him as a person who spread positive atmosphere and laughter all around him. I often recall mo-ments we spent playing football in our spare time. We were regularly laughing our heads off. Namely, Branko as karateka had a very specific football technique, and his innate wit could make even such common things as foot-ball unforgettable. He was simply the most unique man I have ever met. •

Goran Maretić - Paraga



Gordan Radielović, Branko Bošnjak, Krešimir Švajcer, Ivan Uremović (stoje), Goran Maretić, Ivan Pranjić, Željko Mihaljević (čuče), prije akcije "Topusko", 1991./Gordan Radielović, Branko Bošnjak, Krešimir Švajcer, Ivan Uremović (standing), Goran Maretić, Ivan Pranjić, Željko Mihaljević (squatting) before the action “Topusko”, 1991



Branka sam upoznao sredinom 1992. godine prilikom dolaska u Specijalnu

jedinicu policije “Alfa”. Bio je vrhunski pro-fesionalac i vođa V. voda kojem sam i ja pri-padao. U sebi je nosio veliku snagu, hrabrost i mirnoću, koju je pokazivao kako na ratištu tako i u izvršavanju svih drugih zadataka.

Sjećam ga se prije svega kao prijatelja, uvijek spremnog pomoći, a ujedno uvijek raspoloženog za šalu i druženje. Jedan od mnogih događaja po kojem ću ga posebno pamtiti dogodio se na dan mog vjenčanja. Branko se tom prilikom popeo na binu te je uz pratnju benda zapjevao pjesmu ‘’Na malenom brijegu’’. U jednom dijelu pjesme spomenuo je moje ime, ali se imena moje supruge nije mogao sjetiti. No, nije se dao smesti te je nju oslovio s “ona druga’’, a to je učinio na tako duhovit način da je stvorio pravu pozitivnu atmosferu i do suza nasmi-jao sve prisutne.

Pamtit ću ga samo po najboljem. Da se iznova vratim u to vrijeme, ne bih dvojio ni trenutka nego bih sve ponovio uz Branka i ekipu. •

Dražen Hadžić

I met Branko in mid-1992 upon arrival to the Special Police Unit “Alpha”. He was

a top professional and the 5th platoon com-mander, where I was assigned. Inside him he had great strength, courage and calmness, which he displayed both on the battlefield as well as conducting all other tasks.

I remember him first and foremost as a friend, always ready to help, and at the same time always in the mood for joking and so-cializing. One of the many events I will par-ticularly remember him for happened on my wedding day. On that occasion Branko climbed on the stage and started singing a song “On the small hill” accompanied by the band. In one part of the songs he mentioned my name, but he couldn’t remember my wife’s name. Either way, he kept his cool and addressed her as “this other one”, which he had done in such humorous way that he cre-ated a real positive atmosphere and made everyone laugh their heads of.

I will remember him only by best of things. And if I would go back to that time, I would not doubt for a moment, but repeat every-thing with Branko and the guys. •

Dražen Hadžić

Dražen Hadžić na terenu/ Dražen Hadžić, in the field



Bilo je to krajem 1991. ili početkom 1992. godine u Žajinoj ulici, gdje je

bila baza “Alfi”, mala sobica, ne veća od de-setak četvornih metara. Vaso i Stole se kao svađaju na nacionalnoj osnovi (Stole je Srbin), a svima je jasno da je to zajebancija. Stole vadi nož i kao… zaklat će Vasu Rvatinu, a ovaj uzima bombu iz ormara i prijeti da će je baciti... U tom naguravanju Vaso slučajno izvadi osigurač iz bombe... i glasno, da svi čuju, kaže: ‘’Čekaj, čekaj, stani, izvukao sam osigurač!’’ (Sad u sobici nastaje muk, jer to više nije zajebancija!) Svi stanu, prekidaju s onim što su dotad radili i gledaju prema njima dvojici... Vaso pokušava mirno vratiti osigurač, ali mu u nespretnosti bomba ispa-da iz ruku. Vaso i Stole bježe, jedan kolega se baca kroz prozor, ja sam preskočio sigurno tri stola (mogao sam već tada srušiti svjetski rekord u skoku u dalj, da je netko mjerio), os-tali su polijegali iza stolica i stolova (naravno da nam to ne bi ništa pomoglo, jer je prostor premali)... A Branko? E, Branko je prema tom mrskom neprijatelju, bombi M75, zauzeo ka-rate kyokushin obrambeno-napadački stav, spreman se boriti s ljutim neprijateljem... •

Dragutin Miklečić - Gec

It happened in the late 1991 or early 1992 in Žaja street, where the “Alpha” Unit’s

base was, a small room, not bigger than ten square meters. Vaso and Stole were pretend-ing to fight on a national basis (Stole was a Serb, but they were clearly fooling around). Stole took out his knife and pretended to want to slay Vaso the Croat who took out a bomb from the closet and threatened to throw it to Stole. In this confusion Vaso ac-cidentally pulled out the safety pin from the bomb and loudly, for everyone to hear, inter-rupted the fuss saying: “Wait, wait, stop! I pulled out the safety pin!” Everyone went si-lent, because it was no longer a “joke”. Every-one stopped, left what ever they were doing and turned toward the two of them... Vaso calmly tried to put the safety pin back into the bomb, but in his clumsiness the bomb fell down to the floor...Vaso and Stole fleeted, one of the colleagues threw himself out of the window, I jumped over about three ta-bles (I probably could have broken the world record in long jump, if someone measured it), others laid down and hid behind chairs and tables, although this would not have helped anyone because the room was too small... And Branko? Well, Branko took up the kyokushin karate defensive-offensive stance toward the “ferocious rival”, the M75 grenade, ready to fight the bitter enemy... •

Dragutin Miklečić - Gec

"Alfe" na odmoru nakon iscrpljujuće obuke, 1991./ The Alphas resting after an exhausting training, 1991



Nebu nam ni lepe ni grde, al falil nam bu, rekao je svojevremeno Branko.

Sjetim se tih riječi često, a i prigode u kojoj ih je izgovorio. Naime, kad je naš zajednički prijatelj Dean silom prilika morao napusti-ti naš V. vod, i Branko i ja bili smo pomalo tužni. Rekao sam mu tada: “Bu nam grdo bez Deana!” na što je Branko dodao: “Nebu nam ni lepe ni grde, al falil nam bu!” Bio je to tek jedan od mnogih trenutaka koji i danas po-kazuju kakav je Branko bio čovjek. Gotovo da i nije bilo situacije u kojoj se ne bi snašao, uvijek je na sve imao spreman odgovor ili rješenje, uvijek je bio spreman pružiti pomoć, uputiti riječi utjehe bilo kome od nas iz V. voda, a i šire. I dandanas potvrđuju mi to susreti s “našima” pri spomenu na Branka. Bio je nekoliko godina stariji od nas, ali se prema nama često odnosio očinski, bio je savršen vođa, šef, prijatelj zbog kojeg sam se veselio odlasku u službu. U početku sam mislio da je to zbog opće atmosfere i nabrijanosti, jer je zemlja bila u ratu, ali ubrzo sam uvidio da je svemu tome prido-nio Branko Bošnjak, hrvatski vitez. Čast mi je što sam jedno vrijeme proveo s njim. Na kraju mogu reći: “Branko, nije nam ni lepe ni grde, al fališ nam puno!” •

Robert Kučas

It will neither be nice nor nasty, but he will be missed! These are the words I of-

ten remember when I think of our Branko, and they were uttered in a conversation con-ducted when our friend Dean had to leave our 5th platoon. At the farewell, both Branko and I felt a bit sad, and I told him: “It will be nasty without Dean!”, and Branko instantly replied: “It will be neither nice nor nasty, but he will be missed!” This is just one of many situations showing what kind of a man Branko was. There was hardly any situation to which Branko didn’t have an answer, a so-lution, or offered a helping hand and com-fort to any of us from the 5th platoon, and beyond, on which I get a confirmation ev-ery time I meet one of us, and we mention Branko. He was only a few years older than us, but was often a father figure, a perfect leader, a commander, a friend, and because of him I looked forward to going into ser-vice. At first I thought it was the general at-mosphere and adrenaline rush because the country was at war, but I soon realized that Branko Bošnjak, a Croatian knight, contrib-uted to all of that. I am honoured that I was able to spend some time with him and at the end I can only say: “Branko! It’s neither nice nor nasty, but we miss you so much!” •

Robert Kučas

Branko Bošnjak, Željko Branković, Dean Matohanac, Željko Šurbek, Robert Kučas (stoji), teren, 1991./ Branko Bošnjak, Željko Branković, Dean Matohanac, Željko Šurbek, Robert Kučas (standing), in the field, 1991



Obitelj Bošnjak i Brankovi suborci, 1997./ Bošnjak Family with Branko’s comrades, 1997


Memorijali 1995. – 2015.Memorials 1995 – 2015

“Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – to je naša moralna, ljudska obveza. Branko je to zaslužio svojim radom i odnosom prema ljudima, i kao zapovjednik i kao čovjek.”

“Branko Bošnjak Memorial – this is our moral, human responsibility. Branko deserved it with his work and his attitude towards people, as a commander and as a man.“ Milijan Brkić




I tijekom Domovinskog rata KK “Mladost” Samobor aktivno je djelovao, a kada je

potkraj rata poginuo dugogodišnji član i trener Branko Bošnjak, njemu u spomen utemeljen je Memorijal – međunarodni tur-nir u kyokushin karateu.

Kao vrstan borac i pedagog, Branko je svoje znanje i ljubav prema kyokushin kara-teu nesebično prenosio na mlađe naraštaje, a oni su uzvratili na najbolji mogući način, vraćajući se s brojnih natjecanja u zemlji i inozemstvu s osvojenim medaljama i pe-harima, a nakon njegove pogibije, sudjelujući u čuvanju uspomene na njega.

Na Memorijalu, koji je u proteklih 19 go-dina stekao značajnu reputaciju u zemlji i inozemstvu, sudjelovale su brojne europ-ske države sa svojim najboljim borcima u kyokushin karateu i svake ih je godine bilo sve više i više, a članovi hrvatske reprezen-tacije i samoborski “mladostaši” također su postizali zapažene rezultate. Osim u iz-vrsnim te iznimno teškim borbama, pub-lika je imala priliku uživati i u skupnim nastupima članova KK “Mladost”, među kojima su bili i oni najmlađi, kao i u atrak-tivnim demonstracijama pripadnika inter-ventne i specijalne policije, a sudeći prema dosadašnjem odazivu i reakcijama publike i sudionika tog međunarodnog karate turni-ra, Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka nastavit će svoju hvalevrijednu tradiciju i ubuduće. Da-kako, to možemo zahvaliti ponajprije entuzi-jazmu članova KK “Mladost” i Udruge VSJP “Alfa” Zagreb, koji su inicijatori i organiza-tori Memorijala. Uz Brankovu obitelj i pri-jatelje te suborce i kolege, potporu Memori-jalu pružali su i sponzori te pokrovitelji, koji su prepoznali vrijednost tog najznačajnijeg kyokushin karate turnira u Hrvatskoj. •

Branko Bošnjak Memorial

Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor was active even during the Homeland

War, and when a club’s long-time member and trainer Branko Bošnjak got killed at the end of the war, the Memorial was founded in his memory - an international tournament in kyokushin karate.

As an accomplished fighter and pedagogue, Branko selflessly passed his knowledge and love of kyokushin karate onto younger gen-erations, and they responded in the best possible way, returning from the numerous competitions at home and abroad with med-als and trophies, and after his death, partici-pating in preserving his memory.

Best kyokushin karate fighters from nu-merous European countries participated at the Memorial which gained consider-able reputation at home and abroad during the last 19 years. Every year more and more fighters participated at the tournament and members of the Croatian national team and Samobor’s club have also achieved remark-able results. Apart from the excellent and very heavy fighting, the audience had the opportunity to enjoy the joint performances of Karate Club “Mladost” members, among who were the clubs youngest ones, as well as in the attractive demonstrations of Inter-vention and Special Police Forces. Judging by the so far response and the reactions of the audience and participants of this interna-tional karate tournament, Branko Bošnjak Memorial will continue its praiseworthy tradition in the future. Of course, this can be attributed primarily to the enthusiasm of the members of Karate Club “Mladost” and the Zagreb’s Special Police Unit “Alpha” Vet-erans Association, who are the initiators and organizers of the Memorial. In addition to Branko’s family, friends, comrades and col-leagues, the Memorial is also supported by the sponsors and patrons, who have recog-nized the value of this most significant kyo-kushin karate tournament in Croatia. •



Na prvom Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka, održanom dva i pol mjeseca nakon Bran-kove pogibije, u dvorani samoborske OŠ “Bogumil Toni” nastupilo je 16 natjecatelja iz Mađarske, Slovenije i Hrvatske. Tada vje-rojatno nitko nije ni slutio u što će prerasti inicijativa Brankovih klupskih kolega i pri-jatelja. •

Otvorenje Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka/the Opening ceremony of Branko Bošnjak Memorial

The 1st Branko Bošnjak Memorial was held two months after Branko’s death, in the sports hall of Primary School “Bogumil Toni” in Samobor, and 16 competitors from Hun-gary, Slovenia and Croatia participated at the tournament. At that moment no one prob-ably had the slightest idea what this initiative of Branko’s club colleagues and friends would grow into. •

1. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 15. travnja 1995.1st Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 15th April 1995

MUŠKARCI / MEN

Apsolutna kategorija / Open category

I. Ferenc Fris (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS



Dodjela medalja/the medal ceremony: I. Ferenc Fris (Mađarska/Hungary), II. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia), III. Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Borba Vladimira Sekelja (Hrvatska)/Vladimir Sekelj’s fight (Croatia)

Borba Nikole Banjeglava (Hrvatska)/Nikola Banjeglav’s fight (Croatia)

Borba Marjana Štampeka (Slovenija)/Marjan Štampek’s fight (Slovenia)

Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Ferenc Fris (Mađarska/Hungary)



Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Borba Krunoslava Garašića (Hrvatska)/Krunoslav Garašić’s fight (Croatia)

Pobjednik 1. Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka – Ferenc Fris (Mađarska)/Winner of 1st Branko Bošnjak Memorial – Ferenc Fris (Hungary)

Borba Tome Fabekovca (Hrvatska)/ Tomo Fabekovec’s fight (Croatia)



Samoborski list – 28. travnja 1995.

Ferenc Fris najboljiZa kyokushinkai karate kažu

da je najjači na svijetu. Nakon turnira održanog u Samoboru u organizaciji KK “Mladost”, a pod nazivom Memorijal Bran-ka Bošnjaka, mnogi su se u to uvjerili. Natjecanje u Samo-boru okupilo je 16 boraca iz Mađarske, Slovenije i Hrvatske, a popratio ga je iznimno velik broj gledatelja, što je za Samobor ipak iznenađenje, kada se zna kakva je posjećenost sportskih priredbi.

Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka bilo je natjecanje posvećeno spomenutom pripadniku Speci-jalne policije Policijske uprave zagrebačke, koji je niz godina bio aktivan u samoborskom klubu, a

na raznim natjecanjima ostvari-vao vrijedne rezultate. Poginuo je kao pripadnik policije u Domo-vinskom ratu, a njemu u čast ko-lege iz kluba organizirali su turnir.

Borci nisu bili raspodijeljeni po kategorijama, već su svi bili svrstani u jednu.

Na ovom turniru, nakon 20 godina aktivnog bavljenja kyokushinkai karateom, oprostio se član samoborskog kluba Tomo Fabekovec. Što se pak samih borbi tiče, bile su zanim-ljive jer su borci, željni pobjeda, pružili svoj maksimum. Najbolji je bio Ferenc Fris iz Mađarske koji je uspio do finala pobijediti sve protivnike i to vrlo uvjerljivo. Go-tovo najmlađi među natjecatelji-

ma, Krunoslav Garašić, već sada je istinski majstor u ovom natje-canju, a drugo mjesto potvrda je talenta i mogućnosti. Uz drugo mjesto u konkurenciji, bio je dobitnikom i nagrade za najbrži knock-out. Foldea je uspio po-bijediti već nakon 34 sekunde borbe. Nagrađeni je Zoltan Buk-ta kao najbolji tehničar, te Nikola Banjeglav kao najbolji u lomljenju dasaka (tameshiwari). Veliku pozornost izazvala je i demon-stracija vještine u lomljenju gra-đevinskog materijala.

Priredba koja je bez sumnje oduševila, ponavljamo, velik broj prijatelja ove borilačke vještine. FSG

Samoborski list – 28th April 1995

Ferenc Fris – the bestIt is often said that kyokushinkai

karate is the strongest in the world. After the tournament held in Samobor, entitled Branko Bošnjak Memorial and organ-ized by Karate Club “Mladost”, many were convinced of it. Com-petition in Samobor gathered 16 fighters from Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. A very large number of spectators visited the tourna-ment, which was somehow a surprise for Samobor, when we consider how low the attendance of sports events usually is.

Branko Bošnjak Memorial was dedicated to a member of the Special Police Unit of Zagreb Police Department, who was, for many years an active member of Samobor’s club, and gained valuable results at various com-

petitions. He lost his life as a member of Special Police Forces in the Homeland War, and in his honour, his colleagues from the club organized this tournament.

The fighters weren’t distrib-uted within weight categories, but all of them fought within one open category.

Member of the Samobor’s club Tomo Fabekovec ended his ac-tive sports career at the tourna-ment, after 20 years of practicing kyokushinkai karate. As the com-petition is concerned, the fights were interesting because the fighters, eager to win, gave their maximum. The best competitor was Ferenc Fris from Hungary who managed to defeat all the opponents in a very convincing way. One of the youngest com-

petitors, Krunoslav Garašić, is al-ready a true master in this sport, and winning the second place is a confirmation of his talent and capabilities. Along with the silver medal, he was also awarded for performing the fastest knockout. He managed to defeat Folde af-ter only 34 seconds of fighting. Zoltan Bukta was awarded as the best technician and Nikola Ban-jeglav for the best performance in breaking boards (tameshi-wari). Demonstrations of skills in breaking building material also invoked great attention of the au-dience.

This event, without any doubt, excited, we emphasize once again, a large number of friends of this martial art. FSG



The Memorial, although only the second, was attended by 60 participants, who fought in three weight categories - lightweight (-70 kg), middleweight (-80 kg) and heavyweight (+80 kg). These are the most common and the most frequent categories, and alongside the representatives of Croatia, competitors from Hungary, Romania and Slovenia fought for medals. •

MUŠKARCI / MEN

Laka kategorija / Lightweight

I. Gábor Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Tibor Lázár (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Dorin Nicoara (Rumunjska/Romania)

János Szűcs (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / Middleweight

I. Zsolt Demeter (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Nenad Šančić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Ferenc Fris (Mađarska/Hungary)

István Szűcs (Mađarska/Hungary)

Teška kategorija / Heavyweight

I. Gyula Telek (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Attila Szentgróti (Mađarska/Hungary)

László Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)

2. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 27. travnja 1996.2nd Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 27th April 1996

Iako tek drugi, na Memorijalu je sudjelova-lo 60 natjecatelja, koji su se borili u tri ka-tegorije – laka (do 70 kg), srednja (do 80 kg) i teška (od 80 kg). To su najčešće i naj-zastupljenije kategorije, a uz predstavnike Hrvatske, za neku od nagrada borili su se i natjecatelji iz Mađarske, Rumunjske i Slo-venije. •

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Borba Nenada Šančića (Hrvatska)/Nenad Šančić’s fight (Croatia)



Nenad Šančić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Samoborski list – 4. svibnja 1996. godine

Priredba za sjećanjeGotovo ispunjeno gledalište,

bodrenje u svakoj borbi, uz prezentaciju vrhunskih dostignu-ća u kyokushinkai karateu, mo-gao bi biti rezime, uz podatak da su mađarski predstavnici bili najuspješniji, na odlično orga-niziranom 2. Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka.

KK “Mladost” iz Samobora, s uloženim trudom i željom da u dogledno vrijeme ovaj turnir preraste u jedno od najvećih i najznačajnijih natjecanja u Euro-pi, sigurno da će u tome uspjeti.

Ovaj puta u Samoboru su se našli borci iz Mađarske, Rumunj-ske, Slovenije i Hrvatske, uz želju da borbom i sportskim dostojan-stvom obilježe Memorijal, koji je organiziran u spomen tragično preminulom članu KK “Mladost”, Branku Bošnjaku, koji je kao član specijalne policije MUP-a izgubio život u Domovinskom ratu.

Čak 60 boraca našlo se u Samoboru, a ono što su pokazali sigurno da je vrhunsko umijeće i da spada u najviša dostignuća kyokusninkai karatea. Prednjačili

su borci iz Mađarske, što u neku ruku i ne čudi jer mađarski kyokushinkai karate spada u sam vrh ove borilačke vještine u svi-jetu.

I koliko god Mađari bili dobri i kvalitetni, svojim su se zavid-nim umijećem pokazali i doka-zali hrvatski borci. Prvenstveno se to odnosi na 15-godišnjeg Nenada Šančića, koji je u naj-brojnijoj konkurenciji i to sred-njoj kategoriji osvojio 2. mjesto. Uz to proglašen je za najboljeg tehničara natjecanja. Malo je trebalo pa da Šančić napravi i najveću senzaciju, da bude po-bjednik u srednjoj kategoriji.

Na tom putu spriječio ga je ipak bolji Zsolt Demeter, koji je uz zlato srednje kategorije, osvojio i nagradu predviđenu za najbržeg nokautera.

Od predstavnika iz Hrvatske vrijedi još spomenuti Krunoslava Garašića, koji je u teškoj katego-riji došao do naslova vicepobjed-nika. Dalje nije mogao, jer ipak je Gyula Telek u ovom trenutku bolji borac.

Jedno hvalevrijedno natje-canje okončano je. Već je zaka-zano sljedeće, druge godine. Kako su najavili organizatori, bit će još veličanstvenije. Pozivi će biti upućeni najboljima u Eu-ropi. Vrata jednom natjecanju, koje bi moglo prerasti u gotovo najznačajnije u Europi, su otvore-na. Vjerovati je prijateljima iz KK “Mladost” da će u tome i uspjeti.

Predradnje su napravljene i viđene ovaj puta. Dakle, sljedeće godine na Memorijalu bit će još bolje i zanimljivije.

Da bi natjecanje u potpunosti uspjelo, trebalo je, uz trud članova kluba iz Samobora i pomoć od šireg značaja. Pomogli su mnogi, na čelu s Vijećem Grada Samo-bora. Kako je prilikom otvorenja natjecanja rekao gradonačelnik, Ivica Bedeničić, klub neće ostati usamljen u organizaciji još većeg natjecanja. Imat će potporu Gra- da, jer organizira natjecanje kojim se odužuje preminulima u Domo-vinskom ratu, u ovom slučaju Branku Bošnjaku. FSG

Borba Nenada Šančića (Hrvatska)/Nenad Šančić’s fight (Croatia)



Samoborski list – 4th May 1996

An event to rememberAlmost a full sports hall, cheer-

ing during every fight and the presentation of top attainment in kyokushinkai karate, along with the fact that the Hungarian representatives were the most successful, could be a summary of the well-organized 2nd Branko Bošnjak Memorial.

KC “Mladost” from Samobor, with great effort and desire, will certainly succeed in making this tournament one of the largest and most important tournaments in Europe.

This time, competitors from Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia fought in Samobor, to mark the Memorial by fighting and sporting dignity. The Memo-rial is organized in memory of tragically deceased member of KC “Mladost” - Branko Bošnjak, who was a member of the Spe-cial Police Forces and lost his life in the Homeland War.

As many as 60 fighters attend-ed the Samobor’s tournament and they certainly showed the superior skills and the highest achievements of kyokushinkai karate. The fighters from Hunga-ry were superior, which in some way is not surprising because

the Hungarian kyokushin karate belongs to the world’s top of this martial art.

And as much as the Hungar-ians were good and of quality, Croatian fighters also showed their skills and proved their great talent. This mainly refers to the 15-year-old Nenad Šančić, who fought in the most competitive category, the middleweight, and won 2nd place. In addition, he was also named best technician of the tournament. He was very close to making the greatest sen-sation - becoming the winner of the middleweight.

But he was stopped by Zsolt Demeter, a better fighter, who in addition to winning the gold medal in the middleweight, also won the prize for the fastest knockout.

Among Croatian representa-tives we ought to mention Kruno-slav Garašić, who reached the title of runner-up in the heavy-weight. He was not able to make that one additional step towards the gold medal because Gyula Telek is at the moment a better fighter.

One praiseworthy competition is completed. The next one has

already been scheduled for the following year. According to the organizers, that one will be even more magnificent. Invitations will be sent to the best fighters in Europe. The doors are open to the possibility of turning this tournament into one of the most important in Europe. We should believe that our friends from KC “Mladost” will succeed in it.

Preparations have been made and were seen this time. So, next year’s Memorial will be even bet-ter and more interesting.

In order to make this tourna-ment fully successful, along with the effort of the Samobor’s club members, the assistance of wid-er significance was also needed. Many have helped, led by the Samobor City Council. At the opening ceremony, the mayor Ivica Bedeničić said that the club would not be left alone in their ef-forts to organize an even greater competition. They will have the city’s support, especially be-cause they are organizing the competition which pays tribute to the deceased in the Home-land War, in this case, Branko Bošnjak. FSG



3. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 1. veljače 1997.3rd Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 1st February 1997

Na trećem Memorijalu sudjelovalo je 45 natjecatelja iz Francuske, Mađarske, Ru-munjske, Slovenije i Hrvatske, a naši najbolji borci osvojili su zlato i srebro u teškoj kate-goriji. •

The 3rd Memorial was attended by 45 parti-cipants from France, Hungary, Romania, Slo-venia and Croatia. Our best fighters have won gold and silver medal in the heavyweight. •

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Michel Saint Martory (Francuska/France)

II. János Micheller (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Călin Domşa (Rumunjska/Romania)

Gábor Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Ferenc Fris, (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Harris Wallmen (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Lucian Szabad (Rumunjska/Romania)

Zoltán Polacsek (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia)


III. László Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)

Csaba Rácz (Mađarska/Hungary)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Dodjela medalja (srednja kategorija)/The medal ceremony (middleweight) – I. Ferenc Fris (Mađarska/Hungary), II. Harris Wallmen (Rumunjska/Romania), III. Lucian Szabad (Rumunjska/Romania) & Zoltán Polacsek (Mađarska/Hungary)



Dodjela medalja (teška kategorija)/The medal ceremony (heavyweight) – I. Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia), II. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia), III. László Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary) & Csaba Rácz (Mađarska/Hungary)

Dodjela medalja (laka kategorija)/The medal ceremony (lightweight) – I. Michel Saint Martory (Francuska/France), II. János Micheller (Mađarska/Hungary), III. Călin Domşa (Rumunjska/Romania) & Gábor Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)



Samoborski list – 15. veljače 1997.

Sjećanja ne blijedePo treći put zaredom, Memo-

rijalni turnir Branka Bošnjaka u kyokushin karate, natjecanju za koje mnogi govore, a i činjenice idu tome u prilog, da je najjači karate, ponovo je u Samoboru okupio borce, željne nastupa, željne pokazivanja svojih sport-skih mogućnosti. Borci su došli iz Francuske, Mađarske, Ru-munjske, Slovenije i Hrvatske, a ono što su na borilištima poka-zali, izazvali su od gledatelja neskrivene simpatije.

Kyokushin Karate klub “Mla-dost” iz Samobora, gaji tradiciju sjećanja na svog člana, Branka Bošnjaka, koji je tragično pre-minuo u Domovinskom ratu, kao pripadnik specijalnih postrojbi MUP-a. Sjećanja ne blijede i lik Branka Bošnjaka ostaje uvijek uz klub i uvijek uz karate – kazao je Milan Garašić prigodom otvo-renja ovog za samoborske pri-like velebnog natjecanja. Riječi dobrodošlice natjecateljima uz otvorenje natjecanja uputio je i gradonačelnik Samobora, Ivica Bedeničić.

Dvorana “Bogumil Toni” bila je gotovo ispunjena do posljed-njeg mjesta, što za samobor-ske prilike predstavlja gotovo raritet. I dok se u nekim drugim sportovima rijetko netko može pohvaliti željenom posjetom, u kyokushin KK “Mladost”, s time zaista nikada nemaju problema. Samo natjecanje ponudilo je neizvjesnost i to gotovo u sva-koj borbi. Većina ih je okončana s jednim, a neke borbe su ima-le i dva produžetka, s time što

su neke borbe okončane “va-gom”. Sve zajedno jasno govori o pripremljenosti boraca, kao i o izjednačenosti. Ponuđena kvaliteta u sve tri težinske kate-gorije bila je iznad prosjeka, što je jasno ocijenio i shihan Kal-man Furko, jedan od čelnih ljudi europskog kyokushin karatea. Sveopći je zaključak da ovaj ne bez razloga najjači karate (puni kontakt, bez zaštitne opreme), svojom kvalitetom velikim koraci-ma napreduje.

S ponosom možemo reći, da su nositelji kvalitete u Hr-vatskoj upravo natjecatelji i članovi samoborskog kluba. U kategoriji -70 kg (lakoj) pobije-dio je Francuz Saint Martory, koji je u toj kategoriji i pokazao najviše. Odlično pripremljen bo-rac, izdržao je sve borbe u vrlo visokom ritmu, i bez sumnje u svojoj kategoriji stigao zasluženo do naslova pobjednika. Već poznat samoborskim gledatelji-ma, Ferenc Fris iz Mađarske (prošle godine proglašen za naj-boljeg tehničara) ovaj je put želio ponoviti prošlogodišnji uspjeh. Nije to bilo nimalo lako, i Fris je morao u nekoliko borbi srednje kategorije pobjede ostvarivati u produžecima. No, to nikako ne umanjuje njegovo prvo mjesto.

U teškoj kategoriji u pred-natjecanju, sve je išlo nekako po planu. Favoriti su prola-zili, a kada je došlo do ozljede mađarskog natjecatelja Kovac-sa, u četvrtini finala, bilo je jasno da će polufinale dati bez borbe ime Krunoslava Garašića, člana

samoborskog kluba. Dogodilo se da je u drugom polufinalu odličnom borbom meč okončao i pobjedom okrunio, također član samoborskog kluba, Ivica Stanić. Dakle, finale u teškoj ka-tegoriji između mladog Garašića i bitno iskusnijeg Stanića. Da je vrlo dobro pripremljen, Stanić je pokazao upravo u tom finalu. Pokušavao je Garašić parirati, ali ovaj put Stanić je bio neumoljiv, i zasluženo pobijedio, a time ujed-no postao i pobjednikom u teškoj kategoriji. Uz pobjednički pehar za prvo mjesto, Staniću je pripao i pehar za najbrži knock-out. Žiri je donio odluku da se nagradi i najbolji tehničar natjecanja. Po-bjednik je pronađen u Rumunju Harrisu Wallmenu.

Natjecanje je okončano, a već je krenula organizacija sljedećeg Memorijala. Iz “Mla-dosti” poručuju da će dovesti u Samobor sljedeće godine elitu ne samo europskog već i svjet-skog kyokusnikai karatea. Treba im vjerovati. Priredba je bila odlično organizirana (kao što je slučaj svaki put kada su u pitanju borilački sportovi), a ugođaj je upotpunjen nastupom članica Športskog kluba “Samobor” u aerobiku, a predstavili su se plesom gledateljima i dvostruki prvaci Hrvatske, Tihana Devčić i Ištvan Varga.

Ugođaj sporta potrajao je gotovo puna tri sata. Ne, nije bilo dosadno, već lijepo i svr-sishodno. Nastavak? Da, bio je u druženju na sayonara partyju. FSG



Samoborski list – 15th February 1997

Memories do not fadeFor the third time in a row,

Branko Bošnjak Memorial, a tournament in kyokushin karate, which many call, and the facts support it, the strongest karate, once again gathered in Samo-bor competitors eager to fight and to show their sport abilities. The fighters came from France, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia, and their performance in the ring aroused overt sympathy of the audience.

Kyokushin Karate Club “Mla-dost” from Samobor cherish-es the memory of its member Branko Bošnjak, who was tragi-cally killed during the Homeland War as a member of Special Police Unit of Croatian Ministry of the Interior. Memories do not fade and Branko Bošnjak’s im-age will always remain with the club and with karate - said Milan Garašić at the opening of this, for Samobor circumstances, mag-nificent competition. Mayor of Samobor Ivica Bedeničić also addressed a few words of wel-come to the competitors.

Sports Hall “Bogumil Toni” was nearly filled to its capacity, which is almost a rarity in Samo-bor. And while in some other sports rarely anyone gets a de-sired number of spectators, the kyokushin KC “Mladost”, really never has that kind of problems. The competition offered sus-pense during almost every fight. Most of them ended with a single and some of the fights even af-ter two extensions, in addition to the fact that some of them ended only after “weighting”. All togeth-er clearly shows the prepared-ness of the fighters, as well as

how tie they were. The quality of performances in all three weight categories was above average, which was clearly rated also by shihan Kalman Furko, one of the leading people in the European kyokushin karate. General con-clusion is that this, not without a reason the strongest karate (full contact, without protective equipment), is by its quality mak-ing a huge progress.

We can proudly say that the holders of quality in Croatia are exactly competitors and mem-bers of the Samobor’s club. Frenchman Saint Martory won the gold medal in the -70 kg cat-egory (lightweight) and has defi-nitely shown the most. He was excellently prepared. He fought all the matches in a very high pace and without any doubt de-servedly won the title. Ferenc Fris from Hungary, already known to Samobor audience (last year he was named the best technician), wanted to repeat his last year’s success. This was not an easy task, and Fris was forced to win several of middleweight fights only in extra time. However, this does not diminish his first place in any way.

The pre-competition fights in the heavyweight went somehow according to plan. Favourites were winning, and when Hungar-ian competitor Kovacs got in-jured in the quarter-finals, it was clear that the semi-final would without a fight bring victory to Krunoslav Garašić, member of the Samobor’s club. It happened that the second semi-final match was won by another member of the Samobor’s club, Ivica Stanić,

after a great struggle ending in his victory. So, we watched the heavyweight finals between young Garašić and significantly more experienced Stanić. That he was very well prepared, Stanić showed exactly in the fi-nals. Garašić tried to counteract, but this time Stanić was inexo-rable and has deservedly won, thus becoming the winner in the heavyweight. In addition to win-ning the trophy for the first place, Stanić also won the cup for the fastest knockout. The jury decid-ed to reward the best technician of the competition too. The win-ner was Romanian fighter Harris Wallmen.

This competition has ended and the organizational prepara-tions for the next Memorial have already started. Representa-tives of KC “Mladost” say that they will bring the elite, of not only European but also of world kyokushinkai karate, to Samo-bor next year. We should believe them. The tournament was very well organized (as is the case when it comes to martial arts), and the atmosphere was com-plemented by performance of the members of the Sport Club “Samobor” in aerobics. The dou-ble Croatian dancing champions Tihana Devčić and Ištvan Varga also presented themselves to the audience.

The sports atmosphere lasted for almost three hours. No, it was not boring, but beautiful and re-warding. Overtime? Yes, the par-ticipants continued socializing at the sayonara party. FSG



The 4th Memorial, which in just a few years became one of the best organized kyokushin karate tournaments in Europe, was attended by 65 participants from France, Hungary, It-aly, Romania and Croatia. Among them were the best European fighters and Croatian rep-resentatives showed that they belong at the top. •

4. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 28. veljače 1998.4th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 28th February 1998

Na četvrtom Memorijalu, koji se u samo nekoliko godina održavanja svrstao među najbolje organizirane kyokushin ka-rate turnire u Europi, sudjelovalo je 65 natjecatelja iz Francuske, Italije, Mađarske, Rumunjske i Hrvatske. Među njima su bili i najbolji europski borci, a hrvatski su pred-stavnici pokazali da im je mjesto na samome vrhu. •

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Florin Rezmiveş (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. András Kovás (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Gábor Németh (Mađarska/Hungary)

Nordine Tonkin (Francuska/France)


I. Zsolt Demeter (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Zsolt Jarábik (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Zoltán Polacsek (Mađarska/Hungary)

Róbert Schwarcz (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. Gyula Telek (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy) & Balázs Gödölle (Mađarska/Hungary)



Dodjela medalja (teška kategorija)/ The medal ceremony (heavyweight) – I. Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia), II. Gyula Telek (Mađarska/Hungary), III. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy) & Balázs Gödölle (Mađarska/Hungary)

Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Kálmán Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)



Samoborske novine – 6. ožujka 1998.

Paklena borba Ivice StanićaIz Francuske, Italije, Mađarske,

Rumunjske i Hrvatske, u našem gradu našlo se 65 boraca, koji su došli pokazati svoje umijeće na 4. Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka. Kyokushin karate je zaista najjači karate kada borci bez zaštitne opreme i po sistemu knock out – knock down pokazuju snagu i vještinu.

Nije bilo isuviše povreda, a tek su dvije borbe bile predane zbog povreda. Shihan Kalman Furko je rekao da samoborski turnir spa-da među najbolje organizirane u Europi, uz gotovo najbolje borce u ovom trenutku. Konačno, u Samoboru su bili nositelji odličja s posljednjeg prvenstva Europe u Berlinu.

U svakoj od kategorija malo je koja borba bila okončana nakon regularnih 3 minute. Borci su ponudili neizvjesnost konačnog ishoda, što je rezulti-ralo produžecima, a u nekoliko je slučajeva i vaga odlučila po-bjednika.

Zanimljivo je bilo u svim kate-gorijama, ali se ipak najviše doj-mila teška, u kojoj su nastupila i tri naša predstavnika. Hrabrom borbom došla su sva trojica do poluzavršnice. Kruno Garašić, mlad borac, član samoborskog kluba, hrabro se suprotstavio težem i iskusnijem Gyuli Tele-ku iz Mađarske. Suci su nakon produžetka presudili u korist Mađara. U drugom susretu sas-tali su se Ivica Stanić i Nikola Ba-

njeglav. Ivica se našao u finalu. Malo je tko realno davao šanse Staniću protiv Teleka. No, Ivica je uz fanatično bodrenje gotovo 1000 gledatelja, napravio podvig i nakon produžetka zasluženo pobijedio.

Mladi samoborskog kluba predvođeni Igorom Kupresom prikazali su i demonstrirali vješ-tinu lomljenja dasaka, a posebno je impresivno bilo lomljenje bej-zbol palice. Održano je i natje-canje u tameshiwariju – lomljenju građevinskog materijala.

Sav prihod išao je u korist obitelji tragično preminulog u Domovinskom ratu, a inače člana kyokushin Karate kluba “Mla-dost”, Branka Bošnjaka. FSG

Samoborske novine – 6th March 1998

Hell of a fight by Ivica StanićIn total 65 fighters from Fran-

ce, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Croatia came to Samobor to show their skills at the 4th Branko Bošnjak Memorial. Kyokushin karate is really the strongest ka-rate, where fighters show their strength and skill by fighting without protective equipment and according to the knockout - knockdown system.

Fortunately, only few injuries occurred and only two fighters surrendered their matches due to injury. Shihan Kalman Furko said that this tournament is among the best organized in Europe, gathering almost all the best fighters at the moment. Namely, holders of the medals from the last European Championships in Berlin came to Samobor.

Only a few fights in all weight categories were finished after the regular three minutes. The fighters offered us uncertainty of the final outcome and ended the fights in extensions, and in some matches the winner was decided by scales.

It was interesting in all catego-ries, but the most impressive was the heavyweight where three of our representatives fought. Due to courageous performance, all three made it to the semi-finals. Krunoslav Garašić, young fighter, a member of the Samobor’s club, bravely fought against heavier and more experienced Gyula Telek from Hungary. After exten-sion time referees ruled in favour of the Hungarian. In the second semi-final match, Ivica Stanić

and Nikola Banjeglav fought and Ivica made it to the finals. Few, if any, realistically gave a chance to Stanić against Telek. However, supported by fanatic cheering of nearly 1000 spectators, Ivica made the feat and after exten-sion time deservedly won.

The young members of the Samobor’s club, led by Igor Ku-pres, demonstrated the skill of breaking the building material and especially impressive was the breaking of a baseball bat. There was also a competition in tameshiwari – breaking wooden boards.

All income went to the family of Branko Bošnjak, a member of kyokushin Karate Club “Mladost” who was tragically killed in the Homeland War. FSG



5. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 27. veljače 1999. 5th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 27th February 1999

Na petom Memorijalu sudjelovala su 23 natjecatelja iz Italije, Mađarske i Hrvatske. Relativno mali broj sudionika u odnosu na prethodne memorijale nadomjestilo je više od tisuću gledatelja u dvorani OŠ “Bogumil Toni”, burno bodreći hrvatske borce, koji su osvojili čak šest medalja. •

23 competitors from Hungary, Italy and Croatia participated at the 5th Memorial. A relatively small number of participants com-pared to the previous Memorials was substi-tuted by more than a thousand spectators in the sports hall of the Primary School “Bogu-mil Toni”, who strongly supported Croatian fighters on their way to winning six medals. •

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Gábor Németh (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Igor Jandrečić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Jure Milosavljević (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Norbert Presits (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. Herbert Trimmel (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Igor Kupres (Hrvatska/Croatia)

László Bruzsa (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy)

III. Petér Pantelics (Mađarska/Hungary)

Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Borba Andree Stoppe (Italija)/Andrea Stoppa’s fight (Italy)



Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy)

Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy)



Borba Igora Jandrečića (Hrvatska)/Igor Jandrečić’s fight (Croatia)

Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Igor Kupres (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Tameshiwari – Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Prof. Slavko Rudolf spor-tu je posvetio čitav život i gotovo da ne postoji sport ili sportska orga-nizacija u Samoboru u čijem osnivanju i radu nije sudjelovao, odnosno čijem boljitku nije pridonio. Kao dužnosnik Samoborskog športskog saveza i tajnik Društva za športsku rek-reaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor, svojim je iskust-vom i podrškom, koju je bezrezervno pružao or-ganizatorima Memorijala, doprinio da turnir op-stane na europskoj sceni tijekom proteklih dvade-set godina.

Prof. Slavko Rudolf devot-ed his whole life to sport. There is almost no sport or sports organization in Samobor in whose estab-lishment and function-ing he did not participate, and to whose prosper-ity he did not contribute. As an official of Samobor Sports Association and the secretary of Samobor’s Society for Sports Rec-reation “Sport for all” he gave constant support to the Branko Bošnjak Me-morial’s organisers and his advice and experience contributed to maintain-ing the Memorial on the European scene for whole twenty years.



Samoborske novine – 5. ožujka 1999. godine

Uspjeh Krune GarašićaPreko 1000 gledatelja natiska-

lo se u dvoranu Bogumila Tonija da bi vidjelo na djelu borce u, kako kažu, najjačem karateu – kyokushinu. Sve zajedno do-godilo se na 5. Memorijalu Bran-ka Bošnjaka, člana kyokushin KK “Mladost” iz Samobora, koji je tragično poginuo kao pripad-nik Specijalne policije MUP-a u Domovinskom ratu. Borci iz Italije, Mađarske i Hrvatske, uku-pno njih 23, pokazali su odlične borbe, iako se možda ponekad stekao i dojam da je bilo barem malo “kočenja”. Razlog je vrlo jasan. U svibnju mnoge od bo-raca, koji su nastupili u Samo-boru, čeka Europsko prvenstvo u Kopenhagenu, a u borbi bez zaštitne opreme i u punom kon-taktu, povrede su vrlo izvjesne. Bilo je toga i na ovom Memori-

jalu, ali ništa teže i značajnije. Dominirao je u svom nastupu, ali i prezentacijom vještine, Kruno Garašić, član KK “Mladost” iz Samobora. Došao je do finala možda i teže nego se očekivalo, ali je onda već početkom druge minute borbe knock-outom “sru-šio” odličnog Talijana Andreu Stoppu. Za svoj nastup i prvo mjesto Kruno je primio pehar, uz još jedan koji je dobio za najbrži knock-out. U kategoriji -70 kg neprikosnoven je bio Gabor Ne- meth, iako je u finalu imao i te kako mnogo “problema” sa Samoborcem Igorom Jandre-čićem. U polufinalu kategorije -80 kg sastali su se naši borci. Igor Kupres i Eduard Bajić poka-zali su odličnu borbu, ali Igor koji je bio iscrpljen borbama do fina-la, nije mogao s ipak odmornijim

Bajićem. No, bitno je da je naslov pobjednika ostao u Samoboru.

Odličnu priredbu u samobor-skoj sportskoj dvorani oplemenili su nastupi najmlađih iz KK “Mla-dost” Samobor, KK “Alfa” iz Za-greba, uz poseban naglasak na nastup antiterorističke jedinice specijalne policije MUP-a, već legendarnih Alfi. U novim mas-kirnim uniformama demonstracija vještine i umijeća članova jedinice, izazvala je uz straho-poštovanje i divljenje gledatelja, koji su svaku od vježbi nagradili pljeskom.

5. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka pokazao je zanimanje Samobo-raca za ovakvo natjecanje. Posve je jasno da ovaj memorijal ostaje trajna vrijednost sportske po-nude Samobora. FSG

Samoborske novine – 5th March 1999

The success of Kruno GarašićOver 1,000 spectators squee-

zed into the full Sports Hall “Bogumil Toni” to see in action the fighters of, as they say, the strongest karate - kyokushin. All of this happened at the 5th Branko Bošnjak Memo-rial. Branko was a member of the kyokushin KC “Mladost” from Samobor, who got tragi-cally killed as a member of the Special Police Unit during the Homeland War. The fighters from Hungary, Italy and Croatia, 23 of them in total, showed excellent fighting, even if sometimes they left the impression that they were at least a little bit “holding them-selves down”. The reason is very clear. In May, many of the com-petitors who fought in Samobor will participate at the European Championship in Copenhagen, and when it comes to full con-tact fighting without protective equipment, injuries are pretty certain. It could not be avoided at this Memorial either, but there

were no heavy or serious injuries. Kruno Garašić, a member of the KC “Mladost” from Samobor, dominated in his performance, as well as in the presentation of skills. He reached the finals in perhaps more difficult way than expected, but then, at the be-ginning of the second minute of fighting, he “crashed” by knock-out an Italian fighter Andrea Stoppa. Kruno was awarded for his performance and winning the first place and also for the fastest knockout. Gabor Nemeth was inviolable in the -70 kg category, although Igor Jandrečić from Samobor gave him “a hard time” in the finals. Two of Croatian fighters met in the semi-finals of the -80 kg category. Igor Kupres and Eduard Bajić showed a great fight, but Igor, who was exhaust-ed by the previous fights, could not compete with better rested Bajić. However, the important thing is that the title stayed in Samobor.

Excellent competition in Sa-mobor’s sports hall was sup-plemented by performances of the youngest members of KC “Mladost” from Samobor and of KC “Alpha” from Zagreb. But the special emphasis should be put on the performance of the anti-terrorist unit of Special Police Forces of Croatian Ministry of the Interior, already the legend-ary Alphas. Demonstration of skills and abilities the members of the Unit showed, wearing the new camouflage uniforms, aroused the awe and admiration of the spectators, who rewarded each of the exercises with a big applause.

The 5th Branko Bošnjak Memo-ral showed the interest of Samo-bor audience for such kind of competition. It is quite clear that this memorial tournament will remain a durable value of Samo-bor’s sport offer. FSG



6. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 26. veljače 2000.6th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 26th February 2000

Šesti memorijal okupio je čak 70 natjecatelja iz Italije, Mađarske, Švicarske i Hrvatske, a prvi put su se borile i žene, također u tri težin-ske kategorije – laka (-50 kg), srednja (-60 kg) i teška (-60 kg). Od devet medalja za Hrvatsku, pet su ih osvojile naše natjecateljice. •

The 6th Memorial gathered 70 competitors from Hungary, Italy, Switzerland and Croatia, and for the first time there were also female competitors fighting in three weight catego-ries – lightweight (-50 kg), middleweight (-60 kg) and heavyweight (+60 kg). Out of nine Croatian medals five were won by our female competitors. •

ŽENE / WOMEN


I. Zsuzsa Rugli (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Krisztína Boros (Mađarska/Hungary)

Irena Ljubičić (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Erika Odermatt (Švicarska/Switzerland)

II. Corinne Eberhard (Švicarska/Switzerland)

III. Matea Janđel (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Irena Dolenčić (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Jacqueline Beucler (Švicarska/Switzerland)

II. Brigitta Ottmár (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Sabina Halilović (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Krisztína Habara (Mađarska/Hungary)

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Gábor Németh (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Árpád Farkas (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Péter Váczi (Mađarska/Hungary)

László Hacskó (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Eduard Bajić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. István Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Igor Kupres (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Sándor Major (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Petér Pantelics (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy)

Ivica Stanić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Ivica Stanić, shihan Milan Garašić & Krunoslav Garašić



Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Krisztína Boros (Mađarska/Hungary)

Borba Marije Bošković (Hrvatska)/Marija Bošković’s fight (Croatia)

Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Petér Pantelics (Mađarska/Hungary)



Samoborske novine – 3. ožujka 2000.

Eduard Bajić oduševio SamoborcePo 6. put na Memorijalu Bran-

ka Bošnjaka u Samoboru viđen je vrhunski kyokushin, koji je bez sumnje oduševio, za samoborske prilike vrlo rijetko, punu dvoranu gledatelja. Ova je priredba oku- pila 70 boraca iz Italije, Mađar-ske, Švicarske i Hrvatske.

Uz atraktivne borbe i po prvi puta borbe žene, koje su također nastupile po pravilima kyokushi-na (bez zaštitne opreme – puni kontakt), posebno su efektni bili nastupi karateka iz KK “Alfa” Za-greb, KK “Mladost” Samobor,

te pripadnika antiterorističke je-dinice specijalne policije MUP-a Hrvatske.

Od Samoboraca najviše je učinio Eduard Bajić koji je pobi-jedio u kategoriji -80 kg. Bodren gledateljima Bajić je u finalu pružio odličnu borbu i posve za- služeno pobijedio Mađara Ist-vana Szaboa. Kruno Garašić nije uspio u finalu doći do pobjede nad odličnim Pantelicsem iz Mađarske u kategoriji +80 kg. Imao je Kruno šansu sredinom borbe, kada je napravio nekoliko

odličnih akcija, ali kako se borba približavala kraju, tako je snaga kopnila, a Mađar preuzimao ini-cijativu. U produžetku bolji Pan-telics zasluženo jednoglasnom ocjenom sudaca, osvaja naslov pobkednika. No, Garašić je utje-šen s dvije nagrade. Jedna je za najbrži knock-out, a druga za najboljeg tehničara turnira. Kod djevojaka pobjede su zasluženo pripale, po kategorijama, Švicar-kama Beucler i Odermatt, te Ma-đarici Rugli. FSG

Samoborske novine – 3rd March 2000

Eduard Bajić thrilled SamoborTop kyokushinkai karate was

performed at the 6th Branko Bošnjak Memorial in Samobor, which without any doubt thrilled the spectators in a fully filled sports hall, usually a rare scene in Samobor. This event gathered 70 fighters from Italy, Hungary, Switzerland and Croatia.

Along with attractive fights, which for the first time included women, who also fought by the rules of kyokushin (without pro-tective equipment - full contact), especially effective were the demonstrations of the members of KC “Alpha” from Zagreb, KC “Mladost” from Samobor, and

of the antiterrorist Special Police Unit of the Croatian Ministry of the Interior.

Eduard Bajić gave the best performance out of competitors from Samobor by winning the first place in the middleweight (-80 kg). With the support of the spectators, he made an excel-lent performance in the finals and quite deservedly beat Istvan Szabo from Hungary. Kruno-slav Garašić failed to reach the final victory over the excellent Pantelics from Hungary in the heavyweight (+80 kg). He had his chance in the middle of the fight, when he made some great

actions, but as the fight ap-proached the end, his strength declined, while the Hungarian took over the initiative. In the ex-tension time, Pantelics was bet-ter and won the fight deservedly by unanimous decision of the referees. However, Garašić was consoled with two awards, one for the fastest knockout, and the other for the best technician of the tournament. In the women’s competition, the winners of their categories were Beucler and Odermatt from Switzerland, and Rugli from Hungary. FSG

Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Petér Pantelics (Mađarska/Hungary)



7. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 23. studenoga 2002.7th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 23rd November 2002

Na sedmom Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka sudjelovalo je oko 70 natjecatelja iz sedam ze-malja. Uz hrvatske predstavnike, sudjelovali su i natjecatelji iz Francuske, Grčke, Italije, Mađarske, Rumunjske i Švicarske, koji su se pred mnoštvom gledatelja u dvorani OŠ “Bogumil Toni” borili za medalje. •

The 7th Branko Bošnjak Memorial was at-tended by 70 competitors from seven coun-tries. Along with Croatian representatives, competitors from France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Switzerland fought for medals in front of numerous spectators in the sports hall of Primary School “Bogumil Toni”. •

ŽENE / WOMEN


I. Júlia Bartók (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Tímea Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)

Ágnes Teiszler (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Mónika Endrész (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Kristina Khos (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Petra Radošević (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Emőke Dési (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Ivett Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Ágnes Lehr (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Erzsébet Zsuffa (Mađarska/Hungary)

Marina Feszenkó (Mađarska/Hungary)

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. David Derycke (Francuska/France)

II. Árpád Farkas (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. László Planicska (Mađarska/Hungary)

Gábor Seres (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. László Hacskó (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Johnny Desmedt (Francuska/France)

III. Hrvoje Bukovski (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Dániel Kajtár (Mađarska/Hungary)



II. Andrea Stoppa (Italija/Italy)

III. Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Salim Oubekhti (Francuska/France)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Borba Hrvoja Bukovskog (Hrvatska)/Hrvoje Bukovski’s fight (Croatia)



Borba Dubravke Jugec (Hrvatska)/Dubravka Jugec’s fight (Croatia)


László Hacskó (Mađarska/Hungary) & Goran Dekanić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Tímea Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)

Borba Andree Stoppe (Italija)/Andrea Stoppa’s fight (Italy)



Demonstracija Interventne jedinice policije/ Intervention Police Unit’s demonstration of skills

Dodjela medalja (laka kategorija)/The medal ceremony (lightweight) – I. Júlia Bartók (Mađarska/Hungary), II. Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia), III. Tímea Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary) & Ágnes Teiszler (Mađarska/Hungary)



Samoborske novine – 29. studenoga 2002.

Krunoslav Garašić i Marija Bošković najbolji među hrvatskim natjecateljima

7. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka uspješno je 23. studenoga odr-žan u organizaciji kyokushin KK “Mladost” iz Samobora. Pred više od 800 gledatelja, koji su do posljednjeg mjesta ispunili samoborsku sportsku dvoranu, borci iz Francuske, Grčke, Italije, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švicarske i Hrvatske, njih 70-ak pokazali su majstorstvo kyokushin karatea, za koji kažu da je najjači karate. Bez zaštitne opreme, u punom kontaktu i sustavu knock out – knock down borci su izmamili pljesak gledatelja.

Najuspješniji na ovom natje-canju bili su mađarski predstav-nici s četiri prva mjesta te ukupno devet odličja. Od 12 predstavni-ka Hrvatske najviše uspjeha imao je u kategoriji preko 80 kg

Krunoslav Garašić koji je u spek-takularnom meču pobijedio tali-janskog internacionalca Andreu Stoppu.

Kod djevojaka Marija Bošković bila je druga u kategoriji do 50 kg, dok su druga i treća u kate-goriji do 60 kg bile Kristina Khos, odnosno Petra Radošević. No, i ostali iz naše vrste, a to se odnosi na Hrvoja Bukovskog i Tihomira Garašića, u svemu su ispunili očekivanja. Da je bilo malo više sreće, ali i sudačke pravde, si-gurno je i Goran Dekanić mogao biti među onima koji su dobili odličja. Uz nagrade koje su do-bili borci za svoje rezultate na tatamiju, organizator je nagra-dio i najbržeg nokautera i po mišljenju prosudbenog suda naj-boljeg tehničara. Najbrži nokaut

ostvario je Johnny Desmedt iz Francuske (nokautirao je svog protivnika u 42. sekundi borbe), dok je najbolji tehničar turnira bio Laszlo Hacsko iz Mađarske.

Gledatelji su uz borbe u demonstracijama vidjeli nastupe pripadnika Interventne i Speci-jalne policije PU zagrebačke, za-tim članove KK “Delta” iz Rijeke, a nastupili su i najmlađi karateke kyokushin Karate kluba “Mla-dost” iz Samobora.

Prihod, ostvaren na ovom turniru, bit će uplaćen na račun obitelji Branka Bošnjaka, neka-dašnjeg borca Karate kluba “Mladost”, što je ovom, vrlo do-bro organiziranom natjecanju, dalo dodatni značaj i vrijednost. FSG

Samoborske novine – 29th November 2002

Krunoslav Garašić and Marija Bošković best among Croatian competitors

Kyokushin KC “Mladost” from Samobor successfully organized the 7th Branko Bošnjak Memorial on November 23rd. Fighters from France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and Croa-tia, 70 of them, have performed kyokushin karate, known as the strongest karate, in front of more than 800 spectators, who have filled to the capacity the sports hall in Samobor. No protec-tive equipment, full contact and knockout-knockdown system was awarded by a big applause.

Representatives of Hungary were the most successful at the competition by winning four first places and a total of nine med-als. From 12 of Croatian repre-sentatives, the most successful was Krunoslav Garašić in the heavyweight (+80 kg), who has won a spectacular match against

the Italian international Andrea Stoppa.

In the women’s competition Marija Bošković was second in the lightweight category (-50kg), while the second and third in the middleweight category (-60 kg) were Kristina Khos and Pe-tra Radošević. Other Croatian representatives, which primar-ily apply to Hrvoje Bukovski and Tihomir Garašić, also fulfilled ex-pectations. Had there been a lit-tle more luck, but also the referee justice, Goran Dekanić could have easily become one of those who won medals. In addition to the trophies the fighters won for their results on the tatami, the or-ganizer also awarded the fastest knockout and the best technician by the opinion of the referee col-lege. Fastest knockout was the one of Johnny Desmedt from

France (knocked out his oppo-nent in 42nd second of the fight), while the best technician of the tournament was Laszlo Hacsko from Hungary.

Along with the fights, specta-tors could also see demonstra-tions performed by the members of the Intervention and Special Police Forces of Zagreb Police Department, of the KC “Delta” from Rijeka, as well as of the youngest members of kyokushin Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor.

Income earned at this tourna-ment will be paid to the account of Branko Bošnjak‘s family, a former member of Karate Club “Mladost”, which gives added significance and value to this very well organized event. FSG



This Memorial also had a large audience and they saw fights of 60 competitors from ten countries – Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Switzerland, Uzbekistan and Croatia. •

8. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 22. studenoga 2003.8th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 22nd November 2003

I ovaj je Memorijal pratila brojna publika, a borili su se natjecatelji, njih 60-ak, iz čak de-set zemalja – Češke, Francuske, Grčke, Italije, Latvije, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švicarske, Uz-bekistana i Hrvatske. •

ŽENE / WOMEN


I. Tímea Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Andra Bozdog (Rumunjska/Romania)

Mariann Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Corinne Eberhard (Švicarska/Switzerland)

II. Aziza Temirova (Uzbekistan/Uzbekistan)

III. Kristina Khos (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Laura Moldovan (Rumunjska/Romania)


I. Zita Zatykó (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Ágnes Lehr (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Ivett Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Emmanuel Burgio (Francuska/France)

II. László Planicska (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)

Tamás Juhász (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Marius Ilaş (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Mareks Kovaļevskis (Latvija/Latvia)

III. Florin Dan Barbanța (Rumunjska/Romania)

Krunoslav Strelar (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Harris Wallmen (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Kálmán Kozma (Mađarska/Hungary)

Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Borba Emmanuela Burgia (Francuska)/Emmanuel Burgio’s fight (France)



Hrvatska reprezentacija/Croatian National Team – sjede (sitting down): Stela Oroz, Marija Bošković, Kristina Khos; stoje (standing): shihan Vladimir Šintić, Krunoslav Strelar, Nikola Banjeglav, Tihomir Garašić, Dario Šančić, Mario Štimac

Zita Zatykó (Mađarska/Hungary) & Ágnes Lehr (Mađarska/Hungary)



Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Harris Wallmen (Rumunjska/Romania)

Dodjela medalja (teška kategorija)/ The medal ceremony (heavyweight) – I. Harris Wallmen (Rumunjska/Romania), II. Nikola Banjeglav (Hrvatska/Croatia), III. Kálmán Kozma (Mađarska/Hungary) & Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Prvi put sam na Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka su-djelovao 1997. godine, na njegovom trećem izdanju. Zaista sam želio sudjelovati na ovom natjecanju, jer sam znao, posredstvom drugih rumunjskih natjecate-lja, da im je prethodne godine bilo odlično. Osvojio sam drugo mjesto u srednjoj kategoriji, a morao sam se boriti sa slomljenom kosti u stopalu, ujedno osvojivši i nagradu za najbolju tehniku.

No, to uopće nije bilo važno. Najvažnije su uspomene i iskustvo koje nosim s natjecanja. Od našeg prvog dolaska, kad su nas svi članovi Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza dočekali s toliko gostoprimstva da je to teško opisati riječima. Svi su se prema nama odnosili vrlo prijateljski, no jedna osoba posebno, shihan Mi-lan Garašić. On je jedan od najsimpatičnijih majstora borilačkih vještina kojeg sam upoznao tijekom cijele karate karijere. Ne samo da je savršen organizator, već se pobrinuo i da se stvarno osjećamo dobrodošlima, poštovanima i cijenjenima. Godinu za godinom sudje-lujemo na ovom natjecanju. Godinu za godinom turnir postaje sve jači i veći, no shihan Garašić se nije promi-jenio. Ostao je vrlo skromna i draga osoba, savršen domaćin.

Po drugi put sam se u Hrvatskoj borio 2002. godine i osvojio sam prvo mjesto u teškoj kategoriji. Kao da mi ovaj turnir uzvraća ljubav. Otad Rumunjska kyokushin karate federacija nijednom nije propustila Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka. Pobijedili ili izgubili, nije bilo važno, uvijek smo se tamo odlično proveli. Zbog toga shihanu Garašiću i svim članovima Hrvatskog kyokushin ka-rate saveza želimo izraziti svoju skromnu zahvalnost i odati veliko priznanje. Obećavamo da ćemo nastojati i nadalje sudjelovati na ovom predivnom natjecanju, organiziranom u spomen na mladog borca, Branka Bošnjaka, koji na njemu nije mogao sudjelovati, jer mu je život prekinut tako rano. Osu!

Sensei Harris Wallmen, Rumunjska

My first visit to Croatia was in 1997, to the third edi-tion of the tournament Branko Bošnjak Memorial. I was eager to take part in this competition because I had learned from other Romanian fighters that they had a great time in the second edition. I placed second in the middleweight, I had to fight with a broken bone in my foot, and got the prize for the best technique. But this is not as important as the experience itself and the memories I have from my participation. Ever since our arrival, we were welcomed with so much hospi-tality by all the members of the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association, that is difficult to put in words. Everybody was very friendly, but one who stood out most was shihan Milan Garašić. He is one of the nicest martial artists I have ever met in my entire karate life. Not only was he a perfect organizer, he made one feel welcomed, respected and appreciated.

Year after year we took part in this competition. Year after year the competition became stronger and big-ger, but shihan Garašić never changed. He remained a humble and lovely person, a perfect host.

In 2002 I fought for the second time in Croatia and won first place in the heavyweight. It was like this competition loved me back. Since then the Romanian Kyokushin Karate Federation never missed the Branko Bošnjak Memorial. Win or lose, we always had a great time there. For this, shihan Garašić, and all members of Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association, please ac-cept our humble thank you and our great appreciation.

We promise to do our best to be present every time you organize this wonderful competition in the mem-ory of a young fighter, Branko Bošnjak, who never had a chance to participate himself because his life was taken so early. Osu!

Sensei Harris Wallmen, Romania

Rumunjski tim na 8. Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka/Romanian team at the 8th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – Harris Wallmen, SENSEI ANCA WALLMEN, Laura Moldovan, Marius Ilaş



Samoborski glasnik – 6. prosinca 2003.

Mađari najbolji, naši dobri22. studenoga održan je u

samoborskoj sportskoj dvo-rani OŠ “Bogumila Tonija” 8. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka, kyokushin karate turnir u spomen na tragično poginulog Branka Bošnjaka, pripadnika specijalne policije u Domovinskom ratu, člana samoborskog kyokushin Karate kluba “Mladost”.

Milan Garašić, predsjednik kluba i glavni organizator turnira na otvaranju je zahvalio svima koji su pomogli u održavanju dugovječnosti ove sportske priredbe, ali i sjećanja na pogi-

nulog kolegu. Između ostalog, zahvalio je i Gradu Samoboru, te aktualnom gradonačelniku Žarku Adameku predao priznanje za podršku u njihovom radu.

Na turniru se okupilo šezde-setak boraca iz Češke, Fran-cuske, Grčke, Italije, Mađarske, Latvije, Rumunjske, Švicarske, Uzbekistana i Hrvatske, koji su pred oko 700 gledatelja prika-zali vrhunski karate. Kao što je poznato, u kyokushin karateu dozvoljen je puni kontakt, bez zaštitne opreme, pa atraktivno-sti ni ovaj put nije nedostajalo.

Najviše su uspjeha imali pred-stavnici Mađarske, a vrlo su dobri bili hrvatski borci. Posebno valja istaći kod žena Mariju Bošković, te kod muškaraca Nikolu Banje-glava, koji su u svojim kategori-jama osvojili druga mjesta. Osim njih, treće mjesto je u teškoj ka-tegoriji osvojio i Tihomir Garašić.

Osim borbi, prisutnima su svoje vještine pokazali pripadnici inter-ventne policije PU karlovačke, te Specijalna jedinica policije “Alfa” iz Zagreba. Stjepan Stanić

Samoborski glasnik – 6th December 2003

Hungarians were the best, our fighters made good performance

On 22nd November in the sports hall of Primary School “Bogumil Toni” in Samobor the kyokushin karate tournament, the 8th Branko Bošnjak Memorial was held, in memory of the tragi-cally deceased Branko Bošnjak, member of Special Police Forces in the Homeland War and mem-ber of kyokushin Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor.

Milan Garašić, the club’s president and the chief organ-izer of the tournament, during the opening ceremony thanked eve-ryone who helped in maintain-ing the longevity of this sporting event, but also the memory of

the deceased colleague. Among others, he thanked the City of Samobor, and gave the current Mayor Žarko Adamek an award for the city’s support.

The tournament gathered aro-und sixty fighters from Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hun-gary, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Switzerland, Uzbekistan and Croatia, who showed top ka-rate performance to 700 present spectators. As it is well known, kyokushin karate allows full con-tact and fighters do not wear any protective equipment, so even this time the competition did not lack the attractiveness. The most

successful were the competi-tors from Hungary, and Croatian fighters made very good perfor-mance as well. It should be noted that Marija Bošković in the wom-en’s lightweight and Nikola Ban-jeglav in the men’s heavyweight both won silver medals. Apart from them, Tihomir Garašić won the third place in the men heavy-weight.

In addition to fighting perfor-mances, members of Interven-tion Police Unit of Karlovac Police Department and Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb Police De-partment also showed their skills to the audience. Stjepan Stanić



The 9th Memorial was attended by eight countries, and along with representatives of Croatia, competitors from France, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania and Swit-zerland fought for trophies and medals in six different weight categories. •

9. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 20. studenoga 2004.9th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 20th November 2004

Na devetom Memorijalu sudjelovalo je osam zemalja, a uz predstavnike Hrvatske, za me-dalje i priznanja u šest različitih kategorija bo-rili su se natjecatelji iz Francuske, Grčke, Gru-zije, Latvije, Mađarske, Rumunjske i Švicarske. •

ŽENE / WOMEN


I. Eszter Wágner (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Tímea Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Tímea Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)

Mariann Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Júlia Bartók (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Marina Mezősi (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Laura Moldovan (Rumunjska/Romania)

Elena Constantin (Rumunjska/Romania)


I. Veronika Szövetes (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Ivett Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Ivana Lončarević (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Edit Ábrahám (Mađarska/Hungary)

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. József Nemes (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Lasha Khachapuridze (Gruzija/Georgia)

III. Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)

Cristian Bolduț (Rumunjska/Romania)



II. Johnny Desmedt (Francuska/France)

III. Emzar Nikatsadze (Gruzija/Georgia)

Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)



II. Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Stavros Aser (Grčka/Greece)

Gábor Godzsa (Mađarska/Hungary)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Stavros Aser (Grčka/Greece) & Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Mariann Vincze (Mađarska/Hungary)

Borba Mariusa Ilaşa (Rumunjska)/Marius Ilaş’s fight (Romania)



Dodjela medalja (teška kategorija)/The medal ceremony (heavyweight) – I. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia), II. Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia), III. Stavros Aser (Grčka/Greece) & Gábor Godzsa (Mađarska/Hungary)

Borba Johnnyja Desmedta (Francuska)/Johnny Desmedt’s fight (France)



Demonstracija KK “Mladost” Samobor/ KC “Mladost” from Samobor, demonstration of skills

Elena Constantin (Rumunjska/Romania) & Júlia Bartók (Mađarska/Hungary)



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 27. studenoga 2004.

Održan 9. Memorijal Branka BošnjakaMemorijal Branka Bošnjaka,

koji se održava u spomen na poginulog hrvatskog branitelja i bivšeg dugogodišnjeg člana KK “Mladost”, međunarodno je natjecanje u kyokushin ka-rateu, koji podrazumijeva puni kontakt bez zaštitne opreme. Ovogodišnji Memorijal, deveti po redu, održan je 20. studenog u Samoboru.

Nakon intoniranja himne i oda-vanja počasti poginulim hrvat-skim braniteljima, u ime Hrvat-skog kyokushin karate saveza prisutne je pozdravio Milan Garašić, predsjednik saveza, a u ime pokrovitelja samoborski gradonačelnik Žarko Adamek.

Na memorijalu je sudjelovalo 9 zemalja, a uz hrvatske pred-stavnike za medalje i priznanja u šest različitih kategorija borili su

se natjecatelji i natjecateljice iz Francuske, Grčke, Gruzije, Lat-vije, Mađarske, Rumunjske i Švi-carske.

U ženskoj konkurenciji nadmo-ćne su bile mađarske natje-cateljice, osvojivši u sve tri kate-gorije prva dva mjesta. Hrvatska predstavnica Ivana Lončarević osvojila je treće mjesto u teškoj kategoriji.

Kod muškaraca u lakoj kate-goriji pobijedio je Mađar Nemes, drugo mjesto osvojio je Gruzijac Khachapuridze, a treće mjesto podijelili su Mađar Buzas i Ru-munj Boldut. U srednjoj katego-riji nadmoćan je, kao i prošle godine, bio Rumunj Ilas, drugo mjesto osvojio je Francuz Des-medt, a treće su podijelili Gruzi-jac Nikatsadze i Mađar Bak.

Teška kategorija bila je uspje-

šna i za naše natjecatelje, jer su se u finalu borila braća Garašić, Krunoslav i Tihomir, a u prilično izjednačenoj borbi pobijedio je stariji brat Krunoslav. Uz braću Garašić, na pobjedničkom pos-tolju treće mjesto su podijelili Grk Aser i Mađar Godzsa.

Publika je u prepunoj dvorani OŠ “Bogumil Toni”, osim u izvrs-nim borbama imala priliku uživati i u skupnim borbama i atrak-tivnim demonstracijama pripad-nika specijalne policije, o kojoj je prikazan i kratak dokumentarni film.

Sudeći prema odazivu i reakci-jama publike i sudionika ovog međunarodnog karate turnira, Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka nastavit će svoju hvalevrijednu tradi-ciju i ubuduće. Stjepan Stanić

Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 27th November 2004

The 9th Branko Bošnjak Memorial was heldThe 9th Branko Bošnjak Me-

morial, which is organized in the memory of the fallen Croatian defender and a long-time mem-ber of Samobor’s Karate Club “Mladost” Branko Bošnjak, is the international competition in kyokushin karate which includes full contact with no protective equipment. It was held on 20th November in Samobor.

After the intonation of natio-nal anthem and honouring the fallen Croatian defenders, Milan Garašić addressed the audience on behalf of Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association, and the May-or of Samobor Žarko Adamek spoke in the name of the Memo-rial’s patrons.

The Memorial was attended by nine countries, and along with the Croatian representa-tives, competitors from France, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Lat-

via, Romania and Switzerland fought for trophies and medals in six different categories.

In the women’s competition, the Hungarian competitors were superior, winning the first two places in all three categories. Croatian representative Ivana Lončarević won the third place in the heavyweight.

In the men’s lightweight first place was won by Nemes from Hungary, second place was won by Khachapuridze from Georgia, and third place was shared by Buzas from Hungary and Boldut from Romania. The first place in the middleweight was won, like last year, by Ilas from Romania, second place by Desmedt from France, and the third was shared by Nikatsadze from Georgia and Bak from Hungary.

The heavyweight was suc-cessful for our competitors,

because the Garašić brothers fought in the finals, Krunoslav and Tihomir, and quite an equal fight was finally won by the older brother Krunoslav. Aser from Greece and Godzsa from Hun-gary, who shared the third place, joined the Garašić brothers on the podium.

The audience in the crowd-ed hall of Samobor’s Primary School “Bogumil Toni”, except in excellent fighting, had the op-portunity to enjoy in the group performances and attractive demonstrations of Special Police Forces, on which a short docu-mentary film was displayed.

Judging by the turnout and the reactions of the audience and participants of this interna-tional karate tournament, Branko Bošnjak Memorial will continue its commendable tradition in the future. Stjepan Stanić



Excellent fights of about 70 competitors marked the jubilee Memorial. European champions in some of the categories of kyo-kushin karate were also present among the participants from eight countries - Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Ro-mania, Switzerland and Croatia. Since this year, the Zagreb’s Special Police Unit “Alpha” Veterans Association is the co-organizer of the Memorial. Members of this elite Unit ac-tively participated in the organization of the Memorial since its founding. •


Jubilarni Memorijal obilježile su vrhun-ske borbe oko 70 natjecatelja iz osam ze-malja – Bugarske, Francuske, Gruzije, Litve, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švicarske i Hrvatske, a među natjecateljima su bili i europski pr-vaci u pojedinim kategorijama kyokushin karatea. Od te je godine suorganizator Me-morijala Udruga veterana specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa” Zagreb. Pripadnici te elitne postrojbe aktivno su sudjelovali u organiza-ciji Memorijala od njegova utemeljenja. •

ŽENE / WOMEN


I. Elena Constantin (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Genka Peeva (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Polina Kostadinova (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Edit Ábrahám (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Dubravka Jugec (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Arūnė Urnikytė (Litva/Lithuania)


I. Margarita Čiuplytė (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Cvetelina Nikolaeva (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Zita Zatykó (Mađarska/Hungary)

Mónika Demeter (Mađarska/Hungary)

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Gela Shatirishvili (Gruzija/Georgia)

III. Péter Farkas (Mađarska/Hungary)

Marian Taskov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)


I. Johnny Desmedt (Francuska/France)

II. Vytautas Viščius (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)

Levan Mchedlishvili (Gruzija/Georgia)


I. Eduard Janoashvili (Gruzija/Georgia)

II. Darius Gudauskas (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Plamen Terziev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Péter Farkas (Mađarska/Hungary) & Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)



Otvorenje 10. Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka/The opening ceremony of the 10th Branko Bošnjak Memorial

Polina Kostadinova (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Marius Ilaş (Rumunjska/Romania) & Johnny Desmedt (Francuska/France)



Johnny Desmedt (Francuska/France) & Vytautas Viščius (Litva/Lithuania)

Demonstracija Ninjutsu/Ninjutsu demonstration of skills

Plamen Terziev (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Francuska je na Memorijalu Branka Bošnja-ka u Samoboru prvi put sudjelovala 1997. go-dine. Otada, tijekom svih godina, podupiremo ovaj turnir.

Naši su borci uspijevali ostvarivati pobjede sve dok kvaliteta turnira u 2010. i 2011. godi-ni nije porasla toliko da je Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka postao mini europsko prvenstvo, jer na njemu sudjeluju najjače države i najbolji kyokushin borci.

Čestitke na kvaliteti turnira!

Završit ću poruku izrazom iskrenog pošto-vanja Milanu Garašiću, organizatoru Memori-jala, kao i zahvalom njemu i prijašnjem pred-sjedniku KK “Mladost” Damiru Sinkoviću na njihovoj gostoljubivosti i prijateljstvu iskaza-nom tijekom naših brojnih posjeta.

Želimo vam sve najbolje i na turnirima koji su pred vama.

OSU!

Sensei Jean-Philippe Bazerque WKO Branch Chief Francuska

The first time France participated in the Branko Bošnjak Memorial in Samobor was in 1997. Since then, and for many years on, the France Shinkyokushin Karate Organization has supported this tournament.

Our fighters have had some victories until the level of competition rose so high that in 2010 and 2011 the Branko Bošnjak Memorial became a mini European Cup with the partici-pation of the most powerful nations and the best kyokushin fighters.

Congratulations on the quality of your tour-nament!

I would like to close my message by express-ing my sincere respect to branch chief Milan Garašić, the organizer of this Memorial, and my thanks to him and former president of KC “Mladost” Damir Sinković for their hospitality and their friendship during our many visits.

We wish you the best in the coming tourna-ments

OSU!

Sensei Jean-Philippe Bazerque WKO Branch Chief France

Predstavnici Francuske na 10. Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka/Representatives of France on the 10th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – sensei Pascal Germain, Johnny Desmedt, sensei Jean-Phillipe Bazerque



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 14. studenoga 2005. godine

Puni kontakt – pun pogodak!Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka

međunarodno je natjecanje u kyokushin karateu, koji podra-zumijeva puni kontakt bez zaštitne opreme, a ovogodišnji, deseti po redu, održan je 12. studenoga u Samoboru. Memo-rijalni karate turnir održava se u spomen na poginulog hrvatskog branitelja i dugogodišnjeg člana samoborskog Karate kluba “Mla-dost” Branka Bošnjaka, koji je život izgubio u Domovinskom ratu kao pripadnik Specijalne jedinice policije PU Zagrebačke “Alfa”.

Na memorijalu je sudjelova-lo osam zemalja, a uz hrvat-ske predstavnike za pehare i medalje borili su se natjecatelji iz Bugarske, Francuske, Gruzije, Litve, Mađarske, Rumunjske i Švicarske. Natjecanje se odvijalo u šest različitih kategorija – tri muške i tri ženske težinske kate-gorije, po sistemu eliminacije i po pravilu knock out – knock down.

Nakon intoniranja državne himne i odavanja počasti poginulim hrvatskim braniteljima, u ime organizatora KK “Mladost” oku-pljene je pozdravio predsjed-nik Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza Milan Garašić, a potom

su se u ime pokrovitelja Memo-rijala kratko obratili zamjenik ministra znanosti, obrazovanja i športa Dražen Harasin i izasla-nik ministra unutarnjih poslova Stjepan Milković te zamjenica samoborskog gradonačelnika Marica Jelenić. Svi oni izrazili su potporu održavanju već tradicio-nalnog Memorijala te su obećali i ubuduće pružati pomoć pri or-ganizaciji ovog međunarodnog kyokushin karate natjecanja.

Publika koja je i ove godine u velikom broju došla pratiti turnir te bodriti hrvatske predstavnike imala je priliku uživati u vrhun-skim borbama oko 70 natjecate-lja, među kojima su bili i europski prvaci u pojedinim kategorijama kyokushin karatea.

Osvojivši tri brončane medalje u iznimno jakoj konkurenciji, hr-vatski su se natjecatelji i ovaj put pokazali kao ravnopravni su-parnici predstavnicima vodećih europskih zemalja u kyokushin karateu, najzahtjevnijem stilu ka-ratea uopće. Krunoslav Garašić iz samoborskog KK “Mladost” osvojio je treće mjesto u muškoj teškoj kategoriji, Marija Bošković, također Samoborka, zauzela je treće mjesto u ženskoj lakoj

kategoriji, a Dubravka Jugec iz zagrebačkog KK “Elka” osvojila je također treće mjesto u ženskoj srednjoj kategoriji.

Osim izvrsnih te iznimno teških borbi, publika je u prepunoj dvo-rani samoborske Osnovne škole “Bogumil Toni” imala priliku uživati i u skupnim nastupima članova KK “Mladost”, među kojima su bili i oni najmlađi, kao i u atraktivnim demonstracijama pripadnika Specijalne policije i članova Bujinkan seishin do-joa “Croatia” (borilačka tehni-ka ninjutsu), a sudeći prema dosadašnjem odazivu te reakci-jama publike i sudionika tog međunarodnog karate turnira, Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka nastavit će svoju hvalevrijednu tradiciju i ubuduće. Naime, nakon završetka Memorijala čelništvo samoborskog KK “Mladost” i Hr-vatskog kyokushin karate saveza primilo je niz pohvala za izvrsnu organizaciju, kao i zahvale sudi-onika za pruženo gostoprimstvo i dobrodošlicu, a nisu izostale ni pohvale hrvatskim natjecateljima koji su iskoristili i ovu priliku za promidžbu tog sporta, kao i Gra-da Samobora. Marija Alvir

Dodjela medalja (laka kategorija)/The medal ceremony (lightweight) – I. Elena Constantin (Rumunjska/Romania), II. Genka Peeva (Bugarska/Bulgaria), III. Polina Kostadinova (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Marija Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia)




Full contact – full strike! The 10th Branko Bošnjak Me-

morial, the international compe-tition in Kyokushin Karate which includes full contact with no pro-tective equipment, was held on 12th November in Samobor. Me-morial karate tournament is held in memory of the fallen Croatian defender and longtime member of Samobor’s Karate Club “Mla-dost” Branko Bošnjak, who lost his life in the Homeland War as a member of the Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb Police De-partment.

The Memorial was attended by eight countries, and along with the Croatian representatives for trophies and medals fought competitors from Bulgaria, Fran-ce, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania and Switzerland. The competition was held in six dif-ferent classes - three men and three women’s weight catego-ries, under the system of elimina-tion and rule knockout - knock-down.

After the intonation of the na-tional anthem and giving the trib-ute to the fallen Croatian defend-ers, on behalf of the organizer KC “Mladost” the audience was addressed by the president of Croatian Kyokushin Karate Asso-ciation Milan Garašić, and in the name of the Memorial’s patrons

spoke the Deputy Minister of Science, Education and Sports Dražen Harasin, the representa-tive of the Minister of the Inte-rior Stjepan Milković and Dep-uty Mayor of Samobor Marica Jelenić. They all expressed their support to the already traditional Memorial and have promised to continue to provide their assis-tance in organizing this interna-tional kyokushin karate competi-tion.

The audience, which this year also came in large number to watch the tournament and cheer for Croatian representatives, had the opportunity to enjoy superb fighting of around 70 competi-tors, among whom were Euro-pean champions in different cat-egories of kyokushin karate.

Winning three bronze med-als in a very strong competi-tion, Croatian fighters once again proved themselves to be equal rivals of representatives of leading European countries in kyokushin karate, the strong-est and most demanding style of karate in general. Krunoslav Garašić from KC “Mladost” from Samobor won third place in the men’s heavyweight, Marija Bošković, also from Samobor, won third place in the women’s lightweight, and Dubravka Jugec

from KK “Elka” from Zagreb also won third place in the women’s middleweight.

In addition to the excellent and extremely heavy fighting, the audience in the crowded hall of Samobor’s Primary School “Bo-gumil Toni” had the opportunity to enjoy group performances of members of KC “Mladost”, among which were the young-est of them, as well as attrac-tive demonstrations of Special Police Forces and members of Bujinkan Seishin Dojo “Croatia” (martial techniques ninjutsu). Judging by the so far response and reactions of the audience and participants of this interna-tional karate tournament, Branko Bošnjak Memorial will continue its commendable tradition in the future. Specifically, after the Me-morial ended the leaderships of KC “Mladost” from Samobor and Croatian Kyokushin Karate As-sociation received praise for the excellent organization as well as the gratitude of the participants for providing them warm wel-come and great hospitality, and Croatian competitors were also praised for their performance. This opportunity was also taken to further promote this sport, as well as the City of Samobor. Marija Alvir

Demonstracija Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa”/Special Police Unit “Alpha”‘s demonstration of skills



Representatives of seven countries - Bul-garia, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Roma-nia, Switzerland and Croatia attended this year’s Memorial. As in the most kyokushin tournaments, Hungary was dominant and its representatives won most of the trophies and medals. They were followed by the fight-ers from Lithuania, and Croatian competi-tors won four bronze medals in a very strong competition of around 80 fighters. •


Sudjelovali su predstavnici sedam zema-lja – Bugarske, Francuske, Litve, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švicarske i Hrvatske. Kao i na većini kyokushin turnira, dominirala je Ma-đarska, čiji su predstavnici osvojili najviše pehara i medalja, slijedili su ih borci iz Litve, a hrvatski su natjecatelji u iznimno jakoj konkurenciji od 80-ak boraca osvojili četiri bronce. •

ŽENE / WOMEN


I. Polina Kostadinova (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

II. Júlia Bartók (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Barbara Buretić (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Edit Ábrahám (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Inga Mikštaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

Dubravka Jugec (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Veronika Szövetes (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Cvetelina Nikolaeva (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Zita Zatykó (Mađarska/Hungary)

Viviana Chirilă (Rumunjska/Romania)

MUŠKARCI / MEN


I. Gábor Rózsa (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Cristian Bolduț (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Dejan Obranić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)



II. Vytautas Cėpla (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Andžėj Milevskij (Litva/Lithuania)

Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Lukas Kubilius (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Ramūnas Burneikis (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Dimitar G. Popov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Cristian Bolduţ (Rumunjska/Romania) & Gábor Rózsa (Mađarska/Hungary)



Adrian Ferenț (Rumunjska/Romania) & Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Laura Moldovan (Rumunjska/Romania) & Dubravka Jugec (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Dejan Obranić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Tiberiu Isa (Rumunjska/Romania)



Demonstracija Interventne jedinice policije PU zagrebačke/ Intervention Police Unit of Zagreb PD’s demonstration of skills

Dodjela medalja (laka kategorija)/ The medal ceremony (lightweight) – I. Gábor Rózsa (Mađarska/Hungary), II. Cristian Bolduţ (Rumunjska/Romania), III. Dejan Obranić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)

Boris Nikolov (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Dubravka Jugec (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Inga Mikštaitė (Litva/Lithuania)




Naši izvrsno plasiraniMemorijal Branka Bošnjaka

međunarodno je natjecanje u kyokushin karateu, koji podra-zumijeva puni kontakt bez zaštitne opreme, a ovogodišnji, jedanaesti po redu, održan je 11. studenoga u Samoboru. Sud-jelovalo je sedam zemalja, a uz hrvatske predstavnike za pe-hare i medalje borili su se natje-catelji iz Bugarske, Francuske, Litve, Mađarske, Rumunjske i Švicarske, među kojima su bili najbolji europski borci u tom najjačem stilu karatea. Natje-canje se odvijalo u šest različitih kategorija - tri muške i tri ženske težinske kategorije, po sistemu eliminacije i po pravilu knock out – knock down.

Nakon intoniranja državne himne i odavanja počasti pogi-nulim hrvatskim braniteljima, u ime organizatora Karate kluba “Mladost” okupljene je pozdravio predsjednik Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza Milan Garašić, a potom se u ime pokrovitelja obratio izaslanik ministra unu-tarnjih poslova Stjepan Milković, izrazivši potporu održavanju već tradicionalnog Memorijala.

Odaziv publike i ove je go-dine bio iznimno velik, a svi koji

su došli pratiti turnir i bodriti hrvatske predstavnike imali su priliku uživati u vrhunskim bor-bama oko 80 natjecatelja, među kojima su bili europski prvaci i viceprvaci u pojedinim kategori-jama kyokushin karatea. Najviše medalja i pehara odnijeli su Mađari, osvojivši ukupno tri zlata i dva srebra te tri bronce. Litva je osvojila ukupno pet medalja – jedno zlato, dva srebra i dvije bronce, dok su ostale medalje podijelile Bugarska, Rumunj-ska i Hrvatska. Osvojivši četiri brončane medalje u iznimno ja-koj konkurenciji, hrvatski su se natjecatelji i ovaj put pokazali kao ravnopravni suparnici pred-stavnicima vodećih europskih zemalja u kyokushinu, najzahtjev-nijem i najjačem stilu karatea uopće. Od naših muških boraca najbolji je bio Tihomir Garašić iz samoborskog KK “Mladost”, koji je osvojio treće mjesto u teškoj kategoriji, kao i njegov klupski kolega Dejan Obranić u lakoj kategoriji, a u ženskoj su konkurenciji Barbara Buretić iz KK “Dugo Selo” i Dubravka Jugec iz zagrebačkog KK “Elka” osvojile treće mjesto u lakoj i srednjoj kategoriji. Najbolji hrvat-

ski kyokushin borac Krunoslav Garašić zaustavljen je u 2. kolu, a tu je borbu izgubio “na vagu” te je, iako tehnički jači, ipak izgubio od fizički slabijeg (lakšeg) pro-tivnika. Za hrvatsku reprezen-taciju borili su se i samoborski Mladostaši Goran Dekanić u srednjoj te Damir Hodak u lakoj kategoriji. Nagradu za najbolju tehniku osvojila je Litvanka Inga Mikstaite, a za sportski i bor-beni duh – spirit – Mađar Gabor Rozsa.

Osim u izvrsnim te iznimno teškim borbama, publika je u prepunoj dvorani samoborske Osnovne škole “Bogumil Toni” imala priliku vidjeti karatiste i u izvođenju tameshiwarija, odnos-no razbijajanju daske šakom i laktom te bridom dlana. U pri-godnom dijelu programa članovi KK “Mladost”, među kojima su bili i oni najmlađi, demonstrirali su nekoliko udaraca i blokova te kata, a pripadnici Interventne policije PU zagrebačke atrak-tivnim su demonstracijama i ove godine sudjelovali na Memorijalu te ujedno odali počast poginu-lom kolegi Branku Bošnjaku. Marija Alvir

Borba Damira Hodaka (Hrvatska)/Damir Hodak’s fight (Croatia)




Great results of our fightersThe 11th Branko Bošnjak Me-

morial, the international compe-tition in kyokushin karate, which includes full contact with no protective equipment, was held on 11th November in Samobor. It was attended by seven coun-tries, and along with the Croatian representatives, competitors from Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania and Swit-zerland fought for trophies and medals. Among them were the best European fighters in this strongest style of karate. The competition was held in six dif-ferent classes - three men and three women weight categories, under the system of elimination and rule knockout - knockdown.

After the intonation of the na-tional anthem and giving the trib-ute to the fallen Croatian defend-ers, Milan Garašić, the president of Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association, addressed the audi-ence on behalf of the organizer KC “Mladost”. The envoy of the Minister of the Interior Stjepan Milković spoke in the name of the Memorial’s patrons expressing support to the already traditional Memorial.

The response of the audience this year was also extremely high, and everyone who came to watch and cheer for Croatian

representatives had the oppor-tunity to enjoy superb fighting of around 80 competitors, among who were European champions and vice-champions in different categories of kyokushin karate. Most of the medals and trophies were won by Hungarian fighters, a total of three gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Lithu-anians won a total of five med-als – one gold, two silver and two bronze medals, while the other medals were shared by Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. By win-ning four bronze medals in a very strong competition, Croatian fighters once again proved them-selves equal to the rivals of rep-resentatives of leading European countries in kyokushin karate, the strongest and most demanding style of karate in general. Out of our male fighters, the best were Tihomir Garašić from Samobor’s KC “Mladost” and his club col-league Dejan Obranić. Tihomir won the third place in the heavy-weight, while Dejan won the third place in the lightweight. In the women’s competition, Barbara Buretić from KC “Dugo Selo” and Dubravka Jugec from Zagreb’s KC “Elka” won third places in the lightweight and the middle-weight. Best Croatian kyokushin fighter Krunoslav Garašić was

stopped in the second round of his category, he lost the fight due to weight difference - although technically stronger he lost by physically weaker (lighter) op-ponent. The members of the Croatian team were also Goran Dekanić in the middleweight and Damir Hodak in the lightweight, both from Samobor’s KC “Mla-dost”. Inga Mikstaite from Lithu-ania won the award for the best technique, and Gabor Rozsa from Hungary the award for the best sports and fighting spirit.

In addition to the excellent and extremely heavy fighting, the audience in the crowded hall of Samobor’s Primary School “Bo-gumil Toni” had a chance to see the performance of tameshiwari – breaking the wooden boards by fist, elbow and the edge of the palm. In gala part of the program, members of KC “Mla-dost”, among which were the youngest ones, demonstrated several punches and blocks as well as katas, and members of the Intervention Police Unit of Zagreb Police Department this year also contributed by per-forming an attractive demon-stration at the same time pay-ing homage to their deceased colleague Branko Bošnjak. Marija Alvir

Demonstracija KK “Mladost” Samobor/KC “Mladost” from Samobor, demostration of skills



European Championship in small – that is how this year’s Memorial seemed due to the extremely strong competition of 85 compet-itors from eight countries. Apart from Croa-tia, there were representatives of Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Germany, Ro-mania and Sweden. At the same time, this is the tournament where Krunoslav Garašić, one of the best and most successful Croatian kyokushin fighters, ended his active fighting career. •


Europsko prvenstvo u malom – tako je zbog iznimno jake konkurencije ocijenjen Memo-rijal na kojemu je nastupilo 85 natjecatelja iz osam zemalja. Uz Hrvatsku, sudjelova-le su Bugarska, Gruzija, Litva, Mađarska, Njemačka, Rumunjska i Švedska. Ujedno, na tom se turniru Krunoslav Garašić, jedan od najuspješnijih i najboljih hrvatskih kyoku-shin boraca, oprostio od aktivne borilačke karijere. •

ŽENE / WOMENLaka kategorija / Lightweight

I. Heike Lommer (Njemačka/Germany)

II. Rita Pivoriūnaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Júlia Bartók (Mađarska/Hungary)Eszter Wágner (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Inga Mikštaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Lídia Körmöndi (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Helen Boutellier (Njemačka/Germany)Laura Moldovan (Rumunjska/Romania)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Zita Zatykó (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Edit Ábrahám (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Margarita Čiuplytė (Litva/Lithuania)Viviana Chirilă (Rumunjska/Romania)

MUŠKARCI / MENLaka kategorija / Lightweight

I. Lasha Khachapuridze (Gruzija/Georgia)

II. Gábor Rózsa (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Krisztián Pető (Mađarska/Hungary)Zoltán Magyar (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Vytautas Cėpla (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)Vytautas Viščius (Litva/Lithuania)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Gergő Magna (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Krunoslav Zlodi (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Adrian Ferenț (Rumunjska/Romania)Sándor Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)

Superteška kategorija / Super HeavyweightI. Yordan Terziev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

II. Eduard Janoashvili (Gruzija/Georgia)

III. Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)Tsvetan Petrov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Yordan Terziev (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Dejan Obranić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Krunoslav Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Boris Nikolov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Dimitar G. Popov (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Krunoslav Zlodi (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Rita Pivoriūnaitė (Litva/Lithuania) & Eszter Wágner (Mađarska/ Hungary)



Goran Dekanić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Tamás Rapcásanyi (Mađarska/Hungary)

Dejan Obranić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Krisztián Pető (Mađarska/Hungary)

Eduard Janoashvili (Gruzija/Georgia) & Yordan Terziev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Krunoslav Zlodi (Hrvatska/Croatia) – najbolji borbeni duh/ best fighting spirit

Renata Jandrečić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Lídia Körmöndi (Mađarska/Hungary)



Goran Dekanić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Tamás Rapcásanyi (Mađarska/Hungary)

Shihan Kálmán Furkó podržavao je Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka od samog početka i bez njegove pomoći i potpore turnir bi daleko teže izrastao u ono što danas predstavlja. Svojim je autoritetom poticao najbolje mađarske borce da se natječu u Samoboru i time je pridonio profiliranju Memorijala kao jednog od najjačih europskih kyokushin karate turnira. Shi-han Furkó je osnovao i dugi niz godina vodio Mađarsku kyokushin karate organizaciju, jednu od vodećih u svijetu. Član je Ispitne komisije NPO Svjetske karate organizacije Shinkyokushinkai te bivši član Izvršnog odbora i Ispitne i tehničke komisije Europske karate organizacije.

Shihan Kálmán Furkó supported Branko Bošnjak Memorial from the very beginning and without his help and support the tournament would far harder become what it is today. Using the power of his author-ity he encouraged the best Hungarian fighters to come and compete in Samobor and thus contributed to pro-filing the Memorial as one of the strongest European kyokushin karate tournaments. Shihan Furkó founded and for many years led Hungarian Kyokushin Karate Organization, one of the leading in the world. He’s a member of the Grading Committee of NPO World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai and former member of the Board and the Grading and Technical Commettee of the European Karate Organization.

Shihan Milan Garašić, Krunoslav Garašić, shihan Kálmán Furkó




Samoborski Mladostaši još jednom do medalja

Veliki međunarodni kyokushin karate turnir okupio je 17. stude-noga u novoj Sportskoj dvorani “Samobor” čak 85 natjecatelja iz Bugarske, Gruzije, Litve, Mađarske, Njemačke, Rumunj-ske, Švedske i Hrvatske. Na 12. Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka sudjelovali su najbolji europski borci, osvajači odličja s europ-skog prvenstva, a po riječima sudionika samog natjecanja ovaj turnir je bio i europsko prvenstvo u malom.

Hrvatsku su predstavljali braća Kruno i Tihomir Garašić (kate-gorija +90 kg), Krunoslav Zlodi (-90 kg), Goran Dekanić (-80 kg), Damir Hodak i Dejan Obranić (-70 kg), a u ženskoj konkurenciji Kris-tina Kojundžić (+65 kg), Renata Jandrečić i Tihana Horkić (-65 kg).

Domaći borci dostojno su se predstavili - Kruno Garašić sti-gao je do 3. mjesta, a posebno treba istaknuti mladog debi-tanta iz samoborske “Mladosti”, Krunoslava Zlodija, koji se natje-cao u kategoriji -90 kg. Ovo mu je bilo prvo seniorsko natjecanje i osvojio je 2. mjesto te nagradu za najbolji spirit (borbeni duh). Kruno Zlodi je definitivno ostavio najbolji dojam od svih hrvatskih natjecatelja. Inače, hrvatski borci ove su godine imali veliki peh, jer su na samom natjecanju bili de-setkovani ozljedama koje su ih stajale boljeg plasmana.

Zadnje borbe Krunoslava Garašića

Kruno Garašić, najuspješniji i najbolji hrvatski kyokushin bo-rac, na ovom se natjecanju oprostio od aktivne borilačke karijere. Na turniru mu je uručena posebna nagrada u ime Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza i KK “Mladost” Samobor te je uz osvo-jeno 3. mjesto na ovogodišnjem natjecanju osvojio i posebnu na-gradu shihana Kalmana Furka, brand chiefa Mađarske kyoku-shin karate organizacije. Ta nagrada mu je također dodijeljena u znak zahvalnosti na dosadašnjoj natjecateljskoj karijeri, što je dokaz da je Kruno bio vrlo zapa-žen borac i izvan granica lijepe naše. Svoju karijeru će nastaviti kao trener u samoborskoj “Mla-dosti”. I.H.

Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 23rd November 2007

KC “Mladost” from Samobor wins medals once again

Large international kyokushin karate tournament, held on 17th November in the new Sports Hall “Samobor”, brought together 85 competitors from Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden and Croatia. The best European fighters participated at the 12th Branko Bošnjak Memorial, in-cluding the medal winners at the European Championships, and by the words of the participants, this tournament was the smaller version of the European Champi-onship.

Croatia was represented by brothers Krunoslav and Tihom-ir Garašić (category +90 kg), Krunoslav Zlodi (-90 kg), Goran Dekanić (-80 kg), Damir Hodak and Dejan Obranić (-70 kg), while in the women’s competition par-ticipated Kristina Kojundžić (+65 kg), Renata Jandrečić and Tihana

Horkić (-65 kg).Home fighters presented them-

selves in a worthy way – Kruno-slav Garašić won the third place, and the special note deserves the young debutant from Samo-bor’s KC “Mladost” Krunoslav Zlodi, who competed in the -90 kg category. This was his first senior competition and he won second place and a prize for the best fighting spirit. Krunoslav Zlodi definitely left the best im-pression of all Croatian competi-tors. Otherwise, Croatian fighters had bad luck this year, because during the competition they were decimated by injuries that cost them a better result.

The last fight of Krunoslav Garašić

Krunoslav Garašić, the best and most successful Croatian kyokushin fighter, finished his active fighting career at this competition. At the tournament, he received a special prize from Croatian Kyokushin Karate As-sociation and the KC “Mladost” from Samobor, and along with winning the third place in this year’s competition, he was also given a special award from Shi-han Kalman Furko, a brand chief of Hungarian Kyokushin Karate Organization. He was given this special prize in gratitude for pre-vious competitive career, which is evidence that he was consid-ered a remarkable fighter even beyond the borders of Croatia. He will continue his career as a trainer in Samobor’s KC “Mla-dost”. I.H.



Around 90 competitors from 10 countries and the auditorium of Samobor’s sports hall filled to its capacity made this Memo-rial one of the strongest kyokushin karate tournaments in Europe, and among the par-ticipating countries for the first time was also Australia. Along with the competitors from another continent and host Croatia, the Memorial was attended by fighters from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania and Switzerland. •


Čak 90 natjecatelja iz 10 zemalja i do po-sljednjeg mjesta popunjeno gledalište samo-borske sportske dvorane učinili su Memorijal jednim od najjačih kyokushin karate turnira u Europi, a među zemljama sudionicama prvi je put bila i Australija. Uz natjecatelje s drugog kontinenta i domaćine, na Memori-jalu su sudjelovali i borci iz Bugarske, Fran-cuske, Grčke, Gruzije, Litve, Mađarske, Ru-munjske i Švicarske. •


I. Rita Pivoriūnaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Eszter Wágner (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Ildikó Csőke (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Edit Ábrahám (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Tihana Horkić (Hrvatska/Croatia)Inga Mikštaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Cvetelina Nikolaeva (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

II. Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Zita Zatykó (Mađarska/Hungary)Anikó Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. László Papp (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Andrius Miseckas (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Imre Molnár (Mađarska/Hungary)Ivan Komanov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Marius Ilaş (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Alexandar Komanov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)Giorgi Gulisashvili (Gruzija/Georgia)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Giorgi Mekhrishvili (Gruzija/Georgia)

II. Levan Partsikanashvili (Gruzija/Georgia)

III. Krunoslav Zlodi (Hrvatska/Croatia)Zsolt Balogh (Mađarska/Hungary)

Superteška kategorija / Super HeavyweightI. Donatas Imbras (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Emzar Nikatsadze (Gruzija/Georgia)

III. Tsvetan Petrov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)Tihomir Garašić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Marius Ilaş (Rumunjska/Romania) & Sándor Bak (Mađarska/Hungary)



Hrvatska reprezentacija/Croatian National Team – sjede (sitting down): Krunoslav Zlodi, Tihomir Garašić, Tihana Horkić, Kristina Kojundžić; stoje (standing): Goran Dekanić, Damir Hodak, Krunoslav Garašić, Dario Šančić, Damir Sinković, shihan Milan Garašić, Dejan Obranić

Damir Hodak (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Zoltán Váczi (Mađarska/Hungary)

Anthony Sénéchal (Francuska/France) & Zoltán Magyar (Mađarska/Hungary)



Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka poseban je turnir. Pose-ban, jer se održava u spomen na osobu koja je život dala za svoju domovinu, a bio je i jedan od pionira kyo-kushin karatea u Hrvatskoj.

Ovaj turnir, koji je pokrenut kao malo natjecanje, danas predstavlja jedan od najuglednijih i najpoznati-jih turnira u Europi. Obvezna je stanica na putu prema europskom shinkyokushin vrhu. Popis poznatih bo-raca, koji su sudjelovali na turniru tijekom godina, im-presivan je i to razinu turnira podiže vrlo visoko.

Ugledni su borci važni za svako natjecanje, no ono po čemu je ovaj turnir poznat jest njegova organizacija. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka nesumnjivo je jedan od najbolje organiziranih natjecanja u Europi, mnogo bolje organiziran od mnogih europskih prvenstava.

Želim ovom prilikom izraziti zahvalnost i poštovanje mom prijatelju i osobi koja stoji iza ovog predivnog turnira – shihanu Garašiću.

Želim mu sve najbolje i nadam se da će se ova karate tradicija nastaviti i dugo nakon njegovog 20. izdanja!

Shihan Georgi Popov, tehnički direktor Bugarske kyokushin karate federacije, WKO Branch Chief

Branko Bošnjak Memorial is a tournament of great significance, as it is held in memory of a man who died for his country and was one of the pioneers of kyo-kushin karate in Croatia.

The tournament that started off as a small scale com-petition is currently one of the most prestigious and well known tournaments in the whole of Europe. It’s a must entry karate forum on the way to the Europe-an shinkyokushin top. The list of famous fighters who participated through the years is immense and in turn this has raised the standards of a competition to a level of significance it represents nowadays.

It is important to have champions at every com-petition, but what is essential is the organization of the tournament. Branko Bošnjak Memorial is beyond doubt among the best organized competitions in Eu-rope, much better than many European Champion-ships.

I would like to express my gratitude and respect to my friend and the person behind this wonderful tour-nament – shihan Milan Garašić.

I wish him all the best and hope that this karate tra-dition will go far beyond the 20th edition!

Shihan Georgi Popov, Technical Director of Bul-garian Kyokushin Karate Federation, WKO Branch Chief

Shihan Georgi Popov s bugarskom reprezentacijom/ Shihan Georgi Popov with the Bulgarian National Team



Cvetelina Nikolaeva (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Borba Margarite Čiuplytė (Litva)/ Margarita Čiuplytė’s fight (Lithuania)

Goran Dekanić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Zsolt Balogh (Mađarska/Hungary)




Naši još jednom uspješniU subotu, 15. studenog, u or-

ganizaciji KK “Mladost” Samo-bor i Udruge veterana SJP “Alfa”, održano je 13. po redu memori-jalno natjecanje u kyokushin karateu, Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka.

Otvorenju natjecanja nazočili su Tomislav Buterin iz Ministar-stva unutarnjih poslova, Željko Klarić, ravnatelj Uprave za šport pri Ministarstvu znanosti obra-zovanja i športa, Zoran Komar, ravnatelj Uprave za branitelje u Ministarstvu obitelji, branitelja i međugeneracijske solidarnosti, te u ime Grada Samobora do-gradonačelnik Tomislav Masten.

Na ovogodišnjem Memorijalu nastupilo je 90 natjecatelja iz 10 zemalja. Unatoč najavama, na natjecanju nisu nastupili predstavnici Indije, koji su u zadnji trenutak morali otkazati svoj do-lazak, no do posljednjeg mjesta ispunjeno gledalište nove dvo-rane kraj srednjih škola nije os-talo zakinuto za pozamašan broj zemalja koje su sudjelovale ove godine. Natjecatelji iz Australije, Bugarske, Francuske, Grčke, Gru- zije, Litve, Mađarske, Rumunj-ske, Švicarske i, naravno, Hrvat-ske, pokazali su se u najboljem i

najjačem izdanju.

Na ovogodišnjem natjecanju, kao i prethodnih godina, nastu-pile su vodeće zemlje kyokushina u Europi sa svojim najboljim bor-cima, od kojih ističemo Mariusa Ilasa (Rumunjska) – višestrukog europskog prvaka, Sandora Baka (Mađarska) – aktualnog viceprvaka Europe, Edit Abraham (Mađar-ska) – viceprvakinju Europe, te aktualnog viceprvaka svijeta i višestrukog europskog prvaka Litvanca Donatasa Imbrasa.

Ovogodišnji turnir održan je pod motom “sportom protiv ovis-nosti”, a jedina ovisnost koju su pokazali natjecatelji bila je prema kyokushin karateu. Ono što je prepuna dvorana mogla vidjeti bile su odlične borbe, mnogo knock-outa i mnogo neizvjesnih borbi, demonstraciju interventne policije te odličnu organizaciju samog natjecanja. Posebno mo-ramo istaknuti nastup viceprvaka svijeta Donatasa Imbrasa, koji je oduševio publiku i pokazao zašto je jedan od najboljih boraca svi-jeta.

Po završetku natjecanja održa- no je proglašenje najboljih i do-

djela odličja, a druženje se nas-tavilo u hotelu Holiday Inn na tradicionalnom sayonara partyju. Svi gosti i natjecatelji imali su samo riječi hvale za organizatore i podizanje standarda u organi-zaciji koje će biti teško nadmašiti.

Na ovom Memorijalu hrvatski natjecatelji okitili su se sa četiri odličja. Na pobjedničko postolje popela se Kristina Kojundžić iz KK “Moslavina” Kutina, koja se okitila srebrnom medaljom u teškoj kategoriji kod žena (+65 kg). Ovaj odličan rezultat ima još i veći značaj, jer je Kristina tek ove godine postala seniorka.

Tihana Horkić iz KK “Mladost” Samobor natjecala se u srednjoj kategoriji žena (-65 kg) i okitila se brončanom medaljom, jednako kao i njeni klupski kolege Kruno-slav Zlodi (teška kategorija -90 kg) i Tihomir Garašić (super teška +90 kg). Hrvatsku su predstav-ljali i Damir Hodak (srednja -80 kg), Dario Šančić (teška -90 kg) i Goran Dekanić (teška -90 kg), svi članovi KK “Mladost” Samobor. Mladostaši su postigli odličan rezultat te se njihov trud isplatio. Ivica Horvat

Emzar Nikatsadze (Gruzija/Georgia) & Donatas Imbras (Litva/Lithuania)



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 21st November 2008

Croatian athletes successful againOn Saturday, 15th November,

the 13th memorial competition in kyokushin karate, the Branko Bošnjak Memorial, was held in the organization of KC “Mladost” from Samobor and Special Po-lice Unit “Alpha” Veterans Asso-ciation.

The opening ceremony was attended by representative of the Ministry of the Interior Tomislav Buterin, Head of Directorate for Sports in the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports Željko Klarić, Head of Directorate for Veterans in the Ministry of Fam-ily, Veterans’ Affairs and Inter-generational Solidarity Zoran Komar, and on behalf of the City of Samobor Deputy Mayor Tomislav Masten.

Around 90 competitors from 10 countries participated at this year’s Memorial. Despite the an-nouncements, the competition went without the representatives of India, who had to cancel their arrival at the last minute, but the auditorium of the new sports hall near high schools, filled to its capacity, hasn’t remained de-prived of a large number of the countries participating this year. Competitors from Australia, Bul-garia, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania,

Switzerland and, of course, Cro-atia, gave their best and strong-est performance.

At this year’s competition, as in the previous years, the leading European countries in kyokushin karate presented their best fight-ers, of which we specially point out Marius Ilas (Romania) – multi-ple European champion, Sandor Bak (Hungary) – the current vice-champion of Europe, Edit Abra-ham (Hungary) – vice-champion of Europe, and the current vice-champion of the world and multi-ple European champion Donatas Imbras from Lithuania.

This year’s tournament was held under the motto “Sport against addiction”, and the only addiction showed by the com-petitors was the one to kyokushin karate. The auditorium saw great fights, a lot of knockouts and excellent fighting techniques, as well as the demonstration by the Intervention Police Unit. All this was possible due to the very good organization of the com-petition. We must mention the performance of the world vice-champion Donatas Imbras, who thrilled the crowd and showed why he is one of the best fighters in the world.

Upon completion of the com-

petition the awarding ceremony took place, and the Memorial was concluded at the Holiday Inn Hotel at the traditional Sayonara party. All the guests and compet-itors had only words of praise for the organizers and raising stand-ards in the organization that will be hard to beat.

Croatian competitors have won four medals at this year’s Memorial. Kristina Kojundžić from KC “Moslavina” from Kutina, who won the silver medal in the heavyweight (+65kg), climbed to the podium. This excellent result has even greater significance be-cause Kristina has just this year become the senior competitor. Tihana Horkić from Samobor’s KC “Mladost” won the bronze medal in the women’s middle-weight (-65kg), as well as her club colleagues Krunoslav Zlodi in the men’s heavyweight (-90kg) and Tihomir Garašić in the men’s su-per heavyweight (+90kg). Croatia was also represented by Damir Hodak (men -80kg), Dario Šančić (men -90 kg) and Goran Dekanić (men -90 kg), all members of Samobor’s KC “Mladost”. Com-petitors from KC “Mladost” have achieved excellent results and their efforts paid off. Ivica Horvat

Rita Pivoriūnaitė (Litva/Lithuania) & Eszter Wágner (Mađarska/Hungary)






II. Laura Şimandan (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Romana Vrančić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Dan Anca Monica (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Laura Moldovan (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Dubravka Jugec (Hrvatska/Croatia)Tihana Horkić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Anikó Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Anda Pop (Rumunjska/Romania)


I. Cristian Bolduţ (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Sergiu Druhora (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Vasil Angelov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)Lucian Anca (Rumunjska/Romania)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Jimmie Collin (Švedska/Sweden)

II. Nikolay Varchilov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)Balázs Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Dorin Mărgărint (Rumunjska/Romania)

II. Krunoslav Zlodi (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Dario Šančić (Hrvatska/Croatia)Gergő Pethő (Mađarska/Hungary)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Uz 50-ak natjecatelja iz Bugarske, Francu-ske, Grčke, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švedske, Švicarske i Hrvatske, svojim dolaskom priznanje Memorijalu odao je i predsjednik Europske karate organizacije Koen Scharr-enberg. Na ovom su Memorijalu dominirali Rumunji, a među hrvatskim reprezenta-tivcima iskazali su se članovi samoborske “Mladosti”. •

Along with 50 competitors from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and Croatia, the President of the European Karate Organization (EKO) Koen Scharrenberg also gave a special ac-knowledgement to the Memorial by his presence. At this Memorial, the Romanian fighters dominated and among the members of the Croatian National Team, the best were fighters from Samobor’s KC “Mladost”. •

Romana Vrančić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Laura Şimandan (Rumunjska/Romania)



Anda Pop (Rumunjska/Romania) & Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Hrvatska reprezentacija/Croatian National Team – sjede (sitting down): Dubravka Jugec, Romana Vrančić; stoje (standing): Damir Hodak, Dejan Obranić, Dario Šančić, Ivan Alvir, Krunoslav Zlodi, Marko Matijaščić



Krunoslav Zlodi (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Dorin Mărgărint (Rumunjska/Romania)

Marko Matijaščić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Lucian Anca (Rumunjska/Romania)

Dario Šančić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Dorin Mărgărint (Rumunjska/Romania)




Samoborci se iskazaliČetrnaesti memorijal Branka

Bošnjaka održan je 14. studenoga u sportskoj dvorani u Samo- boru, a na tom tradicionalnom međunarodnom turniru u kyoku-shin karateu i ove su godine sud-jelovali predstavnici iz više europskih zemalja.

Protiv ovisnostiUz Hrvatsku, na memorijal-

nom turniru, koji uz očuvanje us-pomene na poginulog hrvatskog branitelja Branka Bošnjaka ima i cilj isticanja važnosti sporta u borbi protiv ovisnosti, borili su se natjecatelji iz Bugarske, Fran-cuske, Grčke, Mađarske, Ru-munjske, Švedske i Švicarske, a dolaskom u Hrvatsku priznanje Memorijalu odao je i predsjed-nik Europske karate organizacije Koen Scharrenberg.

Među više od 50 europskih natjecatelja medalje su osvojili i hrvatski borci. U teškoj katego-riji za muškarce (+80 kg) drugo mjesto osvojio je Krunoslav Zlodi iz samoborskog KK “Mla-dost”, a treće mjesto s borcem iz Mađarske dijelio je Samobo-rac Dario Šančić. Ženske natje-cateljice iz Hrvatskog kyokushin

karate saveza osvojile su medalje u sve tri kategorije – broncom su se okitile Romana Vrančić u la-koj (-55 kg) te Dubravka Jugec i Tihana Horkić u srednjoj katego-riji (-65 kg), sve iz KK “Mladost” Samobor, a Kristina Kojundžić iz zagrebačkog KK “Sosai” osvojila je srebro u teškoj kategoriji (+65 kg), kao i posebnu nagradu za najbolji borbeni duh.

Dominirali RumunjiNajbolje u kategorijama za

žene bile su Rumunjke Elena Constantin (laka) i Dan Anca Monica (srednja) te Mađarica Aniko Szabo (teška), a u katego-rijama za muškarce dvojica prvo-plasiranih također su bili Rumunji Cristian Boldut (laka) i Dorin Mar-garint (teška), dok je Šveđanin Jimmie Collin uz zlatnu medalju u srednjoj kategoriji osvojio i posebnu nagradu za najbolju tehniku.

Borce iz KK “Mladost” Samo-bor, među kojima su bili i Marko Matijaščić, Damir Hodak, Dejan Obranić i Ivan Alvir pripremao je i tijekom borbi vodio trener Tihomir Garašić, a sa svojim članovima bili su i treneri KK

“Sosai” Krunoslav Garašić te KK “Moslavina” iz Kutine Vladimir Šintić. Najmlađe članove samo-borske “Mladosti”, koji su izveli prigodnu demonstraciju, vodila je Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak.

Turnir je održan pod pokro-viteljstvom Ministarstva obitelji, branitelja i međugeneracijske solidarnosti (MOBMS), Ministar-stva unutarnjih poslova i Mini-starstva znanosti, obrazovanja i športa (MZOŠ) te Grada Samo-bora, čiji su predstavnici također nazočili Memorijalu.

U ime domaćina i organiza-tora na ceremoniji otvaranja natjecatelje i goste te prepunu samoborsku dvoranu pozdravio je predsjednik Hrvatskog kyoku-shin karate saveza i Organizacij-skog odbora Memorijala Milan Garašić, a u ime Grada Samo-bora dogradonačelnik Željko Stanec. Okupljenima su se obra-tili i državni tajnik MUP-a Vladimir Faber te ravnatelj Uprave za šport iz MZOŠ-a Željko Klarić, kao i Zoran Komar iz MOBMS-a, koji je ujedno otvorio Memorijal. Marija Alvir

Ivan Alvir (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Gergő Pethő (Mađarska/Hungary)




Excellent performance of Samobor fightersThe 14th Branko Bošnjak Me-

morial was held on 14th of Novem-ber at the sports hall in Samobor, and this year’s traditional interna-tional tournament in kyokushin karate was also attended by rep-resentatives from several Euro-pean countries.

Against addiction Along with Croatian fight-

ers, competitors from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Ro-mania, Sweden and Switzerland participated at the memorial tournament, which in addition to preserving the memory of the fallen Croatian defender Branko Bošnjak has the aim of highlight-ing the importance of sport in the fight against addiction. A special acknowledgement to the Memo-rial was also given by the arrival of Koen Scharrenberg, the Presi-dent of the European Karate Or-ganization.

Among more than 50 Europe-an competitors the medals were also won by Croatian fighters. In the men’s heavyweight (+80 kg) Krunoslav Zlodi from Samobor’s KC “Mladost” won the second place and the other Samobor fighter Dario Šančić shared the third place in the same catego-ry with a fighter from Hungary. Women competitors from Croa-tian Kyokushin Karate Associa-

tion won medals in all three cat-egories - bronze medal winners were Romana Vrančić in the light-weight (-55 kg), as well as Du-bravka Jugec and Tihana Horkić in the middleweight (-65 kg), all from Samobor’s KC “Mladost”, while Kristina Kojundžić from Za-greb’s KC “Sosai” won the silver medal in the heavyweight (+65 kg) along with as a special prize for the best fighting spirit.

Domination of Romanians The best in the women’s cat-

egories were Romanians Elena Constantin (lightweight) and Dan Anca Monica (middleweight) and Hungarian Aniko Szabo (heavy-weight). In the men’s categories two top-placed were also Roma-nians Cristian Boldut (lightweight) and Dorin Margarint (heavy-weight), while the Swede Jimmie Collin won both the gold medal in the middleweight and a special prize for the best technique.

Fighters from Samobor’s KC “Mladost” among who were Marko Matijaščić, Damir Hodak, Dejan Obranić and Ivan Alvir, were led and prepared for the tournament by their coach Tihom-ir Garašić. The fighters from KC “Sosai” from Zagreb were trained by Krunoslav Garašić and fighters from KC “Moslavina” from Kutina by their coach Vladimir Šintić. The

youngest members of KC “Mla-dost” from Samobor, who per-formed the apposite demonstra-tion, were led by Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak.

The tournament was held un-der the auspices of the Ministry of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, the Ministry of the Interior, the Min-istry of Science, Education and Sports and the City of Samobor, whose representatives also at-tended the Memorial.

On behalf of the host and or-ganizer, the competitors, guests and the large audience was ad-dressed by the president of Croatian Kyokushin Karate As-sociation and head of the Memo-rial’s Organizing Committee Milan Garašić and on behalf of the City of Samobor by Deputy Mayor Željko Stanec. The addressing words were also given by the State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior Vladimir Faber, the Head of Directorate for Sports in the Ministry of Science, Educa-tion and Sports Željko Klarić, as well as the Head of Directorate of Veterans in the Ministry of Fam-ily, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergen-erational Solidarity Zoran Komar, who also opened the Memorial. Marija Alvir

Damir Hodak (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Gábor Búzás (Mađarska/Hungary)




Oko 70 natjecatelja iz Bugarske, Francuske, Grčke, Litve, Mađarske, Poljske, Rumunjske, Švedske, Ukrajine i Hrvatske, borilo se na po-lujubilarnom Memorijalu, a tom je prilikom održan i sastanak Izvršnog odbora Europske kyokushin karate organizacije. •

Around 70 competitors from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine and Croatia fought at semi-jubilee Memorial. A meet-ing of the Board of the European Kyokushin Karate Organization (EKO) was also held on this occasion. •


I. Renata Kudyakova (Ukrajina/Ukraine)

II. Anikó Szondi (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Anna Melikiadou (Grčka/Greece)Paulina Wójcik (Poljska/Poland)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Dan Anca Monica (Rumunjska/Romania)Helga Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Agata Kaliciak (Poljska/Poland)Boglárka Misovits (Mađarska/Hungary)


I. Andrius Miseckas (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Csaba Gál (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Ádám Tátrai (Mađarska/Hungary)Imre Molnár (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Gergő Szűcs (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Vasil Angelov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Balázs Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)Marek Odzeniak (Poljska/Poland)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Zsolt Balogh (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Mindaugas Pavilionis (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/Croatia)Fredrik Johansson (Švedska/Sweden)

Superteška kategorija / Super HeavyweightI. Donatas Imbras (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Dorin Mărgărint (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Karol Cieśluk (Poljska/Poland)Tamás Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Agata Kaliciak (Poljska/Poland) & Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Pobjednici 15. Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka sa članovima Izvršnog odbora EKO-a/ 15th Branko Bošnjak Memorial medalists with EKO Board Members

Dorin Mărgărint (Rumunjska/Romania) & Donatas Imbras (Litva/Lithuania)



Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania) & Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Prelijepe Zagrebačke mažoretkinje dio su protokola ceremonija dodjele medalja i zasigurno su jedna od naj-impresivnijih slika koje natjecatelji i gosti Memorijala nose sa sobom iz Samobora. Postoje od 1993. godine i najbolje su veleposlanice Zagreba, glavnoga grada Re-publike Hrvatske.

The beautiful Zagreb Majorettes are part of the medal ceremonies’ protocol and certainly one of the most impressive images that Memorials’ competitors and guests carry with them from Samobor. They exist from 1993 and are the best ambassadors of City of Zagreb, the Croatian capital.



Demonstracija Demo tima KKk “Dugo Selo”/ KcC “Dugo Selo” Demo Team’s demonstrations of skills

Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia), finale/the finals

Shihan Koen Scharrenberg, predsjednik EKO-a/ EKO President

Zsolt Balogh (Mađarska/Hungary) & Mindaugas Pavilionis (Litva/Lithuania)



Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary) & Helga Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

Mladen Sinkić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Balázs Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)




Samoborac Terihaj izborio broncuNa 15. Memorijalu Branka

Bošnjaka nastupile su ekipe iz Bugarske, Francuske, Grčke, Lit- ve, Mađarske, Poljske, Rumunj-ske, Švedske, Ukrajine i Hrvat-ske, ukupno sedamdesetak boraca. Ove godine Samoborci-ma je bila velika čast ugos-titi i članove Izvršnog odbora Europske karate organizacije pa je tom prilikom EKO Odbor 12. studenoga održao sastanak. Svi njegovi članovi, pred-vođeni predsjednikom EKO-a shihanom Koenom Scharrenber-gom, nazočili su i jubilarnom me-morijalnom natjecanju. Glavni sudac natjecanja bio je sensei Oli- ver Bogdan iz Mađarske.

Program je započeo demon-stracijom dječje grupe samo-borskog kluba “Mladost”, premi-

jerno je prikazan kratki video uradak posvećen životu i radu Branka Bošnjaka, a svi koji su ga poznavali nisu mogli prikriti navr-le emocije. U nastavku je jedan od najboljih europskih i svjetskih boraca, Donatas Imbras iz Litve, izrekao prisegu kyokushin kara-teka, nakon čega su gledatelji i natjecatelji mogli uživati u vrlo efektnoj demonstraciji Demo teama Bujinkan seishin dojoa “Croatia”, kojom je završeno svečano otvaranje.

U predasima između bor-bi održane su demonstracije tameshiwarija – lomljenje da-saka, Demo teama Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza, te simu-liranje talačke krize u izvedbi Antiterorističke jedinice “Lučko”.

Po završetku natjecanja nitko nije mogao ostati razočaran. Uz mnoge teške protivnike i neko-liko knock-outa, pravi kyokushin spirit nije izostajao, a možemo biti zadovoljni i rezultatima hrvat-skih predstavnika. Posebno valja istaći Kristinu Kojundžić, KK “So-sai” Zagreb, koja je osvojila zlat-nu medalju, dok je Kruno Terihaj iz KK “Mladost” Samobor osvojio brončanu medalju.

Ovogodišnji Memorijal je odr-žan pod pokroviteljstvom Mini-starstva obrazovanja i športa, Ministarstva obitelji, branitelja i međugeneracijske solidarnosti, Ministarstva unutarnjih poslova, Grada Zagreba, Grada Samo-bora i Samoborskog športskog saveza. Tihomir Garašić

Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 21st November 2010

Terihaj from Samobor wins bronzeA total of seventy fighters

from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine and Croatia participated at the 15th Branko Bošnjak Memorial. This year, Samobor had a great hon-our to welcome the members of the Board of the European Ka-rate Organization (EKO), led by EKO’s President shihan Koen Sharrenberg, who held the Board meeting on November 12th, and also attended the tournament. Chief Referee of the competition was sensei Oliver Bogdan from Hungary.

The program began with a demonstration performed by the young members of Samobor’s club “Mladost”, after which a short video clip dedicated to the life and work of Branko Bošnjak

was premiered, and all who knew him could not conceal their emo-tions. Afterwards, one of the best European and international fight-ers, Donatas Imbras from Lithu-ania, uttered an oath on behalf of the present kyokushin fighters, after which the spectators and competitors could enjoy the very impressive demonstration of Demo Team of Bujinkan Seishin Dojo “Croatia”, which concluded the opening ceremony.

In between the fights, the spectators could see the demon-strations of tameshiwari - break-ing the boards, and of Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association’s Demo Team, as well as the hos-tage crisis simulation performed by the Antiterrorist Unit “Lučko”.

Upon completion of the com-petition no one could have been

disappointed. Many tough oppo-nents and a few knockouts were the proof of the true kyokushin spirit during the whole tourna-ment, and we could also be satisfied with the results of the Croatian representatives. In this sense, it should be noted that Kristina Kojundžić, from Zagreb’s KC “Sosai”, won the gold medal, while Kruno Terihaj, from Samo-bor’s KC “Mladost”, won the bronze medal.

This year’s Memorial was held under the auspices of the Minis-try of Education and Sports, the Ministry of Family, Veterans’ Af-fairs and Intergenerational Soli-darity, Ministry of the Interior, the City of Zagreb, the City of Samo-bor and the Samobor Sports As-sociation. Tihomir Garašić




Na Memorijalu je sudjelovalo 70-ak na-tjecatelja iz šest zemalja – Bugarske, Grčke, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švicarske i Hrvatske. Tom je prigodom postavljena izložba Udruge veterana SJP “Alfa”, suorganizatora Memo-rijala, povodom 20. obljetnice osnutka te postrojbe, čiji je pripadnik bio i Branko Bošnjak. •

The Memorial was attended by around 70 participants from six countries – Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and Croatia. On this occasion, the Special Po-lice Unit “Alpha” Veterans Association, the co-organizers of the Memorial, presented an exhibition commemorating the 20th an-niversary of the establishment of the Unit, whose member was Branko Bošnjak. •



II. Violeta Litovska (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Anna Melikiadou (Grčka/Greece)Andrea Nagy (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Helga Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Yanitsa Stefanova (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Dan Anca Monica (Rumunjska/Romania)Laura Moldovan (Rumunjska/Romania)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. Edit Ábrahám (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Boglárka Misovits (Mađarska/Hungary)Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia)



II. Zoltán Magyar (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Vladimir Geangu (Rumunjska/Romania)Ádám Tátrai (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Marcell Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Zoltán Váczi (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Balázs Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)Tibor Pataki (Mađarska/Hungary)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Dávid Licskai (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Gergő Pethő (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Ivan Georgiev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)Nedelcho Ivanov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Superteška kategorija / Super HeavyweightI. Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. János Balla (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Alexandar Mushkov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Xrisanthi Poulou (Grčka/Greece)



Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Alexandar Mushkov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Boglárka Misovits (Mađarska/Hungary)



Balázs Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary) & Zsolt Margithazi (Rumunjska/Romania)

Anastazija Korčij (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Dan Anca Monica (Rumunjska/Romania)



Matej Deveđija (Hrvatska/ Croatia) & Ivan Georgiev (Bugarska/ Bulgaria)

Mladen Sinkić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Tibor Pataki (Mađarska/Hungary)



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 9. prosinca 2011.

Terihaj uzeo zlatoU subotu, 26. studenoga, u

Samoboru je održan 16. Memo-rijal Branka Bošnjaka, u organi-zaciji Karate kluba “Mladost” iz Samobora i Udruge veterana SJP “Alfa”. Na ovogodišnjem memorijalnom natjecanju nastu-pilo je sedamdesetak natjecatelja iz Bugarske, Grčke, Mađarske, Rumunjske, Švicarske i Hrvatske.

Natjecanje je počelo simpa-tičnom demonstracijom kyoku-shina podmlatka Karate kluba “Mladost” iz Samobora, a nakon

navedenog uslijedile su borbe. Ceremoniju otvorenja uveličali su predstavnici nekoliko ministar-stava. Organizatori su posebno zahvalili Ministarstvu unutarnjih poslova, Ministarstvu obitelji, branitelja i međugeneracijske solidarnosti, Ministarstvu zna-nosti, obrazovanja i športa, Gradu Samoboru i Samobor-skom športskom savezu, kao i svim donatorima i sponzorima.

Uz borbe, posjetitelji su mogli vidjeti i atraktivne demonstracije

aikida, ninjutsua i Antiterorističke jedinice “Lučko”. U maloj dvorani bila je postavljena izložba Udru-ge veterana SJP “Alfa” kojom su obilježavali 20 godina osnutka.

Samoborac Kruno Terihaj, član KK “Mladost” i hrvatske reprezentacije, osvojio je zlato u superteškoj kategoriji. Terihaj je nastupao kao najlakši natjecatelj u kategoriji i pobijedio predstav-nika Mađarske i predstavnika Bu- garske. Tihomir Garašić

Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 9th December 2011

Terihaj takes goldOn Saturday, November 26th,

the 16th Branko Bošnjak Memo-rial took place in Samobor. It was organised by Karate Club “Mla-dost” from Samobor and Special Police Unit (SPU) “Alpha” Veter-ans Association. About seventy fighters from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland and Croatia participated.

The competition began with a demonstration of kyokushin per-formed by the young members of Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor, and representatives

of several national ministries at-tended the opening ceremony. The organizers gave special thanks to the Ministry of the In-terior, the Ministry of Family, Vet-erans’ Affairs and Intergenera-tional Solidarity, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, the City of Samobor and the Samobor Sports Association, as well as to all the donors and sponsors.

In addition to fighting, the visitors could also see attractive demonstrations of aikido, ninjut-

su and Antiterrorist Unit “Lučko”. The SPU “Alpha” Veterans Asso-ciation also presented an exhibi-tion in the foyer of the sports hall celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Unit’s foundation.

Kruno Terihaj, member of Sa-mobor’s KC “Mladost” and the Croatian National Team, won the gold in the super heavyweight. Terihaj was the lightest competi-tor in his category, and won the fights against the representa-tives of Hungary and Bulgaria. Tihomir Garašić

Demonstracija aikida/ Aikido demonstration of skills

Demonstracija Antiterorističke jedinice “Lučko”/Antiterrorist Unit “Lučko”’s demostration of skills



Representatives of nine countries fought for a place on the podium. In addition to the competitors from Croatia, the best kyokushin karate fighters from Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Sweden attended the Memo-rial. Croatian representatives made a great success by winning gold and silver medals in the heavyweight. •

17. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 10. studenoga 2012. 17th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 10th November 2012

Predstavnici devet zemalja borili su se za mjesto na postolju. Uz natjecatelje iz Hrvatske, sudjelovali su ponajbolji borci kyokushin karatea iz Bugarske, Francuske, Grčke, Litve, Mađarske, Poljske, Rumunjske i Švedske. Naši su predstavnici ostvarili iz-vrstan uspjeh osvojivši zlato i srebro u teškoj kategoriji. •


I. Diana Mačiūtė (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Zsófia Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Agata Godoś (Poljska/Poland)Tsveta Ignatova (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Helga Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Rita Pivoriūnaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Anita Müller (Mađarska/Hungary)Johanna Rapp (Švedska/Sweden)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania)Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Andrius Miseckas (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Krisztián Pető (Mađarska/Hungary)

III. Dominik Parol (Poljska/Poland)Vasil Angelov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Marcell Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Aristotelis Melikiadis (Grčka/Greece)

III. Miroslav Milev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)Robert Romiszewski (Poljska/Poland)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/Croatia)

II. Simon Pålsson (Švedska/Sweden)

III. Romain Gentile (Francuska/France)Yordan Miladinov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Borba Marinele Belavić (Hrvatska)/Marinela Belavić’s fight (Croatia)



Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary)

Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/CroatiA) & Yordan Miladinov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)



Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary)

Prim. dr. Slavko Lovasić i njegova medi-cinska ekipa iz Doma zdravlja Samobor već dvadeset godina, kad je to potrebno, natjecateljima Memorijala pružaju zdrav-stvenu pomoć u skladu s najvišim medicin-skim standardima.

Prim. dr. Slavko Lovasić and his medical team from the Samobor Health Center, for twenty years now, when needed, provide health care to Memorial competitors in ac-cordance with the highest medical standards.



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 13. studenoga 2012. godine

Izvrsna organizacija i odlični rezultatiU subotu, 10. studenoga, u

organizaciji KK “Mladost” Samo-bor i Udruge veterana SJP “Alfa” održan je 17. po redu Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka. Natjecanju u subotu prethodila je proslava 40 godina postojanja KK “Mladost” Samobor, za koju su članovi klu-ba, na čelu s predsjednicom Lji-ljanom Šurbek Bošnjak, priredili izložbu fotografija o klubu od nje-govih samih početaka do danas. Izložba je bila postavljena na ula-zu u Sportsku dvoranu “Samo- bor” te je priređen i prigodni domjenak za sve posjetitelje.

Na samu proslavu bili su poz-vani prvi članovi kluba, kojima se današnja predsjednica Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak zahvalila te im predala prigodne poklone. Tako se zahvalila Branku Vašinku, Mi-lanu Garašiću, Biserki Rojc, Ivici Bezjaku, Ivanu Galicu, Zvonku Samaržiji, Vladimiru Šintiću, Marjanu Čižmešiji, Zoranu Miliću i Zlatku Ivančiću.

Na ovogodišnjem Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka nastupilo je 50 natjecatelja iz devet europskih zemalja: Bugarske, Francuske, Grčke, Litve, Mađarske, Poljske, Rumunjske i Švedske, te narav-no, zemlje domaćina Hrvatske, a natjecanje se kao i mnogih godi-

na do sada održalo pod geslom “Sportom protiv ovisnosti”.

Na otvorenju natjecanja svim prisutnima obratili su se ovogodišnji pokrovitelji: izaslani-ca ministra branitelja Mirela Bute- rin, dr. Josip Mihaljević, izaslanik ministra unutarnjih poslova, Juro Horvat, izaslanik gradonačelnika Grada Samobora i predsjednik organizacijskog odbora Memo-rijala Branka Bošnjaka Milan Garašić.

Na samom natjecanju nastu-pili su neki od najjačih europskih natjecatelja današnjice: Diana Maciute, Rita Pivoriunaite, Helga Toth, Szepesi Csenge, Andrius Miseckas, Krisztian Peto, Mar-cell Toth...

U tako jakoj konkurenciji Hr-vatsku su ponosno predstavlja-li Anastazija Korčij, Stela Oroz i Kristina Kojundžić, članice KK “Sosai” Zagreb, zatim Marinela Belavić i Sanjana Milošević iz KK “AiK” Varaždinske Toplice, Lari Šare iz Rijeke, te član samobor-ske “Mladosti” Kruno Terihaj.

Borbe na natjecanju bile su na izuzetno visokoj razini, a u prilog tome govori činjenica da nije bilo mnogo knock-outa, nego se većina borbi rješavala u produžecima, te je put do

medalje bio vrlo težak u ovako jakoj konkurenciji.

Hrvatska ni ovaj put nije os-tala bez medalja, a za to su se pobrinuli Stela Oroz, Kristina Kojundžić i Kruno Terihaj. Stela Oroz i Kristina Kojundžić natje-cale su se u teškoj kategoriji kod žena te osvojile brončanu i srebrnu medalju. Kruno Terihaj, član samoborske “Mladosti” i prošlogodišnji pobjednik Memo-rijala, ponovno se uspio popeti na najvišu stepenicu postolja. Svojom snagom i izdržljivošću superiorno je pobijedio svoje protivnike te pokazao da u Hrvat-skoj imamo dobrog teškaša koji polako sazrijeva u odličnog bor-ca i koji se može nositi sa svima.

Uz vrlo atraktivne borbe pos-jetitelji samoborske arene mogli su vidjeti i atraktivne demon-stracije članova KK “Mladost”, Bujinkan seishin dojoa “Croatia”, pod vodstvom Dejana Rosto-hara, te Antiterorističke jedinice “Lučko”.

Organizacija natjecanja dobila je pohvale sudionika te obećanje da će se i iduće godine vratiti. Dokaz kvalitete natjecanja i or-ganizacije jest i dolazak člana Izvršnog odbora EKO-a shihana Cyril Andrewsa. T.G.

Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania)




Excellent organization and great resultsThe 17th consecutive Branko

Bošnjak Memorial was organ-ised on Saturday, 10th Novem-ber, by Samobor’s KC “Mladost” and the SPU “Alpha” Veterans Association. The day before the competition, members of the KC “Mladost” form Samobor, headed by its president Ljiljana Šurbek Bosnjak, celebrated the 40th anniversary of the club and on that occasion, an exhibition of photographs of the club from its very beginnings to the present day was opened. The exhibition was set at the vestibule of the Sports Hall “Samobor” and a cocktail was organized for all the visitors.

The founders and the first members of the club were also present and the club’s presi-dent Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak thanked them and awarded them with small gifts. Thus, the presi-dent thanked Branko Vašinko, Milan Garašić, Biserka Rojc, Ivica Bezjak, Ivan Galic, Zvonko Samardžija, Vladimir Šintić, Mar-jan Čižmešija, Zoran Milić and Zlatko Ivančić.

This year’s competition gath-ered 50 competitors from nine European countries: Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithu-

ania, Poland, Romania and Swe-den, and, of course, the host Croatia. The tournament was, as in the previous years, held under the motto “Sport Against Addic-tion”.

At the opening of the com-petition all attendees were ad-dressed by this year’s patrons - envoy of the Minister of Veterans’ Affairs Mirela Buterin, deputy Minister of the Interior dr. Josip Mihaljević, envoy of the mayor of the City of Samobor Juro Horvat and the president of the organ-izing committee of the Branko Bošnjak Memorial Milan Garašić.

The public could see some of today’s strongest European fighters: Diana Maciute, Rita Pivoriunaite, Helga Toth, Sze-pesi Csenge, Andrius Miseckas, Krisztian Peto, Marcell Toth and many others.

In such tough competition, Croatia was proudly represented by Anastazija Korčij, Stela Oroz and Kristina Kojundžić, mem-bers of Zagreb’s KC “Sosai”, then Marinela Belavić and San-jana Milošević from Varaždinske Toplice’s KC “AiK”, Lari Šare from Rijeka and a member of Samo-bor’s club Kruno Terihaj.

Despite the hard competition, Croatia did not remain without medals, which were won by Stela Oroz, Kristina Kojundžić and Kruno Terihaj. Stela Oroz and Kristina Kojundžić competed in the female heavyweight and won bronze and silver medals. Kruno Terihaj, member of Samobor’s KC “Mladost” and the last year’s Memorial champion, once again managed to climb to the highest position. Using his strength and durability, he superiorly defeated his opponents and showed that Croatia has a good heavyweight competitor who slowly matures into a great fighter capable of coping with everyone.

Beside very attractive fights, spectators were able to see at-tractive demonstrations per-formed by members of KC “Mladost”, Bujinkan Seishin Dojo “Criatia led by Dejan Ros-tohar, and the Antiterrorist Unit “Lučko”.

The organization of the com-petition earned the praise of par-ticipants followed by the promise to come back next year. Proof of competition quality was also the arrival of a EKO Board member shihan Cyril Andrews. T.G.

Marcell Tóth (Mađarska/Hungary) & Aristotelis Melikiadis (Grčka/Greece)



The Memorial has come of age and has again gathered the best competitors from Austria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Lithu-ania, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Swit- zerland, and of course Croatia. The organiz-ers once again received praise for the excel-lent organization of this renowned and tradi-tional tournament. And we did not lack good results in this very strong competition. •

18. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka – 12. listopada 2013.18th Branko Bošnjak Memorial – 12th October 2013

Memorijal je postao punoljetan te je pono-vno okupio najbolje natjecatelje iz Austrije, Bugarske, Francuske, Litve, Mađarske, Ni-zozemske, Poljske, Švedske i Švicarske, te Hrvatske, koja je i ovaj put dobila pohvale za izvrsnu organizaciju tog renomiranog i tradicionalnog turnira, a nisu izostali ni do-bri rezultati u iznimno jakoj konkurenciji. •


I. Zsófia Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Diana Mačiūtė (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Lilla Herczeg (Mađarska/Hungary)Anett Leiter (Mađarska/Hungary)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Lídia Körmöndi (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Cecilia Wallin (Švedska/Sweden)

III. Johanna Rapp (Švedska/Sweden)Dina Kljajić (Švedska/Sweden)


II. Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia)


I. Imre Molnár (Mađarska/Hungary)


III. Anthony Sénéchal (Francuska/France)Miroslav Nikolov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Marek Odzeniak (Poljska/Poland)

II. Domas Sutkus (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Mitchell de Bont (Nizozemska/Netherlands)Tamás Popovics (Mađarska/Hungary)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Richárd Lizák (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Marko Todorović (Hrvatska/Croatia)

III. Nedelcho Ivanov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)Yordan Miladinov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Superteška kategorija / Super HeavyweightI. Dimitar Trampov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

II. Antanas Klibavičius (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/Croatia)Alexandar Mushkov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Richárd Lizák (Mađarska/Hungary) & Yordan Miladinov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)



Hrvatska reprezentacija/Croatian National Team: Stjepan Žanić, Anastazija Korčij, Vedran Kižlin, Marko Todorović, Kruno Terihaj, Stela Oroz & Kristina Kojundžić

Kruno Terihaj (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Peter Eichinger (Austrija/Austria)

Filip Bošković (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Armand Bálint (Mađarska/Hungary)



Dimitar Trampov (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Antanas Klibavičius (Litva/Lithuania)




Anastazija Korčij (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Johanna Rapp (Švedska/Sweden)

Yordan Miladinov (Bugarska/Bulgaria) & Richárd Lizák (Mađarska/Hungary)




Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 17. listopada 2013.

Bilo je medalja i za našeOsamnaesti Memorijal Bran-

ka Bošnjaka održan je 12. lis-topada u Sportskoj dvorani “Samobor”, a na tom tradicio-nalnom međunarodnom turniru u kyokushin karateu i ove su godine sudjelovali predstavnici iz više europskih zemalja. Uz Hr-vatsku, na memorijalnom turniru borili su se natjecatelji iz Aus-trije, Bugarske, Francuske, Litve, Mađarske, Nizozemske, Poljske, Švedske i Švicarske.

U proteklih sedamnaest go-dina ovaj već tradicionalni turnir stekao je golem ugled među članicama kyokushin Europske karate organizacije te je svake godine sve više sudionika, a na ovogodišnjem Memorijalu za neku od medalja borilo se više od 60 natjecatelja, među kojima i hr-vatski predstavnici Kruno Terihaj, Filip Bošković i Vedran Kižlin iz samoborske “Mladosti”, Kristina Kojundžić, Stela Oroz, Anastazija Korčij i Matej Deveđija iz KK “So-sai” Zagreb te Marko Todorović i Stjepan Žanić iz KK “Moslavina” Kutina.

U jakoj europskoj konkuren-ciji medalje su osvojili i hrvatski predstavnici. U teškoj kategoriji za muškarce (-90 kg) drugo mjes-to osvojio je Marko Todorović iz Kutine, a u superteškoj katego-riji (+90 kg) treće mjesto s natje-cateljem iz Bugarske dijelio je Samoborac Kruno Terihaj, dok su u teškoj kategoriji za žene (+65 kg) treće mjesto dijelile Kristina Kojundžić i Stela Oroz iz zagrebačkoga KK “Sosai”.

Najviše medalja u ženskoj konkurenciji osvojile su Mađa-rice, čije su predstavnice bile prvoplasirane u sve tri katego-rije: Zsofia Szabo (laka) i Lidia Kormondi (srednja) te Szepesi Csenge (teška). U kategorijama za muškarce dvojica prvopla-siranih također su Mađari – Imre Molnar (laka) i Richard Lizak (teška), u srednjoj kategoriji prvo mjesto osvojio Poljak Marek Odzeniak, u superteškoj Bugar Dimitar Trampov, koji je osvojio i posebnu nagradu za najbolji bor-beni duh, a za najbolju tehniku nagrađen je Mađar Csaba Gal.

Memorijalni karate turnir ute-meljen je u spomen na pogi-nulog hrvatskog branitelja i dugogodišnjeg člana samobor-ske “Mladosti” Branka Bošnjaka, koji je život izgubio u Domov-inskom ratu kao pripadnik Specijalne jedinice policije PU zagrebačke “Alfa”. Održava se u Samoboru od 1995. godine u organizaciji Karate kluba “Mla-dost” Samobor, a suorganizator je Udruga veterana Specijalne policije “Alfa” Zagreb.

Memorijal je humanitarnog karaktera, a uz kyokushin ka-rate, u kojem se natjecatelji bore punim kontaktom bez zaštitne opreme, promovira se i važnost sporta u borbi protiv ovisnosti. Turnir je održan pod pokro-viteljstvom i uz potporu Ministar-stva branitelja i Ministarstva unu-tarnjih poslova te Ministarstva znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta, kao i Grada Samobora te Samo-

borskog športskog saveza, čiji su predstavnici također nazočili Memorijalu.

U ime domaćina i organizato-ra, na ceremoniji otvaranja natje-catelje i goste te prepunu samo-borsku dvoranu pozdravila je predsjednica KK “Mladost” Ljilja-na Šurbek Bošnjak, a organizatori su prigodnim darovima zahvalili svima koji pomažu održavanje ove hvalevrijedne sportske mani-festacije. U ime Grada Samobora dobrodošlicu je zaželjela zamje-nica gradonačelnika Sanja Hor- vat Iveković, a Memorijal je ot-vorio izaslanik ministra unutar-njih poslova i ravnatelja policije Vladimir Faber. Svi oni istaknuli su važnost održavanja ovog memorijalnog karate turnira, kojemu je uz promicanje vrijed-nosti sporta ujedno cilj očuvanje uspomene na Branka Bošnjaka, kao i sve poginule hrvatske branitelje.

U spomen na svoga kolegu i suborca pripadnici Interventne policije PU karlovačke izveli su atraktivnu demonstraciju, a u prigodnom dijelu programa na-stupili su i članovi Sportskog ple-snog kluba „Samobor“ te Aikido kluba “Kitasu”, dok je u predvorju dvorane postavljena izložba pod nazivom “Sjećanje na Slavka Rudolfa”, posvećena poznatom samoborskom profesoru i istak-nutom sportskom djelatniku koji je preminuo ove godine.Marija Alvir

Anthony Sénéchal (Francuska/France) & István Spéder (Mađarska/Hungary)

Zsófia Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary) & Lilla Herczeg (Mađarska/Hungary)



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 17th October 2013

Croatian representatives also won medalsThe 18th Branko Bošnjak Me-

morial was held on 12th October at the Sports Hall “Samobor”, and this traditional international kyokushin karate tournament gathered representatives from several European countries. In addition to Croatia, competitors from Austria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland fought at the memorial tourna-ment.

During the past seventeen years this traditional tournament has gained tremendous repu-tation among members of the kyokushin European Karate Or-ganization and every year more and more participants come to fight in Samobor. This year’s Memorial gathered more than 60 competitors who fought for medals, including representa-tives of Croatia - Kruno Terihaj, Filip Bošković and Vedran Kižlin from Samobor’s KC “Mladost”, Kristina Kojundžić, Stela Oroz, Anastazija Korčij and Matej Deveđija from Zagreb’s KC “So-sai” and Marko Todorović and Stjepan Žanić from Kutina’s KC “Moslavina”.

Croatian representatives also won medals in this strong Eu-ropean competition. In the men heavyweight (-90 kg) Marko Todorović from Kutina won sec-ond place, while Kruno Terihaj from Samobor shared the third place in the men heavyweight (+90 kg) with a Bulgarian com-petitor. Kristina Kojundžić and Stela Oroz from Zagreb’s KC “Sosai” shared the third place in the women heavyweight (+65 kg).

In the female categories Hun-

garian competitors won most of the medals and were first placed in all three categories - Zsofia Szabo (lightweight), Lidia Kor-mondi (middleweight) and Sze-pesi Csenge (heavyweight). In the male categories Hungarian fighters were also first placed in two of them - Imre Molnar (light-weight) and Richard Lizak (heav-yweight), while the first place in the middleweight was won by Pole Marek Odzeniak, and in the super heavyweight by Bulgarian Dimitar Trampov, who also won a special prize for the best fighting spirit. Hungarian Csaba Gal was awarded for the best technique during the competition.

This memorial karate tourna-ment was founded in the mem-ory of Branko Bošnjak, the killed Croatian defender and long-time member of Samobor’s KC “Mla-dost”, who lost his life in the Homeland War as a member of the Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb Police Department. It is organized by Karate Club “Mla-dost” from Samobor and co-or-ganized by the Zagreb’s Special Police Unit “Alpha” Veterans As-sociation since 1995.

The Memorial has a humani-tarian character, and besides the kyokushin karate, which means full contact fighting without pro-tective equipment, it also pro-motes the importance of sport in the fight against addiction. The tournament was held under the auspices and with the support of the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Science, Educa-tion and Sports, as well as the City of Samobor and Samobor

Sports Association, whose rep-resentatives also attended the Memorial.

On behalf of the hosts and or-ganizers president of KC “Mla-dost” Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak welcomed the competitors, guests and the audience at the opening ceremony in the full Samobor’s sport hall. Organiz-ers also thanked all of those who help preserve this commendable sporting event by small appre-ciation gifts. Deputy Mayor Sanja Horvat Iveković gave a welcom-ing speech on behalf of the City of Samobor and Vladimir Faber, envoy of the Minister of the In-terior and General Police Direc-tor, opened the Memorial. They all stressed the importance of preserving this memorial karate tournament, which in addition to promoting the values of sport also aims to keep the memory of Branko Bošnjak as well as of all the deceased Croatian defend-ers.

In memory of their colleague, members of the Intervention Po-lice Unit of Karlovac Police De-partment showed the attractive demonstration of skills, and dur-ing the special part of the pro-gram, the members of the Sport Dance Club “Samobor” and Ai-kido Club “Kitasu” also gave their performances. In the foyer of the sports hall the visitors could see the exhibition titled “In Memo-riam: Slavko Rudolf”, dedicated to the famous Samobor profes-sor and prominent sports worker who died earlier this year. Marija Alvir

Richárd Lizák (Mađarska/Hungary) & Marko Todorović (Hrvatska/Croatia)

Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania)



The last pre-jubilee Memorial was attended by around 60 participants from Austria, Bul-garia, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Po-land, Romania, Sweden and Croatia. The ex-hibition “The Alphas live forever” was opened in the Samobor Museum in memory of de-ceased members of this legendary Special Po-lice Unit. Continuation of this commendable tradition showed that the Alphas and Branko live forever. •


Na posljednjem predjubilarnom Memo-rijalu sudjelovalo je oko 60 natjecatelja iz Austrije, Bugarske, Francuske, Italije, Litve, Mađarske, Poljske, Rumunjske, Švedske i Hrvatske. U Samoborskom muzeju otvo-rena je izložba “Alfe žive vječno” u spomen na poginule pripadnike te legendarne Speci-jalne jedinice policije. Nastavak ove hvalevri-jedne tradicije pokazao je da Alfe i Branko žive vječno. •


I. Zsófia Szabó (Mađarska/Hungary)

II. Diana Mačiūtė (Litva/Lithuania)

III. Sandra Nowak (Poljska/Poland)Valentina Măgurean (Rumunjska/Romania)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Gabija Gudeliauskaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Yanitsa Stefanova (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

III. Dan Anca Monica (Rumunjska/Romania)


II. Agata Kaliciak (Poljska/Poland)

III. Kristina Kojundžić (Hrvatska/Croatia)Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia)




III. George Suciu (Rumunjska/Romania)Lachezar Dimitrov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Srednja kategorija / MiddleweightI. Miroslav Milev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

II. Zsolt Margithazi (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Balázs Kovács (Mađarska/Hungary)Justinas Kvietka (Litva/Lithuania)

Teška kategorija / HeavyweightI. Kęstutis Radvila (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Marek Wolny (Poljska/Poland)

III. Gergő Pethő (Mađarska/Hungary)Fredrik Johansson (Švedska/Sweden)

Superteška kategorija / Super HeavyweightI. Antanas Klibavičius (Litva/Lithuania)

II. Dorin Mărgărint (Rumunjska/Romania)

III. Dimitar Trampov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

REZULTATI / RESULTS

Nora Vaznelytė (Litva/Lithuania) & Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary)



Stjepan Žanić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Erik Hägge (Švedska/Sweden)

Mladen Sinkić (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Miroslav Milev (Bugarska/Bulgaria)



Anastazija Korčij (Hrvatska/Croatia) & Gabija Gudeliauskaitė (Litva/Lithuania)

Kęstutis Radvila (Litva/Lithuania) & Nedelcho Ivanov (Bugarska/Bulgaria)

Dan Anca Monica (Rumunjska/Romania) & Yantisa Stefanova (Bugarska/Bulgaria)



Csenge Szepesi (Mađarska/Hungary) & Agata Kaliciak (Poljska/Poland)

Demonstracija Judo kluba “Samobor”/Judo Club “Samobor”’s demonstration of skills

Stela Oroz (Hrvatska/Croatia)



Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 12. listopada 2014.

Branko i Alfe žive vječnoU Sportskoj dvorani “Samo-

bor” održan je 11. listopada 19. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka, na kojem su i ove godine sudjelovali predstavnici iz više europskih ze-malja. Na turniru koji je utemeljen u spomen na poginulog hrvat-skog branitelja Branka Bošnjaka borilo se tako 60 natjecatelja iz Austrije, Bugarske, Francuske, Italije, Litve, Mađarske, Poljske, Rumunjske, Švedske i Hrvatske.

Hrvatsku su u jakoj međuna-rodnoj konkurenciji predstavljali Kristina Kojundžić, Stela Oroz, Anastazija Korčij, Stjepan Žanić, Mladen Sinkić, Matej Deveđija i Kruno Terihaj. Stela Oroz i Kris-tina Kojundžić popele su se na pobjedničko postolje osvojivši

bronce u kategoriji žena +65 kg, a Kristina je još nagrađena i posebnom nagradom za najbolji borbeni duh.

U srednjoj kategoriji prvo mjesto osvojio je Miroslav Mi-lev iz Bugarske, a Litvanci su slavili u teškoj (Kestutis Radvila) i superteškoj kategoriji (Antanas Klibavicius). Nagradu za najbolju tehniku osvojio je Gabor Rozsa iz Mađarske, ujedno i pobjednik u lakoj kategoriji.

Ovaj već tradicionalni turnir, koji uz očuvanje uspomene na Branka Bošnjaka promovi-ra i važnost sporta u borbi protiv ovisnosti, održan je pod pokroviteljstvom Ministarstva branitelja, Ministarstva unutarnjih pos-

lova i Grada Samobora. Dobro-došlicu punoj samoborskoj dvo-rani i svim natjecateljima poželjeli su predsjednica KK “Mladost” Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak, pred-sjednik Udruge veterana Speci-jalne jedinice policije “Alfa” Željko Mihaljević, predstavnik Grada Samobora Juro Horvat te izaslanici ministra branitelja Željko Motik i ministra unutarnjih poslova Vladimir Faber.

Povodom ove hvalevrijedne manifestacije u predvorju dvo-rane predstavljena je izložba “Alfe žive vječno”, u spomen na poginule pripadnike Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa”. T.G.

Glasnik Samobora i Svete Nedelje – 12th October 2014

Branko and the Alphas live foreverThe 19th Branko Bošnjak Me-

morial was held on 11th October in the Sports Hall “Samobor” and was attended this year as well by representatives of several European countries. The tour-nament, established in memory of deceased Croatian defender Branko Bošnjak, was attended by 60 competitors from Aus-tria, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Croatia.

Kristina Kojundžić, Stela Oroz, Anastazija Korčij, Stjepan Žanić, Mladen Sinkić, Matej Deveđija and Kruno Terihaj represented Croatia in this strong internation-al competition. Stela Oroz and Kristina Kojundžić both climbed to the podium by winning bronze medals in the women’s +65 kg

category, and Kristina also won the special award for showing the best fighting spirit.

Miroslav Milev from Bulgaria won the first place in the male middleweight while Lithuanians Kestutis Radvila and Antanas Kli-bavicius celebrated in the male heavyweight and super heavy-weight. An award for the best technique went to Gabor Rozsa from Hungary who was also the winner of the men’s lightweight.

This already traditional tourna-ment, which in addition to pre-serving the memory of Branko Bošnjak also aims at promot-ing the importance of sport in the fight against addiction, was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and the

City of Samobor. The welcoming speeches in the full Samobor’s sports hall gave the president of KC “Mladost” Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak, president of the Special Police Unit “Alpha” Veterans As-sociation Željko Mihaljević, rep-resentative of the City of Samo-bor Juro Horvat and envoys of the Minister of Veterans’ Affairs Željko Motik and of the Minister of the Interior Vladimir Faber.

On the occasion of this praise-worthy event, in the foyer of the sports hall visitors were able to take a look at the exhibition “The Alphas live forever”, presented in memory of the deceased mem-bers of the Special Police Unit “Alpha”. T.G.



Večernji list – 14. studenoga 2008.

Trener Kruno Garašić



HASAN HAIDAR DIAB

They are friends, athletes, martial arts enthusiasts and

members of kyokushin Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor. And above all, they are noble people who stand behind the Branko Bošnjak Memorial. A man who was, until 13 years ago, one of them, and today he’s their live memory and a legend of friendship, sports and heroic life. It was hardBranko Bošnjak, as a member of the Special Police Unit (SPU) “Alpha”, lost his life on assignment in 1995 at the age of 32. But a man really dies only when fallen into oblivion, and Branko’s life is engraved with immortal letters in every thought of all kyokushin karate devotees. This international memorial tournament is just one more thankful ges-ture to a man whom the older club members remember as a friend and a superior fighter, and younger ones as a man who enabled their carefree upbringing and instilled their love of

sports. For the club vice-president and the president of the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Asso-ciation Milan Garašić, every Memorial, along with sporting attractions, also carries a lot of emotion which filled his eyes with tears even this time: - Branko was a friend, an exceptional man, a great athlete and a coach, but also a soldier. His death had shaken all of us terribly, because he was a part of us all, so we decided to organize a tournament in his memory. We started a month after his death, and it was a very shy beginning with only 16 competitors. The club functions on pure voluntary basis and it was difficult to deal with the financial obligations linked to the organizing of the competition. I remember, we were ready to use our credit cards, empty personal accounts...Still, it was worth it. All of the finest European fighters soon began to recite Branko Bošnjak’s name:- In the meantime, some people had recognized

our work, so we got the full support of the SPU “Alpha”, and later, after its reorganization into the Intervention and Special Police Forces, from both Units - says Garašić. Against Addiction Memorial karate tournament, where, accor-ding to the guys from the club, it is not im-portant to participate but to win, and which has, on the firm wings of sport spirit, grown into an international competition, this year will carry the motto – “Against addiction”.A coach Krunoslav Gara-šić says: - The late Branko used to be my coach, and I am bind to the tournament by genuine sporting and friendly memories. Through a noble intention, the me-mory of our Branko, the tournament has become one of the strongest in Europe, also reputable throughout the world. We have been preparing for it during the last three months, some will compete for the sake of experience, and some will leave with medals.

Večernji list – 14th November 2008

BRANKO BOŠNJAK MEMORIAL A memory of a friend, athlete and war volunteer

Karatekas for a hero

Trainer Kruno Garašić

> KARATEKA, PEDAGOGUE AND MEMBER OF THE “ALPHA” UNITBranko Bošnjak was born on 22nd March 1963 in Sambor. He was a long-time member of kyokushin Karate Club “Mladost”. As an accomplished fighter and pedagogue he passed his knowledge and love of the sport onto many of the young generations. He died on 29th January 1995 as a member of the Special Police Unit of Zagreb Police Department, the famous Alphas, whose member he was from the very beginning and with who he has undergone many Croatian battlefields.

A LOVE STORY

We met at the club, fell in love, there are our friendsThe thing that is least expected at the club that abounds with fight adrenaline is a blend of male-female chemistry, which instead of punches ends in marriage. Ljiljana Bošnjak is the late Branko’s widow, but also a trainer of kyokushin karate: - It is not easy to go through each tournament because memories be-come more vivid. Of course, I’m proud of what people say about Branko, that everyone remembers him. We met in the club. He had been an active member when I first arrived. Love happened to us and soon we got married. When he went to war, I took over the group he had been training until then. Then the worst happened, our daughter Josipa was only one year old and I was seven months pregnant with our son Branko - says 37-year-old Ljiljana. She’s a trainer of two groups in the club, the youngest one and the middle group. - Actually, I continued along Branko’s path and took over his groups. Due to a lot of obligations and my children, I am no longer an active member of the club, but I assimilated with it. There are Branko’s friends and my friends, there lies a part of our lives, our memories. Of course, there are also Branko’s comrades who have never forgotten him and are always willing to provide their help - says Ljiljana.

Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak, late Branko’s wife – black belt


Prijatelji MemorijalaMemorial’s Friends

Kao predsjedniku Europske karate orga-nizacije (EKO) velika mi je čast biti ponov-

no gost na ovom odličnom turniru u Samoboru.

Mnogo je turnira organizirano u mnogim zem-ljama, što je velik podvig. Dok su jedni humani-tarnog karaktera, drugi imaju funkciju memo-rijala. Radostan sam uoči ove velike obljetnice, 20. Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka. Sama ideja ovog turnira veoma je kyokushin: iskazivanje poštovanja i sjećanja na Branka Bošnjaka, ve-likog karateku i pripadnika specijalne policije. Nažalost, Branko je poginuo na dužnosti, no up-ravo zahvaljujući ovom turniru neće nikada biti zaboravljen te će ljudi uvijek znati tko je Branko bio i čime se bavio.

Ovo je jedno veliko natjecanje, a o njego-vom značaju dovoljno govori činjenica da ga podržavaju Ministarstvo branitelja i Ministarst-vo unutarnjih poslova. Kao predsjednik i kara-teka divim se organizatorima ovakvih natjecanja i cijenim njihov trud. Svako natjecanje koje pozitivno pridonosi zajednici uživa poštovanje i ima budo pozadinu. EKO u potpunosti podržava ovakve događaje. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka izvrstan je primjer kyokushina i budo duha natjecanja.

Moje duboko i iskreno poštovanje članovima Brankove obitelji i onima koji se Branka sjećaju, svim borcima, trenerima i sucima te gledateljima koji dolaskom na Memorijal čuvaju uspomenu na pravog samuraja. •

Osu!

Shihan Koen Scharrenbergpredsjednik Europske karate organizacije

As president of the European Karate Organi-zation (EKO) I am very happy to be a guest

once again at this excellent tournament in Samo-bor.

Numerous tournaments are being organized worldwide and it is a great feat, as in many cases they are intended for charity contributions, or dedicated to a memory of great people. In this re-spect, I would like to mention that I was genuinely moved to visit the Branko Bošnjak Memorial. This is its 20th (!!) anniversary, and the idea that lies be-hind the tournament is very kyokushin: to hon-our the memory of Branko Bošnjak, who was an excellent karateka and a member of the Croatian Special Forces. Unfortunately, he died in the line of duty, but due to this tournament, he will never be forgotten, and people will always know what he did and who he was.

This is a great event, all the more so because it is supported by official government organizations like the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs and Ministry of the Interior. Standing at the point of being both an EKO president and a karateka, I would like to express my sincere admiration and appreciation of the effort invested by the organizers of this kind of tournaments. Each tournament that contrib-utes to a society has a truly respectful and budo-like background. EKO supports this development one hundred percent. The Branko Bošnjak Memo-rial is one of the best examples of kyokushin and budo-spirited tournament.

My deep and sincere respect goes to Branko Bošnjak’s family and his memory, and to the fight-ers, coaches, referees and spectators that have come to honour the memory of a true samurai. •

Osu!

Shihan Koen Scharrenbergpresident of European Karate Organization



Izuzetna mi je čast i zadovoljstvo da se kao predsjednik Hrvatskog karate saveza, glavni

tajnik Europske karate federacije (EKF) te član Izvršnog odbora Svjetske karate federacije (WKF) u ovoj monografiji mogu ukratko osvrnuti na 20 godina obilježavanja Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka.

Hrvatskog branitelja i istinskog zaljubljenika u karate sport Branka Bošnjaka nažalost nisam osobno poznavao, no protekli Memorijali, na ko-jima sam bio prisutan, ukazuju na činjenicu da je Branko bio osoba sa svim vrlinama iskrenog i poštenog čovjeka, sina, supruga i oca, pravog pri-jatelja i istinskog domoljuba.

Karate klub “Mladost” Samobor jedan je od 186 klubova Hrvatskog karate saveza, ali je ujedno i je-dan od rijetkih koji je, uz Karate klub “Slavonski Brod”, u Domovinskom ratu izgubio devet svojih članova. Jedini je koji Memorijalom čuva sjećanje na dragu osobu i člana koji je svojim djelovanjem ostavio trag, kako u matičnom klubu tako i u hrvatskom karate sportu.

Vrhunskom organizacijom dosadašnjih Memo-rijala, ostvarenom angažmanom i nesebičnim ra-dom svih članova organizacijskog odbora Karate kluba “Mladost” Samobor, Hrvatski karate savez u svom je planu aktivnosti dobio iznimno kvalitetan karate turnir međunarodnog karaktera na kojem se njeguje kyokushin stil. Na tome sam iskreno za-hvalan svima onima koji su pomagali da se Memo-rijal Branka Bošnjaka dosad uspješno organizirao, ali i onima koji će to činiti i u narednim godinama.

U ime Hrvatskog karate saveza i u svoje oso-bno ime želim vam iskreno čestitati na 20 go-dina uspješne organizacije karate Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka s vjerom da će svi sljedeći biti još uspješniji. Siguran sam da ćete uvijek imati podršku Hrvatskog karate saveza, mojih suradni-ka te mene osobno. •

Iskreno vaš,

Stjepan Čelanpredsjednik Hrvatskog karate saveza

It is my great honor and pleasure as the presi-dent of the Croatian Karate Union, Secretary-

General of the European Karate Federation (EKF) and the member of the Executive Board of the World Karate Federation (WKF) to briefly turn back in this monograph on 20 years of commemorating Branko Bošnjak Memorial.

Unfortunately I didn’t personally know Branko Bošnjak, the Croatian defender and true lover of ka-rate, but past Memorials, where I was present, point to the fact that Branko was a person with all the vir-tues of a sincere and honest man, son, husband and a father, a true friend and a true patriot.

Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor is one of 186 clubs in the Croatian Karate Union, but it is also one of the few who, along with Karate Club “Slavonski Brod”, lost nine of its members during the Homeland War. It is the only one that, through a Memorial, pre-serves a memory on a dear member who left a sig-nificant mark in his home club as well as in Croatian karate.

With excellent organization of previous Memori-als, which was realized by engagement and selfless work of all the members on the organizing commit-tee of Karate Club “Mladost” from Samobor, Croa-tian Karate Union gained, in its plan of activities, an exceptionally good international karate tournament in kyokushin style. For that I am truly grateful to everyone who has helped in the successful organi-zation of Branko Bošnjak Memorial until today, but also to those who will do it in the coming years.

On behalf of Croatian Karate Union and myself, I want to sincerely congratulate you on 20 years of successful organization of the karate tournament Branko Bošnjak Memorial with confidence that the following ones will be even more successful. I am sure that you will always have the support of the Croatian Karate Union, my associates and me per-sonally. •

Sincerely Yours,

Stjepan Čelanpresident of Croatian Karate Union



Kad me je predsjednica Karate kluba “Mladost” Samobor Ljiljana Šurbek Boš-

njak zamolila da za knjigu o Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka napišem prigodnu riječ, njen sam pri-jedlog s radošću prihvatio, jer mi se ideja o knjizi jako dopala. Nekoliko dana kasnije, pri pokušaju pisanja, shvatio sam koliko je to teško, iako sam, kao tajnik Samoborskog športskog saveza, bio nazočan na svim turnirima, poznavatelj sam karatea i borilačkih vještina, a i poznavao sam Branka Bošnjaka.

Prisjećajući se početaka moje suradnje s or-ganizatorima turnira, prije dvadeset godina, ja-vljaju se slike Brankove djece, supruge, roditelja, Brankovih prijatelja iz kluba i kolega s posla koji u spomen na njega iz godine u godinu organiziraju sve jači i sve bolji kyokushin karate turnir.

Riječ je o velikom turniru koji se održava svake godine u jesen, međunarodnog je karaktera i jedan je od najpoznatijih u ovom dijelu Europe. Iz godine u godinu okuplja sve veći i veći broj natjecatelja, u spomen na Branka Bošnjaka, vrs-nog boraca i pedagoga, koji je svoje znanje i ljubav prema kyokushin karateu nesebično prenosio na mlade naraštaje. Branko je poginuo 1995. go-dine kao pripadnik Specijalne jedinice policije PU zagrebačke, čuvenih “Alfi”, čiji je djelatnik bio od samog osnutka.

Osim po sudjelovanju najboljih boraca, turnir je jedinstven i po tome što u našem Samoboru okuplja mlade iz desetak zemalja, koji, natječući se, proslavljaju svoju mladost. Već dva desetljeća, nakon borbi i nadmetanja, ispisuju prelijepe i ne-zaboravne stranice prijateljstva. Svi oni ispisali su svojim rezultatima i stranice ove knjige, što će ostati zabilježeno za nove generacije boraca, ali i da se sačuva uspomena na Branka Bošnjaka.

I ne samo sudionici natjecanja nego i svi ostali čitatelji ove knjige imat će priliku još se jednom prisjetiti Memorijala Branka Bošnjaka. Upot-punjavanju slike zacijelo će pripomoći i brojne fotografije s važnim trenucima i ljudima koji su obilježili natjecanja, ali i kyokushin karate u Samoboru, Zagrebačkoj županiji i Hrvatskoj.

W hen Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak, president of the Karate Club “Mladost” from

Samobor, asked me to write a few words for a book on the Branko Bošnjak Memorial, I gladly accepted her suggestion because I liked the idea of making this book very much. A few days later, while trying to write, I realized how difficult it is, even though I, as Secretary of Samobor Sports Association, was present at all the tournaments, I’m a connoisseur of karate and martial arts, and I personally knew Branko Bošnjak.

Recalling the beginnings of my cooperation with the organizers of the tournament, twenty years ago, I see images of Branko’s children, wife, parents, Branko’s friends from the club and work colleagues who, in his memory, organize this kyo-kushin karate tournament, which is getting stron-ger and better every year.

This great tournament is held every year in the fall. It’s an international competition and it is one of the best known in this part of Europe. From year to year it gathers more and more competitors, in memory of Branko Bošnjak, an accomplished fighter and pedagogue, who selflessly passed his knowledge and love of kyokushin karate onto younger generations. Branko was killed in 1995 as a member of the Special Police Unit of Zagreb Po-lice Department, the famous Alphas, whose mem-ber he was since its foundation.

It is a unique tournament, not only by the fact that the very best fighters participate, but also be-cause it gathers in Samobor young people from a dozen countries, who, by competing, celebrate their youth. For two decades now, after the com-petition and the fights, they have been writing beautiful and memorable pages of friendship. With their results, all of them also filled many pages of this book, which will stay noted for new generations of fighters, but also in order to pre-serve the memory of Branko Bošnjak.

Not only participants of this competition, but all the other readers of this book, will have the op-portunity to once again recall the Branko Bošnjak Memorial. The image will be completed by a num-



ber of photographs of important moments and people that have marked the tournament, but also the kyokushin karate in Samobor, Zagreb County and Croatia.

Is there a better promotion of our city than through sports? Samobor’s Karate Club “Mladost” has done just that, and continuous to do so. I wish them much success in the future! •

Juro Horvat, prof.

Ima li ljepše promocije našega grada od one putem sporta? Karate klub “Mladost” Samobor upravo je to činio, a čini to i dalje. Želim mu mno-go uspjeha u budućnosti! •

Juro Horvat, prof.

Karate klub “Mladost” SamoborKarate Club “Mladost” Samobor


Karate klub “Mladost” Samobor Karate Club “Mladost” Samobor

Karate klub “Mladost” Samobor svoje je djelovanje počeo 1970. godine pri

Društvu za rekreaciju i tjelesni odgoj “Par-tizan” u Bregani, a od 1972. djeluje u okviru Sportskog društva “Mladost” u Samoboru. U početku je klub njegovao stil karatea shuko-kai, a onda se skupina članova kluba na semi-naru u Amsterdamu 1975. godine upoznala s novim stilom karatea – kyokushinom. Već sljedeće godine počeli su učiti novu tehniku, a taj stil karatea i svojstven mu način borbe ubrzo je pronašao svoje pobornike te je pri-vukao i nove članove u KK “Mladost”. Slijedi-lo je vrijeme učenja i napornoga rada tijekom kojeg se kyokushin karate etablirao u Samo-boru, a članovi kluba počeli su se natjecati prema pravilima kyokushina u zemlji i ino-

Karate Club “Mladost” was founded in 1970 as a section of the Society for Rec-

reation and Physical Education “Partisan” in Bregana, and since 1972 it works within the Sport Society “Mladost” in Samobor. Ini-tially, the club members trained karate style shukokai. Then, a group of club members attended a seminar in Amsterdam in 1975 where they, for the first time, got acquaint-ed with a new karate style – kyokushin. The very next year they started to study this new technique and adopted its characteristic way of fighting, which quickly found lots of fol-lowers and attracted many new members to KC “Mladost”. In the following years, marked by continued study and hard training, kyo-kushin karate was established in Samobor.

Milan Garašić, Ivan Bezjak, Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak, Vladimir Sekelj (stoje/standing), Eduard Bajić, Ivica Stanić, Krunoslav Garašić (sjede/sitting down), 1998.

Otočac ob Krki, 1986./Otočec ob Krki, 1986



The club members started to participate at kyokushin karate tournaments in the coun-try and abroad, as well as to organise tour-naments in Samobor. Since 1991 our fighters regularly represent Croatia at World Cham-pionships in Tokyo.

First club members, under the guidance of head coach Branko Vašinko and coach Biserka Rojc, were Ivan Bezjak, Marijan Čižmešija, Ivan Galic, Milan Garašić, Zlatko Ivančić, Zoran Milić, Zvonko Samardžija and Vladimir Šintić. Since 1986 up to this day the trainings are being conducted by the club’s head coach shihan Milan Garašić 5th DAN.

According to the data available in the club’s archives, and in accordance with the decisions adopted at club’s electoral as-

zemstvu, ali i organizirati turnire u Samo-boru. Od 1991. godine naši borci redovito predstavljaju Hrvatsku i na svjetskim prven-stvima u Tokiju.

Prvi članovi kluba, pod vodstvom glavnog trenera Branka Vašinka i trenerice Biserke Rojc, bili su Ivan Bezjak, Marijan Čižmešija, Ivan Galic, Milan Garašić, Zlatko Ivančić, Zoran Milić, Zvonko Samardžija i Vladimir Šintić. Trenersku je dužnost 1986. godine preuzeo aktualni glavni trener kluba shihan Milan Garašić 5. DAN.

Prema dostupnim podacima u arhivu klu-ba, a u skladu s odlukama donesenim na iz-bornim skupštinama kluba, od 1992. do 1995. godine predsjednik KK “Mladost” Samobor bio je Ivan Bezjak, od 1995. do 1998. godine

Samobor, 2001./Samobor, 2001

Vježbačka grupa pod vodstvom Damira Sinkovića/Training group led by Damir Sinković



Milan Garašić, a od 1998. do 2002. godine Tomo Fabekovec. Od 2002. pa sve do 2012. godine klub je vodio Damir Sinković, a od 2012. godine predsjednica kluba je Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak.

U proteklih 40 i više godina Karate klubom “Mladost” Samobor prošlo je nekoliko tisuća članova, od najmlađih u skupini limača, do juniora i seniora, a u klubu djeluju i dvije rekreacijske vježbačke skupine. Uz brojna natjecanja, organiziraju i ljetne i zimske škole kyokushin karatea, a članovi kluba sudjeluju i na raznim seminarima u inozemstvu, kao i u drugim aktivnostima, poput rekreacijskih pješačkih pohoda, njegujući i na taj način zdrav duh u zdravom tijelu.

I tijekom Domovinskog rata klub je bio ak-tivan. Pogibija Branka Bošnjaka pogodila je sve njegove klupske kolege i prijatelje te su njemu u čast utemeljili Memorijal. Nakon završetka ratnih zbivanja članovi kluba nas-tavili su predstavljati Hrvatsku na europ-

semblies, from 1992 to 1995 KC “Mladost”’s president was Ivan Bezjak, from 1995 to 1998 Milan Garašić, and from 1998 to 2002 Tomo Fabekovec. From 2002 until 2012 the head of the club was Damir Sinković, and since 2012 until today its president is Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak.

During the last 40 years, several thou-sand members of all age - children, youth and adults, have trained within Karate Club “Mladost”, and there are two recreational training groups too. Besides organizing many tournaments and summer and win-ter kyokushin karate camps, club mem-bers participate at numerous international seminars, as well as take part in many other activities, such as mass recreational pedes-trian hikes, promoting a healthy spirit in a healthy body.

Club was active even during the Homeland War. The death of Branko Bošnjak affected all of his club colleagues and friends, and

Samobor, 2012./Samobor, 2012



in his memory they founded the Memorial. After the war, the club members continued to represent Croatia at World and European Championships as well as other national and international tournaments, where they keep winning numerous medals on regular basis.

Karate Club “Mladost” Samobor has the reputation of one of the best and the most successful kyokushin karate clubs in Croa-tia, and Branko Bošnjak Memorial is the most distinguished international kyoku-shin karate tournament in the country. The performance of young club members at the international tournaments show that “Mladost”, in addition to the respectable span of over 40 years long existence, has a promising future. Noteworthy is the suc-cess of Fran Lukšić, who became European junior champion in 2015, while David Fabek won the bronze medal in cadet competition at the same European Championship. •

skim i svjetskim prvenstvima te na ostalim nacionalnim i međunarodnim natjeca-njima, s kojih se redovito vraćaju s brojnim odličjima.

Karate klub “Mladost” Samobor slovi kao najbolji i najtrofejniji kyokushin ka-rate klub u Hrvatskoj, a Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka najveće je međunarodno natjeca-nje u kyokushin karateu u našoj zemlji. Mladi Samoborci svojim su nastupima na međunarodnim turnirima pokazali da “Mladost”, osim respektabilne prošlosti dulje od 40 godina, ima i perspektivnu budućnost. Posebno valja izdvojiti uspjeh Frana Lukšića, koji je 2015. godine postao europski juniorski prvak, dok je David Fabek na istom prven-stvu osvojio europsku brončanu medalju u kadetskoj kategoriji. •

Vježbačka grupa pod vodstvom Ljiljane Šurbek Bošnjak/Training group led by Ljiljana Šurbek Bošnjak

Fran Lukšić i David Fabek sa shihanom Kenjijem Midorijem, predsjednikom WKO Shinkyokushin, Varšava, 2015./Fran Lukšić and David Fabek with shihan Kenji Midori, president of WKO Shinkyokushin, Warsaw, 2015

Hrvatski kyokushin karate savezCroatian Kyokushin Karate Association


Hrvatski kyokushin karate savez Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association

Kyokushin karate istinska je vještina samoobrane u realnim okolnostima,

kao i vještina samosvladavanja prilikom izloženosti različitim izazovima i psiho-loškim pritiscima. Idejni začetnik te borbene vještine je Masutatsu Oyama (1923. – 1994.), koji je na osnovi vlastitog iskustva stečenog u borbama diljem svijeta, s borcima različitih stilova i tehnika, razvio potvrđeno najjači karate – kyokushin karate. “Onaj koji se u životu nijednom nije istinski borio, ne može sebe smatrati istinskim karate majstorom”, izjavio je svojedobno otac kyokushina Ma-sutatsu Oyama, a danas se time vode brojni poklonici tog stila karatea.

Hrvatski kyokushin karate savez (HKKS) krovna je kyokushin karate organizacija u Republici Hrvatskoj, član je Hrvatskog ka-rate saveza te međunarodnih kyokushin karate organizacija – Europske karate orga-nizacije i NPO Svjetske karate organizacije Shinkyokushinkai.

Osnovan je 1994. godine pod nazivom Hrvatska kyokushin karate organizacija (HKKO), kojom je predsjedao Vladimir Šintić. Od 1998. godine nosi aktualni naziv, Hrvatski kyokushin karate savez, a otad pa sljedećih 15 godina predsjednik je bio Milan Garašić. Savezom je od 2014. do 2015. godine kratko predsjedao Tihomir Garašić, a 2015. godine izabrano je novo vodstvo HKKS-a na čelu s Nikolom Banjeglavom.

Svake se godine u organizaciji HKKS-a provodi ljetna škola karatea tijekom koje treninge vode ovlašteni učitelji kyokushina iz Hrvatske i inozemstva. Natjecatelji svih uzrasta iz klubova članova Saveza redovito sudjeluju na međunarodnim turnirima u inozemstvu, uključujući europska prven-stva, koja se organiziraju svake godine, i svjetska prvenstva, koja se organiziraju svake četiri godine u Japanu. Također, u kalendaru HKKS-a redovito je desetak na-cionalnih turnira godišnje, u organizaciji klubova članova Saveza. •

K yokushin Karate is a true self-defence martial art in the real circumstances,

as well as the art of self-restraint in the cir-cumstances of different challenges and men-tal pressures. The founder of this martial art was Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994). He devel-oped this style as the strongest confirmed karate style – the kyokushin karate – based upon his personal experience obtained trough participation in numerous fights all around the world against fighters who were masters of different fighting styles and tech-niques. “He who has never truly fought can-not think of himself as a true karate master”, said once the founder of kyokushin Masu-tatsu Oyama, and today numerous devotees of this karate style are led by these words.

Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association (CKKA) is an umbrella kyokushin karate organization in the Republic of Croatia, a member of the Croatian Karate Union, and member of the international kyokushin ka-rate organizations – European Karate Orga-nization and the NPO World Karate Organi-zation Shinkyokushinkai.

CKKA was founded in 1994, under the name Croatian Kyokushin Karate Organiza-tion (CKKO), and it was presided by Vladimir Šintić. Since 1998 it operates under the cur-rent name Croatian Kyokushin Karate Asso-ciation, and the elected president was Milan Garašić, who remained the head of CKKA during the next fifteen years. From 2014 to 2015 the CKKA was briefly led by Tihomir Garašić, and in 2015 a new CKKA leadership was elected and is headed by Nikola Banje-glav.

Each year CKKA organizes a summer kara-te camp under the guidance of certified kyo-kushin teachers from Croatia and abroad. Competitors of all ages from the CKKA’s member clubs regularly participate at the international tournaments abroad, includ-ing European Champions organized every year and World Championships organised in Tokyo every four years. In the CKKA’s cal-endar there are about ten national tourna-ments each year, organized by CKKA’s mem-ber clubs. •



Kyokushin karate klub “Dugo Selo” os-novan je 1979. godine pod nazivom KKK

“Jedinstvo”. Osnivač i prvi trener bio je Branko Vašinko 3. DAN, a 1987. vodstvo kluba preuzeo je Vladimir Šintić. Tijekom Domo-vinskog rata klub je 1992. godine uspio orga-nizirati prvo natjecanje – “Cup Dugo Selo”, koje je postalo tradicionalno.

Nikola Banjeglav 1994. godine je unapri-jeđen u zvanje 1. DAN, a 1999. godine u zvanje 2. DAN. Proglašen je i sportašem go-dine Dugog Sela za 1996. i 2001. godinu, a na Svjetskom prvenstvu u Japanu zauzeo je 35. mjesto. Od 1987. do 2003. godine klub je os-vojio oko stotinu medalja te je nekoliko puta sudjelovao na europskim prvenstvima. U tom je razdoblju Zajednica športskih udruga grada Dugog Sela (ZŠUGDS) Bojana Minića nagradila za rezultate, a Vladimira Šintića za trenerske zasluge.

Nikola Banjeglav je 2003. godine postao glavni trener kluba, a potom i predsjednik. Od tada klub posebnu pažnju posvećuje radu s djecom od vrtićke dobi do rekreati-vaca, organizira ili se pridružuje mnogo-brojnim humanitarnim akcijama, surađuje s brojnim udrugama, organizira akcije i projekte protiv nasilja u školama i društvu, protiv droga i drugih ovisnosti te organizira i sudjeluje na seminarima. U klubu se radi

Kyokushin Karate Club “Dugo Selo” was founded in 1979 under the name KKC

“Jedinstvo”. The founder and the first coach was Branko Vašinko 3rd DAN, and in 1987 Vladimir Šintić took over the leadership of the club. During the Homeland War in 1992 the club managed to organize the first com-petition – “Cup of Dugo Selo”, which has be-come traditional.

Nikola Banjeglav was promoted to the rank of 1st DAN in 1994 and to the rank of 2nd DAN in 1999. Also, he was rewarded as the best athlete in Dugo Selo in 1996 and in 2001, and at the World Championship in Japan he won 35th place. In the period from 1987 till 2003, the club won about a hundred medals and participated several times in the European Championships. Club member Bojan Minić was rewarded for his results from Associa-tion of Sports Organizations of Dugo Selo (ASODS), as well as Vladimir Šintić for his coaching merits.

In 2003 Nikola Banjeglav became a head coach of the club, and thereupon the club president. Since then the club has paid spe-cial attention to working with children of kindergarten age and amateurs, organiz-ing or joining numerous fundraising events and collaborating with many organizations, organizing actions and projects against

Kyokushin karate klub “Dugo Selo”Kyokushin Karate Club “Dugo Selo”



violence, drug addiction and drug abuse in schools and society, as well as organizing and participating in various seminars. The club also works with children with special needs, and organizes various recreational activities for club members and their par-ents, which makes it recognizable not only in sports but also in wider social circles.

During the last ten years KKC “Dugo Selo” has won about 500 medals at national and international competitions. Due to the achieved results Barbara Buretić was de-clared the best junior and senior female athlete of Dugo Selo in 2005. The same year Nikola Banjeglav was proclaimed the best sports worker of the year and also received special recognition from ASODS for out-standing sporting achievements in 2006 and 2007. The City of Dugo Selo declared Dominic Vidović and Martin Čekada young sports hopes in 2007 as well as Tena Vrh the best young competitor and Luka Vidović the young sports hope in 2010. Nikola Banjeglav was then rewarded for his contribution to the advancement of sport, the club and the city. In 2011 Tena Vrh won the gold medal and Martin Čekada the bronze medal at the Eu-ropean Cup for Juniors and Cadets, while at the European Championship for Cadets and Younger Seniors Tena Vrh won the bronze medal. The same year, the City of Dugo Selo declared Dominic Vidović, Tena Vrh, Filip Teofilović and Luka Vidović the best ath-letes and Čekada was voted the young sports hope. Nikola Banjeglav was also awarded as the best coach. In addition Tena Vrh was de-clared the young sports hope of the Zagreb County. Nikola Tucaković won the silver medal in junior competition at European Championship in 2013. In 2010 the club was placed second within the CKKA by its alto-gether success, while in 2012 the club be-came the champion of Croatia in katas and the vice champion of Croatia in fights. •

s djecom s posebnim potrebama, te se or-ganiziraju razne rekreacijske aktivnosti za članove kluba i njihove roditelje, što ga čini prepoznatljivim ne samo u sportskim već i u širim društvenim krugovima.

Tijekom posljednjih deset godina članovi KKK “Dugo Selo” osvojili su oko 500 medalja na domaćim i međunarodnim natjecanjima. Zbog ostvarenih rezultata Barbara Buretić proglašena je juniorskom i seniorskom sportašicom Dugog Sela u 2005. godini. Iste je godine Nikola Banjeglav proglašen sportskim djelatnikom godine, a od ZŠUGDS primio je posebno priznanje za izuzetne sportske dosege u 2006. i 2007. godini. Grad Dugo Selo je 2007. godine proglasio Domi-nica Vidovića i Martina Čekadu sportskim nadama podmlatka, a 2010. godine Tenu Vrh i Luku Vidovića najboljima u pod- mlatku. Nikola Banjeglav je tada nagrađen za doprinos na unaprjeđenju sporta, kluba i grada. Na Europskom cupu za juniore i ka-dete 2011. godine Tena Vrh je osvojila zlatnu medalju, a Martin Čekada brončanu, dok je iste godine na Europskom prvenstvu za kadete i mlađe seniore Tena Vrh osvojila brončanu medalju. Grad Dugo Selo je 2011. godine proglasio Dominica Vidovića, Tenu Vrh, Filipa Teofilovića i Luku Vidovića naj-boljim sportašima, a Martina Čekadu na-dom podmlatka. Nikola Banjeglav je također nagrađen za najboljeg trenera. Tena Vrh je proglašena i sportskom nadom podmlat-ka Zagrebačke županije. Nikola Tucaković je osvojio srebrnu medalju u juniorskoj konkurenciji na Europskom prvenstvu 2013. godine. Klub je 2010. godine osvojio 2. mjesto po ukupnom uspjehu u HKKS-u, dok je 2012. godine proglašen prvakom Hrvatske u kata-ma i viceprvakom u borbama. •

Kontakt podaci / Contacts

ADRESA / ADDRESS ZORIĆEVA 65, 10370 DUGO SELO

GLAVNI TRENER / HEAD COACH SENPAI NIKOLA BANJEGLAV, 2. DAN

TELEFON / TELEPHONE +385 91 5659 499

E-MAIL [email protected]

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STIL / STYLE KYOKUSHIN KARATE



Karate klub “Elka” djelovao je od 1983. go-dine na području grada Zagreba, a osni-

vanje su podržali sindikat i Omladinska or-ganizacija tvornice električnih kabela “Elka”. Od osnutka, klub je djelovao pod stručnim vodstvom senseija Vladimira Šintića, nosi-telja crnog pojasa 4. DAN, a pomoć u vođenju pružili su senpai Nikola Banjeglav 2. DAN, senpai Finka Mihalj 1. DAN, senpai Tomislav Nestić 1. KYU i senpai Kruno Straelar 1. KYU.

Za treninge su koristili mnoge sportske objekte. Od 1984. do 1986. godine vježbali su u tadašnjoj Saobraćajnoj školi pokraj Maksi-mirskog stadiona, no zbog Univerzijade taj su prostor morali napustiti te su nastavili vježbati u parku Maksimir i u različitim pomoćnim objektima na području općine Maksimir. Godine 1986. imali su oko 50 članova svih uzrasta. Sredinom devedesetih godina, zahvaljujući Mihaelu Jermanu, klub se napokon skrasio u sportskoj dvorani Os-novne škole A. G. Matoša, gdje djeluje i da-nas. Prelaskom u novi prostor porastao je i broj članova te je započet rad s djecom, što je bitno izmijenilo strukturu članstva.

Karate club “Elka” functions since 1983 in Zagreb, and was established with the

support of Trade Union and Youth Organiza-tion of the factory of electrical cables “Elka”. Since its foundation, the club operates un-der the expert guidance of sensei Vladimir Šintić, holder of black belt 4th DAN. Senpai Nikola Banjeglav 2nd DAN, senpai Finka Mi-halj 1st DAN, senpai Tomislav Nestić 1st KYU and senpai Krunoslav Strelar 1st KYU, helped managing the club.

After its foundation the club for years moved around within the sports facilities in the city. From 1984 till 1986 they trained in the former Traffic School near the Maksimir Stadium, but for the sake of the Universiade the club had to leave this space and contin-ued to train in the Maksimir Park and vari-ous ancillary facilities in the Municipality of Maksimir. In 1986 the club had up to 50 members of all ages. In the mid-nineties, thanks to Mr. Mihael Jerman, the club fi-nally settled in the sports hall of the Prima-ry School “A. G. Matoš”, where it still works today. After entering a new gym the mem-

Karate klub “Maksimir – Elka”Karate Club “Maksimir – Elka”



bership was renewed and the club started to work with children, which has significantly changed the membership structure.

Kyokushin Karate Club “Maksimir” came into existence by separating the children’s section of the Karate Club “Elka”, but in 2010 the two clubs have united their adminis-trations and are now operating under the name “Maksimir – Elka”. In total 566 mem-bers have passed through the club, many of whom have become very successful by participating in national and international competitions. Noteworthy are Dubravka Jugec’s silver medal in junior competition at the European Championship in 2002, Petra Radošević’s bronze medal in junior competi-tion at the European Championship in 2001 and Dora Stepanić’s bronze medal in the ca-det competition at the European Champion-ship in 2012.

The club has organized 18 international competitions for children and adolescents, some of which were in the calendar of the European Karate Organization – “Kiki Cup”, “Christmas Kyokushin Karate Cup” and “Elka Christmas Kyokushin Cup”. •

Karate klub “Maksimir” nastao je izdva-janjem dječje sekcije iz Karate kluba “Elka”, a kad su 2010. godine dva kluba objedinila up-rave, počeli su djelovati pod novim imenom “Maksimir – Elka”. Klubom je prošlo 566 članova, od kojih su mnogi bili vrlo uspješni, sudjelujući na domaćim i međunarodnim natjecanjima. Od ostvarenih rezultata valja istaknuti srebrnu medalju Dubravke Jugec u juniorskoj konkurenciji na Europskom prvenstvu 2002. godine, brončanu medalju Petre Radošević u junorskoj konkurenciji na Europskom prvenstvu 2001. godine, te brončanu medalju Dore Stepanić u kadet-skoj konkurenciji na Europskom prvenstvu 2012. godine.

Klub je organizirao i održao 18 međuna-rodnih natjecanja za djecu i mladež, od ko-jih su neki bili i u kalendaru Europske ka-rate organizacije, i to: “Kiki kup”, “Božićni kyokushin karate kup” i “Elka božićni kyo-kushin pehar”.� •


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GLAVNI TRENER / HEAD COACH SHIHAN VLADIMIR ŠINTIĆ, 5. DAN



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Karate klub “Croatia” Zadar registriran je 17. listopada 1990. godine, odmah potom

postao je član karate saveza bivše države, a prvi javni nastup bio je na prvenstvu Dal-macije s dva seniorska natjecatelja.

Pogoršavanje političke situacije u zemlji i prvi napadi agresora na Zadar i Hrvatsku prekinuli su rad kluba. Vodstvo se uključilo u obranu zemlje, jedni u policijske postrojbe, a drugi u ZNG. Tijekom ratnih zbivanja dva su člana teško ranjena. Smirivanjem ratnih okolnosti, 1993. godine ponovno su aktivirali klub. Prvotno su trenirali u dvoranama za-darskih osnovnih i srednjih škola, a 1997. go-dine Grad Zadar im je ustupio na korištenje prostor u bivšoj vojarni, u kojem klub dje-luje i danas. Stil karatea koji su vježbali bio je shotokan, a njihov glavni trener Hrvoje Mikecin trenirao je od 1976. godine i ima 1. DAN iz tog stila.

Hrvoje Mikecin je 1994. godine upoznao člana Karate kluba “Mladost” Samobor Vla-dimira Sekelja, koji je Zadranima predstavio kyokushin, a oni su s oduševljenjem prihva-tili taj novi stil karatea. Trebalo je prijeći iz

Karate Club “Croatia” Zadar was regis-tered on 17th October 1990 and imme-

diately it joined the Karate Federation of former Yugoslavia. Club’s first public perfor-mance was at the Championship of Dalma-tia with two senior competitors.

The deterioration of the political situation in the country and the first aggressor’s at-tacks on Zadar and Croatia suspended the functioning of the club. The club leadership became involved in the defense of the coun-try, some in the Police Forces, and others in the Croatian National Guard. Two of its members were seriously wounded dur-ing the Homeland War. By the cessation of the war circumstances, in 1993 the club re-activated its activities. At first the trainings were held within the sports halls of local primary and secondary schools, and in 1997 the City of Zadar ceded the club the space in the former barracks, where the club still works today. A style of karate they practiced was shotokan, and the head coach Hrvoje Mikecin, training since 1976, has the black belt 1st DAN in that style.

Karate klub “Croatia” ZadarKarate Club “Croatia” Zadar



In 1994 Hrvoje Mikecin met a member of Karate Club “Mladost” Samobor Vladimir Sekelj, who presented kyokushin to Zadar’s club members, and they have enthusiastical-ly accepted the new style of karate. However, it took a transitional period to adjust and adapt from the no-contact karate to the full-contact karate. When the opportunity arose Hrvoje Mikecin travelled to Samobor to visit the Karate Club “Mladost”, where he met the leadership of the club and the club’s head coach, then sempai, Milan Garašić, and de-cided to train kyokushin. That same year the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Organization (CKKA) was created, and the club became part of it. Their head coach had to re-educate, because the approach, the terminology and the specific techniques weren’t the same as in the shotokan style. He started from scratch, participating at the joint winter and summer kyokushin karate camps organized by the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Associa-tion, occasionally joining the training in the Samobor’s club “Mladost”, and concurrently passing exams from the white belt onwards. At the same time, club members promoted kyokushin karate in Zadar, and held the first seminar, as well as organized first belt ex-ams under the leadership of sempais Milan Garašić and Ivan Bezjak. The club also en-tered the CKKA’s competition system, where their competitors have won medals. It was then necessary to finish the whole circle, and in 2007 at the Croatian Olympic Acad-emy Hrvoje Mikecin passed the official exam for the karate coach, and the next year the exam for the title of the master of kyokushin karate – shodan (1st DAN).

The club is still active within the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association (CKKS), and is also a member of the Croatian Karate Union (CKU), an umbrella karate organization in Croatia. •

beskontaktnog u kontaktni karate i prila-goditi mu se. Prvom prilikom Hrvoje Mike-cin je otputovao u Samobor, u posjet Karate klubu “Mladost”, gdje je upoznao vodstvo kluba i glavnog trenera, tadašnjeg sempaija Milana Garašića, te je odlučio trenirati kyo-kushin. Iste je godine osnovana Hrvatska kyokushin karate organizacija, kojoj je pris-tupio i zadarski klub. Njihov se trener trebao educirati o kyokushinu, jer pristup i termi-nologija te određene tehnike nisu bili isti kao u shotokan stilu, te je krenuo ispočetka. Odlazio je na zajedničke zimske i ljetne škole kyokushin karatea u organizaciji Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza, a povremeno i na treninge u samoborsku “Mladost”, te je po-lagao ispite od bijelog pojasa pa nadalje. Is-tovremeno su članovi kluba promovirali kyokushin karate u Zadru te je održan i prvi seminar, kao i ispit, pod vodstvom tadašnjih sempaija Milana Garašića i Ivana Bezjaka. Klub je ušao u sustav natjecanja HKKS-a, pa su i njihovi članovi osvajali odličja. Trebalo je zaokružiti cjelinu, pa je na Hrvatskoj olimpij- skoj akademiji 2007. godine Hrvoje Mikecin položio ispit za zvanje trener karatea, a iduće godine za zvanje majstor kyokushin karatea – shodan (1. DAN).

Klub i dalje djeluje u Hrvatskom kyoku-shin karate savezu, a član je i Hrvatskog karate saveza, krovne karate organizacije u Republici Hrvatskoj. •


ADRESA / ADDRESS PUT STANOVA 3, 23000 ZADAR

GLAVNI TRENER / HEAD COACH SENPAI HRVOJE MIKECIN, 1. DAN






Kyokushin karate klub “Moslavina” os-novan je 1999. godine, njime je do danas

prošlo oko 300 članova, a trenutačno ih je 45 svih uzrasta. Sudjeluju na natjecanji-ma Hrvatskog kyokushin karate saveza, a i članovi su Hrvatskog karate saveza. Vježbaju u četiri termina u prostoru Športskog centra “Kutina”.

Klub je do 2001. vodio senpai Ivan Pelegrin 1. DAN, tijekom 2002. senpai Nikola Banje-glav 2. DAN i senpai Krunoslav Garašić 2. DAN, a od jeseni 2002. vodi ga sensei Vladi-mir Šintić 4. DAN. Također, uživaju svesrdnu pomoć senpaija Pave Turkalja 1. DAN. Iz re-dova kluba Mladen Sinkić prvi je član koji je položio ispit za crni pojas 1. DAN.

Tijekom posljednjih pet godina klub je bio domaćin pet natjecanja – tri “Kupa Kutine” i dva “Pehara Kutine”, koji se boduju za Prven-stvo Hrvatske u kyokushin karateu.

Dulji niz godina klub zauzima treće mjesto na ljestvici klubova HKKS-a. U sezo-ni 2010./2011. bili su prvaci Hrvatske, a 2011./2012. na Prvenstvu Hrvatske zauzeli su 2. mjesto te su 2012. bili drugoplasirani na

Kyokushin Karate Club “Moslavina” was founded in 1999. About 300 members

have passed through the club since then, and currently there are 45 members of all ages. They compete in competitions of Croa-tian Kyokushin Karate Association (CKKA), and the club is also a member of the Croa-tian Karate Union (CKU). Club members train in four weekly training sessions within the sports hall of the Sports Center “Kutina”.

Up to 2001 the club was led by senpai Ivan Pelegrin 1st DAN, during the 2002 by senpai Nikola Banjeglav 2nd DAN and senpai Kruno-slav Garašić 2nd DAN, and from autumn of 2002 by sensei Vladimir Šintić 4th DAN. Also, the club has the wholehearted support of the senpai Pavo Turkalj 1st DAN. As for the mem-bers of the club, Mladen Sinkić was the first to pass the exam for black belt 1st DAN.

In the last five years the club hosted five tournaments under the names “Cup of Ku-tina” and “Trophy of Kutina”, which were organized within the system of the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Championship.

For a number of years now the club holds

Kyokushin karate klub “Moslavina”Kyokushin Karate Club “Moslavina”



the 3rd place in the rankings of CKKA’s clubs. In season 2010/11 the club was a Croatian champion, and in 2011/12 it won 2nd place in the Croatian Championship. Also, in 2012 club members were runner-ups in the Croa-tian Championship in katas. Noteworthy are Ivana Lončarević’s bronze medal in junior competition at the European Champion-ship in 2003 and Kristina Kojundžić’s bronze medals in junior competition at the Europe-an Championships in 2006 and 2007.

In addition to the competition, the club also organizes one-day exercise events with socializing for all CKKA members. It should be noted as well that club members par-ticipated in the series of presentations of kyokushin karate skills and helped charity events of other clubs, and in order to give a symbolic support to Japan after the earth-quake and tsunami disaster, they have made a Japanese flag which was assembled from a 1,000 origami cranes.

KKC “Moslavina” especially wants to thank Mr. Ivan Majstrović, the owner of the company Turbomehanika d.o.o., for the wholehearted support he gives the club, since without his help during the period from 2003 till 2009, the club would not have survived. •

Prvenstvu Hrvatske u katama. Najzapaženije rezultate postigle su Ivana Lončarević osvojivši brončanu medalju u juniorskoj konkurenciji na Europskom prvenstvu 2003. godine i Kristina Kojundžić osvojivši brončane medalje u juniorskoj konkurenciji na Europskim prvenstvima 2006. i 2007. go-dine.

Osim natjecanja, klub redovito organizira i jednodnevna vježbanja s druženjima za sve članove HKKS-a. Valja istaknuti da su članovi kluba sudjelovali i u nizu demon-stracija kyokushin karate vještine, pomagali su i u dobrotvornim akcijama drugih klubo-va, a kao simboličnu pomoć Japanu, nakon katastrofalnog potresa i tsunamija, izradili su japansku zastavu sastavivši je od 1000 origami ždralova.

KKK “Moslavina” se želi posebno zah-valiti Ivanu Majstroviću, vlasniku tvrtke Turbomehanika d.o.o., na svesrdnoj pomoći koju pruža klubu, koji bez njegove potpore od 2003. do 2009. godine ne bi opstao. •


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GLAVNI TRENER / HEAD COACH SHIHAN VLADIMIR ŠINTIĆ, 5. DAN



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Skraćeno nazvan i poznatiji pod imenom Karate klub “AIK”, osnovan je 2001. go-

dine u Varaždinskim Toplicama. Po povrat-ku sa studija u Zagrebu, a na poticaj kolege Davora Kramara, klub je osnovao Saša Josip Milec, koji je trener i predsjednik kluba od osnutka do danas. Klub prakticira goju ryu stil karatea, no kako su postojala samo dva kluba toga stila u Hrvatskoj, učlanio se u Hrvatski kyokushin karate savez, u čijem radu aktivno sudjeluje odlaskom na domaće i međunarodne turnire, te organizira turnir pod nazivom “Aquae Iasae cup” koji se bodu-je za Prvenstvo Hrvatske.

Od početka djelovanja kluba u njemu su aktivne sadašnje pomoćne trenerice Sanja-na Milošević i Marinela Belavić, obje crni pojas 1. DAN, koje sudjeluju i na Memorijalu Branka Bošnjaka. Niz godina natjecatelji su stjecali iskustvo na turnirima, a Marinela Belavić je i prva članica kluba koja je bila seniorska prvakinja Hrvatske. Klub je u međuvremenu postigao zapažene rezultate

Better known by its acronym, Karate Club “AIK” was founded in 2001 in

Varaždinske Toplice. The founder of the club was Saša Josip Milec, who is also a coach and club president. Having returned from his studies in Zagreb, he initiated the venture encouraged by his colleague Davor Kramar. The club practices goju ryu style of karate, but since there are only two clubs in the country that practice that style, it joined the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association (CKKA) in whose activities the club actively participates by going to the national and in-ternational tournaments. The club itself or-ganizes a tournament called “Aquae Iasae Cup”, which is being rated for the Croatian Championship.

Current assistant coaches Sanjana Milo-šević and Marinela Belavić, both black belts 1st DAN, have been active within the club since the beginning. During the years com-petitors have gained more and more experi-ence in tournaments and Marinela Belavić

Karate klub “Antun i Ivan Kukuljević”Karate Club “Antun and Ivan Kukuljević”




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STIL / STYLE GOJU RYU KARATE

became the first member of the club who was senior Croatian champion. Meanwhile, the club achieves outstanding results at na-tional and international competitions, and has several Croatian champions in fights and katas. A series of good results as well as the successful gathering of children and young people has been recognized by the City of Varaždinske Toplice, where the club was de-clared the best sports collective in 2011 and 2012. Furthermore, our members were de-clared the best athletes in the town – Mark Horžić the best male athlete in 2011 and 2012, and Jana Huzjak the best female athlete in 2012.

The club members train in three two hours long training sessions per week, and regu-larly participate in seminars held by Japa-nese instructors in Croatia and abroad. The club has generally about 50 members of all ages, from children to seniors. Highest belts are sensei Saša Josip Milec 4th DAN, Marinela Belavić and Sanjana Milošević both 1st DAN, and Mladen Maltarski 1st KYU. In addition to training, the club organizes various events where its members get together and social-ize outside the sports hall. •

na domaćim i međunarodnim natjecanji-ma, a dao je i nekoliko prvaka Hrvatske u borbama i katama. Niz dobrih rezultata i uspješno okupljanje djece i mladih pre-poznato je i u gradu Varaždinske Toplice, u kojem je klub proglašen najboljim sportskim kolektivom za 2011. i 2012. godinu. Također su imali najbolje sportaše grada, Marka Horžića 2011. i 2012. godine, a Janu Huzjak 2012. godine.

U klubu se trenira tri puta tjedno po dva sata, a članovi redovito sudjeluju na semi-narima japanskih instruktora u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu. Klub ima oko 50 članova svih uzrasta, od djece do seniora. Najviši pojasevi su sensei Saša Josip Milec, 4. DAN, Marine-la Belavić i Sanjana Milošević, obje 1. DAN, te Mladen Maltarski, 1. KYU. Uz treninge, za svoje članove klub organizira i razna događanja na kojima se zajedno druže i iz-van dvorane. •



Karate klub “Sosai” počeo je s radom u studenome 2007. godine kao podružnica

Karate kluba “Mladost” Samobor, pod vod-stvom senpaija Krunoslava Garašića. Prvi treninzi održavali su se u dvorani u sklopu Doma sportova, a već tada su se u rad kluba uključile Dunja Mandić i Dubravka Dekanić uz pomoć senpaija Damira Sinkovića, ubr-zo potom i Stela Oroz te Ivana Lončarević, a u rujnu 2008. pridružila im se i Kristina Kojundžić, kasnije najtrofejnija klupska natjecateljica.

Nakon početnih problema i promjena nekoliko dvorana za vježbanje, klub je u

Karate Club “Sosai” opened its doors in November 2007 as a branch of the

Samobor’s Karate Club “Mladost”, and it was led by senpai Krunoslav Garašić. The first training sessions were held within the sports hall in Zagreb’s “Dom sportova”. From the very beginning, Dunja Mandić and Dubravka Dekanić, with the help of senpai Damir Sinković, were included in the club’s functioning, and they were soon followed by Stela Oroz and Ivana Lončarević. In Septem-ber of 2008 Kristina Kojundžić joined them, later becoming the club’s most trophied competitor.

Karate klub “Sosai”Karate Club “Sosai”




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After initial problems which led to chang-ing a few sports halls, club managed to redesign the space of the old bowling al-ley into the dojo, placed within the Home for Aged and Infirm Persons, and in No-vember 2011 has finally moved into its own space, where it operates till today. Over the years, the club grew and developed and now has 70 members in three different age groups. Although a relatively young club, its members participate and win numerous medals at competitions within the system of the Croatian Championship, as well as at many international tournaments. For years, members of the club have participated in the European Championships, where the most successful competitor was Kristina Kojundžić, who won silver medal in 2010 and bronze medals in 2011 and 2012 at the Euro-pean Championship for competitors under 22 years (U22). •

sklopu Doma za starije i nemoćne osobe preuredio prostor zapuštene stare kuglanu u dojo te se u studenome 2011. napokon pre-selio u svoj prostor, gdje i danas uspješno djeluje.

Tijekom godina klub se razvijao i rastao te danas ima 70-ak članova u tri različite dobne skupine. Iako je relativno mlad, njegovi članovi i članice nastupaju i osvajaju broj-ne medalje na natjecanjima za Prvenstvo Hrvatske te na mnogim međunarodnim turnirima. Već godinama članovi kluba sudjeluju na europskim prvenstvima, na kojima je dosad najuspješnija bila Kristina Kojundžić osvojivši 2010. godine srebrnu medalju, a 2011. i 2012. godine brončane medalje na Europskom prvenstvu za natjecatelje do 22 godine (U22). •



Karate klub “Tensho” Novi Vinodolski djeluje pet godina. U studenome 2011.

godine održana je prva skupština na kojoj je izabrano ime kluba – Tensho. Za predsjed-nika kluba tada je izabran Zoran Tomić, a voditelj i trener postao je senpai Kristijan Lončarić.

U siječnju 2012. godine klub je postao pridruženi član Hrvatskog kyokushin ka-rate saveza (HKKS) i od tada njegovi članovi nastupaju na natjecanjima koja organiziraju klubovi članovi HKKS-a. •

Karate Club “Tensho” Novi Vinodolski op-erates for five years. The club’s first as-

sembly was held in November 2011 and the name of the club – Tensho – was chosen. Also, Zoran Tomić was elected as the club president, and senpai Kristijan Lončarić be-came a manager and a coach.

In January 2012 the club became an as-sociate member of the Croatian Kyokushin Karate Association (CKKA) and since then the club members participate at the events organized by CKKA’s clubs. •

Karate klub “Tensho” Novi VinodolskiKarate Club “Tensho” Novi Vinodolski


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Društvo za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” SamoborSociety for Sports Recreation “Sport for all” Samobor


Društvo za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor Society for Sports Recreation “Sport for all” Samobor

Tradicija sportske rekreacije u Samoboru njeguje se dulje od sto godina, a sve je

počelo osnivanjem “Hrvatskog sokola” 1904. godine. Nakon 2. svjetskog rata njegov su rad nastavili redom: Fiskulturno društvo “Samobor”, Gimnastičko društvo za tjele-sni odgoj, Gimnastičko društvo “Partizan” te kasnije Društvo za sportsku rekreaciju “Partizan” Samobor. Savez za sportsku rek-reaciju “Samobor” utemeljen je 1981. godine, a objedinio je rad Društava za sportsku rek-reaciju “Partizan” iz Samobora i Bregane te više od dvadeset sekcija za sportsku rek-reaciju u tadašnjim mjesnim zajednicama i radnim organizacijama. Od 1990. godine skrb o sportskoj rekreaciji u Samoboru vodi Društvo za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor.

Svoju djelatnost društvo temelji na sport-skoj rekreaciji svih dobnih skupina – od djece predškolske dobi do odraslih oso-ba, a odnedavno se provodi i vježbanje za osobe s invaliditetom. Važno je istaknuti

T he tradition of sports recreation in Samobor has carried on for more than

a century, and the establishment of “Hrva-tski sokol” in 1904 is regarded as its starting point. After the World War II, its work con-tinued through the Society for Physical Cul-ture “Samobor”, the Gymnastics Society for Physical Education, the Gymnastics Society “Partizan”, and at a later period the Society for Sports Recreation “Partizan” Samobor. Association for Sports Recreation “Samobor” was founded in 1981 and it incorporated the work of the Societies for Sports Recreation “Partizan” from Samobor and Bregana, as well as more than twenty sections for sports recreation in the then local communities and work organizations. After 1990 the Soci-ety for Sports Recreation (SSR) “Sport for All” Samobor takes care of sports recreation in Samobor.

SSR “Sports for All” Samobor’s activity is based on the sports recreation for peo-ple of all ages - from preschool children to

Vježbačka grupa pod vodstvom Đurđe Vuković/Training group led by Đurđa Vuković

Pješački pohod, Oštrc, 2010./Pedestrian hike, Oštrc, 2010

Aerobik grupa pod vodstvom Diane Trčak Regović/Aerobic group led by Diana Trčak Regović


Društvo za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor Society for Sports Recreation “Sport for all” Samobor

i velik angažman žena različitih dobnih skupina, a tijekom posljednjih trideset go-dina u različitim vježbačkim skupinama i aktivnostima sudjelovalo ih je više od 350. Najpoznatija aktivnost DŠR-a su pješački pohodi u Samoborsko gorje koji pod geslom “U susret zdravlju” već desetljećima neko-liko puta godišnje okupljaju brojne građane Samobora i okolice.

Dugogodišnji predsjednik Društva za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor je Ivan Bezjak, a velik doprinos radu društva dali su i Josip Leopold, Radislav Aleksić i pokojni prof. Slavko Rudolf. Voditeljice stručnog vježbanja sa ženama su Đurđa Vuković i Diana Trčak Regović i desetljećima su nositeljice ukupnih aktivnosti društva, kojima je osnovni cilj promicanje rekre-acije kao zdravog načina života. DŠR “Šport za sve” Samobor aktivni je član Hrvatskog saveza športske rekreacije “Šport za sve” i Samoborskog športskog saveza.

Društvo surađuje i s različitim sportskim organizacijama i klubovima na području Samobora, a najužu suradnju ostvaruje s Karate klubom “Mladost” Samobor, s kojim dugi niz godina dijeli i zajednički prostor za vježbanje. Predsjednik DŠR-a Ivan Bez-jak ujedno je i dugogodišnji član i trener KK “Mladost”, a članovi karate kluba redo-vito sudjeluju u svim aktivnostima društva, dok zauzvrat društvo pruža svekoliku pot-poru radu kluba. Njihova dugogodišnja uspješna suradnja predstavlja pravi primjer simbioze dviju sportskih organizacija koje zajedničkim radom i suradnjom mogu ost-variti i najzahtjevnije sportske ciljeve. •

adults, and since recently it also conducts programmes intended for people with dis-abilities. The engagement of women of dif-ferent age groups deserves a special empha-sis, along with the fact that more than 350 women have participated in various exercis-ing groups and recreational activities over the past thirty years. The SSR “Sports for All” most prominent activity is a pedestrian hike under the motto “Towards Health”, that has been organized for decades several times a year. These outings to the Samobor Moun-tains regularly attract many citizens of Samobor and its surroundings.

A long-time president of the Society for Sports Recreation “Sport for All” Samobor is Ivan Bezjak, while in the previous period a great contribution to the work of the society is owed to Josip Leopold, Radislav Aleksić and the late professor Slavko Rudolf. Leaders of professional practice with women are Đurđa Vuković and Diana Trčak Regović, who were for decades the carriers of the overall soci-ety’s activities in order to advance and pro-mote recreation as a healthy lifestyle. SSR “Sport for All” Samobor is an active member of the Croatian Federation for Sports Recre-ation “Sport for All” and the Samobor Sports Association.

Society for Sport Recreation “Sport for All” Samobor cooperates with various sports or-ganizations and clubs in Samobor area, and there is a particular spirit of close coopera-tion with the Karate Club “Mladost” Samo-bor. The two organizations have been sharing a common space for exercise for many years, and SSR’s president Ivan Bezjak is also a long-time member and coach of KC “Mladost. In addition the karate club members regularly participate in all of the society’s activities, while in return the society offers compre-hensive support to the work of the club. Their long and successful cooperation is a true example of symbiosis of the two sports or-ganizations as well as of the ways in which working together can bring even the most demanding sports goals to achievement. •

Ivan Bezjak, Slavko Rudolf, Diana Trčak Regović, Kristina Khos, Damir Sinković; pješački pohod, Oštrc, 2005./ pedestrian hike, Oštrc, 2005


PogovorAfterword

Dragi moji kumovi!Ovaj pogovor pišem svima vama – mojim kumovima, kumovima Bošnjak, kumovima Deščak, ku-

movima Fuš, kumovima Drmić, svim obiteljima naših poginulih u Domovinskom ratu – onim je-dinim pravim kumovima koji su žrtvom svojih sinova, braće, očeva, istinski kumovi nama živima i svima koji žive današnju Hrvatsku.

Možda će naša djeca ili djeca naših poznanika, susjeda, rodbine imati vremena uzeti u ruku ovu knjigu i malo stati i razmisliti o ljudima koji nisu bili nimalo drugačiji od njih, ali u vremenu rata su bili stup nas svih – naša stijena.

A Branko je bio naša stijena, nekako je uvijek našao načina da i u najbezizglednijim situacijama nađe riječ koja je bila dovoljna da se baš svatko sjeti zašto je specijalac i zašto je u ratu i zašto baš sada, kada netko puca na njega i kada ga je i strah, sve to treba ostaviti negdje iza sebe, jer postoji zajednički cilj – obraniti svoj dom i svoje najmilije.

Branko nije bio pričljiva osoba, ali je svaka riječ imala svoje mjesto, a svaki potez svoj smisao. Bio je čovjek svog naroda i čovjek svoje obitelji, tradicionalnog odgoja, ali oslobođen bilo kakvih iluzija i demagogija. Bio je britak prema onima koji su prodavali smiješne floskule prepisane iz političkih rječnika komunizma, ali još britkiji prema onima koji su svoje pravo na poziciju i napredovanje skri-vali iza “novogovora” i pripadnosti novim političkim strankama u koje su svi nemilice hrlili.

Volio sam ga kao prijatelja zbog te britkosti kojom je jednako ismijavao i sve bivše i sve buduće, jer je znao da u poslu kojim se bavimo ne vrijedi ni fakultet, a još manje “strančarenje”, jer su za naš posao, posao ratnog specijalca MUP-a RH, trebale hrabrost i srce.

Branko je i hrabrosti i srca imao za sve nas, bio je generator ljudske upornosti, znao je dovoditi druge do krajnjih granica fizičke izdržljivosti i kada bi svi već pomislili da su na kraju, na rubu snage, znao je izvući iz njih nešto što ni sami nisu znali da imaju u sebi.

Kao sportaš – karatista, imao je disciplinu treninga koju je prenosio na druge, ali je i kao sportaš znao da se poslovica “važno je sudjelovati” nije odnosila na posao i vrijeme u kojem smo radili – bilo je bitno pobijediti.

Za tu je pobjedu imao sve vrijeme ovoga svijeta, nije ga žalio, ni na obuci, ni na terenu, ni u pripremi akcije, ni u policijskoj ili vojnoj akciji, uvijek je bio tu – najviše za nas, a najmanje za sebe i, kako to obično biva, za svoje najmilije.

Znali smo često razgovarati kako je čudno da po noći odlazimo, po noći se vraćamo, svaki put netko ostane iza nas, a grad Zagreb, njegov Samobor kojeg je jedino od Klokočevca manje volio, svaki put kad bismo se vraćali s terena ili akcije, bili su sve bolji i blistaviji.

Nekako je sve imalo smisla kad se vidjelo kako je osamostaljenje naše države počelo davati rezul-tate, nekako je sve izgledalo ljepše i bolje, ili nam se samo tako činilo nakon povratka s ratišta.

Imali smo neke svoje ciljeve u ne tako davno doba, ratno doba za koje danas ne nalazimo prave riječi, no, vjerujte, bili smo stvarno na ponos svih svojih i svih vas.

Ti ciljevi su bili puno jednostavniji od onih koje danas možete čuti od ljudi koji se bave politikom i koji drže teške motivirajuće govore. Cilj je bio sačuvati svoje ljude, paziti na njih, učiniti sve za njih da izvrše svoju zadaću ratnog specijalca.

Branko je u tome bio najbolji, odlučan i hrabar, a pravedan i brižan, ne samo za svoj – V. vod, već za sve nas.

To su bili jasni ciljevi ratnika, a koje smo ciljeve imali kao ljudi? I ti su ciljevi bili jednostavni – vodi-ti svoje obitelji onako kako su nas učili roditelji, raditi i stvarati te uživati u onom što se zaslužilo, a ne u tuđem i u nezarađenom, veseliti se sa svojima, gledati kako djeca rastu, kako postaju ljudi, imati iza sebe svoju djecu kojoj ćemo omogućiti da na pošten način imaju više i bolje nego što smo mi imali kao djeca... Imati i zaslužiti – to smo htjeli za sebe i svoje, to je Branko htio i bio na putu ostvariti.


PogovorAfterword

Teško je pisati o mom najgorem danu u životu, no kada su me zamolili da napišem pogovor ili nešto općenito o Branku, znao sam da će i to biti nezaobilazan dio priče. To je dan njegovog stradavanja, najgori dan u mom životu, dan odlaska moga prijatelja, moga kuma, moga ljudskog uzora... Da, i ja sam bio jedan od mnogih u našoj jedinici koji su htjeli biti poput njega.

Čekao sam da se Branko vrati, već sam bio i pomalo ljut, jer su svi već stigli u bazu po povratku s dubrovačkog ratišta, a njega još nije bilo, no ubrzo je zazvonio telefon... Stjepan Sučić je nekako uspio doći do telefona, izvukao se iz tog nesretnog kanala, ispod autoputa, na nesretnom 12. kilometru autoputa.

Svega 12 kilometara je trebalo da Branko i Kruno stignu svojim obiteljima, svega 12 kilometara je trebalo da se vrate sigurno u svoju bazu.

Svega 12 kilometara je trebalo da ne zakucam na vrata obitelji koju sam volio kao svoju i da im ne kažem da Branka više nema. Nije bilo druge, bio sam mu prijatelj i kum, ali i zapovjednik jedinice, morao sam Brankovoj obitelji reći što se dogodilo.

To je bilo jedino što njegovi dečki nisu bili u stanju učiniti. Nitko nije mogao ući pod krov pod kojim smo toliko puta bili na bakinom bažulu, špeku i češnjovki, pod kojim je bilo uvijek mjesta za sve i pod kojim se uvijek veselilo. Nitko nije želio ući i izreći tužnu vijest.

Ne samo krov, činilo se da se cijelo nebo sručilo na nas nekoliko kad sam baki Bošnjak i tada trudnoj Ljiljani rekao da Branka više nema. Josipa je bila premala da bi shvatila što se zbiva, a ograda oko kuće ubrzo je postala premala za sve nas koji smo tamo plakali – obitelj, mi specijalci, brojni susjedi koji su se brzo okupili na toj najtužnijoj ogradi na svijetu.

Bio je to moj najtužniji dan u životu, za Bošnjake još tužniji, za kolege i prijatelje dan koji se nije smio dogoditi, a za njegove Ljiljanu, Josipu i Branka..., samo oni znaju kako je živjeti bez Branka.

No, moraju znati i to da su svih ovih godina poslije Brankove pogibije ostali jednaki njemu, odani dobrim, dragim obiteljskim vrijednostima i uspomeni na oca koji je u ono naše teško ratno vrijeme bio VELIK ČOVJEK, velik za sve nas i svakim danom sve veći i veći zbog te njegove ljudske topline i velike duše.

Neizmjerno sam zahvalan obitelji Bošnjak koja uspomenu na našeg Branka tako lijepo čuva, te se nadam da sam i ja malim dijelom zaslužan zajedno s mnogim prijateljima koji su Branku digli spome-nik kakav bi vjerojatno i sam Branko poželio – Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka.

Mladi sportaši iz cijele Europe i svijeta dolaze u Samobor na taj međunarodni karate turnir, natječu se, sportski se bore, druže, pjevaju i smiju, a naš Branko može biti zadovoljan sportskim epitafom koji se njemu u spomen iz godine u godinu piše.

Tada se nađemo i prisjetimo brojnih zgoda, sjetimo se vremena koje je bilo okrutno, ali koje je imalo smisla, ne pričamo o svakodnevici koja je takva kakva je, daleko ispod nekih naših očekivanja, ali zato ne damo da naše vrijeme, Brankovo vrijeme, izblijedi.

Svatko tko pročita ovu knjigu neka zna da je Branko Bošnjak bio običan čovjek s neobično čvrstim stavom i sa svoje dvije obitelji – obitelj Bošnjak i obitelj “Alfa”. Jednako je volio obje obitelji i obje su obitelji tužne što ga više nema.

Obje obitelji, obitelj Bošnjak i obitelj Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa”, pišu ovu knjigu njemu u spomen, kao i u spomen svim drugim hrvatskim braniteljima koji su podnijeli žrtvu za našu voljenu Hrvatsku.

neka im je vječna hvala i slava!

Zoran Cvrk ratni zapovjednik Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa”


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My dear best men! I write this afterword to all of you - my best men, Bošnjak family, Deščak family, Fuš family, Drmić

family, to all the families of our fallen heros in the Homeland War – to the only true best men, who have, by sacrificing their sons, brothers, fathers, become best men to all of us still living today.

Maybe our children or the children of our acquaintances, neighbours, relatives will have time to take this book into their hands and stop a bit to think about the people who were no different from them, but in time of war were a pillar for us all – our rock.

And Branko was our rock, somehow, even in hopeless situations, he always seemed to find the right word that was enough for everyone to remember why they were members of Special Forces, why they were in a war and why now, when someone was shooting at them and when they were afraid, all that should be left somewhere behind, because there was a common goal – to defend your home and your loved ones.

Branko was not a talkative person, but his every word had its place and every move its meaning. He was a man of his people and a man of his family, raised up in a traditional way, but free of any il-lusions and demagogy. He was brisk to those who tried to sell ridiculous platitudes copied from the political vocabulary of communism, but even more brisk to those who thought their entitlement to their position and advancement in the hierarchy should be based on their “new political discourse” and membership in new political parties to which everyone flocked.

I loved him as a friend for his briskness by which he equally mocked both all the former and future ones, because he knew that for our job formal education had no value and membership in political parties even less, because for our job, the job of the war member of Croatian Special Police Forces, you needed courage and heart.

Branko had both the courage and the heart for us all. He was a generator of human persistence, he used to bring others to the limits of their physical endurance and when everyone already thought they were on the verge of strength, he knew how to get from them something even they didn’t know was in them.

As an athlete – karateka, he had the discipline of training which he passed onto others, but also as an athlete he knew that the saying “it is important to participate” didn’t apply to the job and the time which we lived in - it was important to win.

In order to accomplish this victory he was prepared to invest all the time in the world, he did not regret any second, either in training or in the field, or during the preparation of the operation, or in a police or military action. He was always there – mostly for us, and the least for himself and, as it usually happens, for his loved ones.

Often we talked about how strange it was that we always left at night, and returned at night, every time leaving someone behind, and each time we returned from action, Zagreb, his Samobor, which he loved less only in comparison to Klokočevec, seemed better and brighter.

Somehow it all made sense when we saw that the independence of our country began to show results, somehow everything looked prettier and better, or maybe it just seemed that way to us after returning from the battlefield.

We had our goals not so long ago, during wartime, for which today we do not seem to find the right words, but, believe me, everyone could have been proud of us.

Those goals were much simpler than the ones you hear today from politicians giving heavy motiva-tional speeches. Our aim was to keep our men safe, take care of them, and do everything for them in order to carry out their tasks of war members of Special Forces.

When it comes to this Branko was the best, determined and brave, righteous and caring, not only for his 5th platoon, but for all of us.

These were the clear aims of warriors, but what were our personal goals? These goals were also simple – to raise our families as we were taught by our parents, to work and create, to enjoy what we’ve earned and not what is someone else’s or undeserved, to be happy with our families, to watch them grow and become men, to leave our children behind us and to offer them more and better than


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we had as kids... To have and to earn – that’s what we wanted for ourselves and for our families, that’s what Branko wanted and was on his way to accomplish.

It’s hard to write about the worst day of your life, but when they asked me to write this afterword or generally write about Branko, I knew this was inevitable. It was the day of his death, the worst day of my life, the day of departure of my friend, of my best man, my role-model... Yes, I was also one of many in our unit who wanted to be like him.

I waited for Branko to get back, and was already a bit angry that all the rest reached our base after returning from the battlefields of Dubrovnik, and he still hadn’t, but soon the phone rang... Stjepan Sučić somehow managed to get to the phone, he pulled himself out of that unfortunate canal, under the highway, the unfortunate 12th kilometre of the highway.

Only twelve kilometres stood between Branko and Kruno reaching their families, only twelve ki-lometres stood between them and the safe return to their base.

Only twelve kilometres stood between me not having to knock on the door of the family I loved as my own, and not having to tell them that Branko was gone. There was no other way, I was his friend and best man, but also the commander of the Unit, I had to tell Branko’s family what had happened.

That was the only thing his men were not able to do. No one was able to enter under the roof where we so often enjoyed Grandma’s beans, bacon and sausages, and where there was always enough room for everyone and always so much joy. No one wanted to come in and tell them the sad news.

Not only the roof, but the whole sky came crushing down on the couple of us when I told Grandma Bošnjak and then pregnant Ljiljana that Branko was gone. Josipa was too young to understand what was going on, and the fence around the house soon became too small for all of us there crying – fami-ly, we his colleagues, many neighbours who quickly gathered at that saddest fence in the whole world.

It was the saddest day of my life, even sadder for the Bošnjak family, for colleagues and friends. It was a day that was not supposed to happen, and for his Ljiljana, Josipa and Branko… only they know how it is to live without Branko.

However, they also need to know that during all these years after Branko’s death they remained the same as him, loyal to the good, to family values and to the memory of their father who was in those difficult times of war a GREAT MAN, great for all of us and becoming grater every day because of his human warmth and his beautiful soul.

I am infinitely grateful to the Bošnjak family for beautifully keeping the memory of our Branko, and I hope that I am in a small part also creditable along with many friends for giving Branko a kind of monument he would probably also have wanted for himself – The Branko Bošnjak Memorial.

Young athletes from all over Europe and the rest of the world come to Samobor to participate at the international karate tournament, to compete, fight as sportsmen, hang out with each other, sing and laugh, and our Branko can be pleased of this sporting epitaph which is written in his memory every year.

On this occasion we all get together and remember different stories, we remember the time that was cruel, but made sense, we don’t talk about everyday life, which is the way it is, a long way from our expectations, but for that reason we do not let our time, Branko’s time fade away.

Anyone who reads this book should know that Branko Bošnjak was an ordinary man with extraor-dinary firm believes and with two families – the Bošnjak family and the “Alpha” family. He equally loved both his families and both of his families are sad that he’s gone.

Both families, the Bošnjak family and the Special Police Unit “Alpha” family, wrote this book in his memory and in the memory of all other Croatian Homeland War defenders who made a sacrifice for our beloved Croatia.

Let them have our eternal thanks and praise!

Zoran Cvrk War Commander of the Special Police Unit “Alpha”


SadržajContents

PREDGOVOR ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7

UVOD ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 10

BRANKO BOŠNJAK – DA SE NE ZABORAVI / BRANKO BOŠNJAK NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN

SJEĆANJA NE BLIJEDE / MEMORIES DO NOT FADE Mirjanina priča / Mirjana´s story ............................................................................................................................................ 15Ljiljanina priča / Ljiljana´s story .............................................................................................................................................. 18

PRIJATELJI O BRANKU / FRIENDS ABOUT BRANKO Tomica Kos ........................................................................................................................................................................... 24Vladimir Sekelj ...................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Ivan Bezjak ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30

BRANKO I ALFE ŽIVE VJEČNO! / BRANKO AND THE ALPHAS LIVE FOREVER!Specijalna jedinica policije “Alfa” PU zagrebačke / Special Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb Police Department .................................... 32Hrvatski vitez Branko Bošnjak / Croatian knight Branko Bošnjak ............................................................................................ 41

BRAĆA PO ORUŽJU / BROTHERS IN ARMS Milijan Brkić .......................................................................................................................................................................... 52Stjepan Šantek .....................................................................................................................................................................54Dean Rostohar ...................................................................................................................................................................... 58Robert Koletić - Grba ............................................................................................................................................................ 62Robert Hasija ........................................................................................................................................................................64Goran Maretić - Paraga ......................................................................................................................................................... 66Dražen Hadžić ...................................................................................................................................................................... 68Dragutin Miklečić - Gec ........................................................................................................................................................ 69Robert Kučas ........................................................................................................................................................................ 70

MEMORIJALI 1995. – 2015. / MEMORIALS 1995 – 2015

Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / Branko Bošnjak Memorial ........................................................................................................ 74 1. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 1st Branko Bošnjak Memorial .............................................................................................. 75 2. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 2nd Branko Bošnjak Memorial ............................................................................................. 79 3. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 3rd Branko Bošnjak Memorial ............................................................................................. 83 4. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 4th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ............................................................................................. 87 5. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 5th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ............................................................................................. 91 6. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 6th Branko Bošnjak Memorial .............................................................................................96 7. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 7th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ........................................................................................... 100 8. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 8th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ........................................................................................... 105 9. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 9th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ............................................................................................11010. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 10th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ..........................................................................................11511. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 11th Branko Bošnjak Memorial .......................................................................................... 12112. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 12th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 12613. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 13th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 131 14. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 14th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 137 15. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 15th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 142 16. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 16th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 148 17. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 17th Branko Bošnjak Memorial .......................................................................................... 153 18. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 18th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 158 19. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 19th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 164 20. Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka / 20th Branko Bošnjak Memorial ......................................................................................... 169

PRIJATELJI MEMORIJALA / MEMORIAL’S FRIENDSKoen Sharrenberg ............................................................................................................................................................... 172Stjepan Čelan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 173Juro Horvat ......................................................................................................................................................................... 175

KARATE KLUB “MLADOST” SAMOBOR / KARATE CLUB “MLADOST” SAMOBOR ............................................... 177

HRVATSKI KYOKUSHIN KARATE SAVEZ / CROATIAN KYOKUSHIN KARATE ASSOCIATION ................................. 183

Kyokushin karate klub “Dugo Selo” / Kyokushin Karate Club “Dugo Selo” ............................................................................ 185 Karate klub “Maksimir – Elka” / Karate Club “Maksimir – Elka” ........................................................................................... 187 Karate klub “Croatia” Zadar / Karate Club “Croatia” Zadar ................................................................................................... 189Kyokushin karate klub “Moslavina” / Kyokushin Karate Club “Moslavina” ............................................................................. 191Karate klub “Antun i Ivan Kukuljević” / Karate Club “Antun and Ivan Kukuljević” ................................................................... 193Karate klub “Sosai” / Karate Club “Sosai” ........................................................................................................................... 195 Karate klub “Tensho” Novi Vinodolski / Karate Club “Tensho” Novi Vinodolski ..................................................................... 197

DRUŠTVO ZA ŠPORTSKU REKREACIJU “ŠPORT ZA SVE” SAMOBOR / SOCIETY FOR SPORTS RECREATION “SPORT FOR ALL” SAMOBOR ....................................................................................... 199

POGOVOR .........................................................................................................................................................................202 AFTERWORD ....................................................................................................................................................................204

IMPRESUM / IMPRESSUM .............................................................................................................................................207


ImpresumImpressum

nakladnik / PublisherKarate klub “Mladost” Samobor / Karate Club “Mladost” Samobor

sunakladnici / Co-publishersUdruga veterana Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa” Zagreb / Special Police Unit “Alpha” Veterans Association ZagrebDruštvo za športsku rekreaciju “Šport za sve” Samobor / Society for Sports Recreation “Sport for All” Samobor

Uredništvo / Editorial BoardMarija Alvir TrogrlićLjiljana Šurbek BošnjakKristina Khos

Suradnici / AssociatesRobert KoletićStjepan Milković

Fotografije / PhotographsArhiva KK “Mladost” Samobor / Photo archive of the KC “Mladost” SamoborGoran Jakobović, Nikola Banjeglav, Tomislav Brandt, Mario Kociper, Teo Miodragović, Ivan Suvalj, Goran ŠtefanekKnjiga “Alfe žive vječno!” – prilozi za ratni put Specijalne jedinice policije “Alfa” PU zagrebačke u Domovinskom ratu 1991.-1995. / Book “Alphas live forever!” - contributions to the war path of the Special Police Unit “Alpha” of Zagreb PD in the Homeland War 1991-1995

Prijevod / TranslationKristina Khos

oblikovanje / designcrnonabijelo, grafički studio / graphic studio

Lektura i korektura - hrvatski jezik / Copy editor - CroatianGordana Ivir

Lektura i korektura – engleski jezik / Copy editor - EnglishAna Kos

Tisak / PrintingAKD – Agencija za komercijalnu djelatnost d.o.o., zagreb

Naklada / number of Copies1000 primjeraka / copies

samobor, 2015.

ISBN: 978-953-58691-0-8

Monografija je izdana uz potporu Ministarstva branitelja, AKD – Agencije za komercijalnu djelatnost d.o.o., Grada Samobora, Grada Svete Nedelje, Zagrebačke županije, Privredne banke Zagreb d.d.Zahvaljujemo svima koji su pomogli u izradi i izdavanju monografije te se ujedno ispričavamo zbog mogućih pogrešaka i propusta.Karate klub “Mladost” Samobor također zahvaljuje svima onima koji su tijekom posljednjih dvadeset godina podržavali Memorijal Branka Bošnjaka i koji su pomagali u njegovoj organizaciji.

This monograph was published with the support of the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs, the AKD – Agencija za komercijalnu djelatnost d.o.o., the City of Samobor, the City of Sveta Nedelja, the Zagreb County, the Privredna banka Zagreb d.d.We thank everyone who helped in the preparation and publication of the monograph and also apologize for possible errors and omissions.Karate Club “Mladost” Samobor also thanks everyone who supported and helped in organizing the Branko Bošnjak Memorial during the past twenty years.

TIPOGRAFIJA / TYPOGRAPHYMARLENE PRO, AUDREE J

CIP zapis je dostupan u računalnome katalogu Nacionalne i sveučilišne

knjižnice u Zagrebu pod brojem 000912592.

CIP code available in the digital catalogue of the National and

University Library in Zagreb, under number 000912592


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