Students, instructors and successors of the school

Over the decades of the school's work, several generations of students, instructors, coaches and heads of independent directions formed around Master Maken Isakov. Below is a consolidated directory of people connected to the school and its continuation.

Students of the "Ak Karkyra" school

23 names from the early generations

№	Name	Who they are / specialisation
1	Усенкан Исаков Usenkan Isakov	Five-time champion of Kyrgyzstan; qigong and taijiquan instructor; in the 2000s connected to the leadership of "Ak Karkyra" and an international foundation.
2	Михаил Баев Mikhail Baev	Direct student of Master Maken Isakov; received the Yang-style material from Maken Isakov; later a personal student of Liu Gaoming, a 5th-generation lineage holder; a tea master; worked as a sports instructor within the state security system.
3	Нурдоолот Рыспеков Nurdoolot Ryspekov	Black belt, 7th dan in karate; three-time world champion among veterans.
4	Андрей Баев Andrei Baev	Direct student of Master Maken Isakov; trained together with him under Liu Guanglai; later studied under Feng Zhiqiang; champion of the Yunnan taijiquan festival.
5	Байыш Орозов Baiysh Orozov	Master of the school; hand-to-hand combat instructor for a special forces unit.
6	Мирлан Тентимишев Mirlan Tentimishev	Black belt in Shotokan karate; medallist at a world championship in Japan; also a student of Innokenty An.
7	Анвар Хаметов Anvar Khametov	Karate instructor.
8	Захид Эргашев Zakhid Ergashev	Karate instructor in a pre-conscription youth training group.
9	Тажимамат Самиев Tazhimamat Samiev	Instructor in karate, qigong and wushu.
10	Жапарали Маатов Zhaparali Maatov	Master of the school; head of "Ak Karkyra" for Jalal-Abad region; a coach who trained karate and MMA champions and medallists; later head of the regional traditional wushu federation.
11	Азат Шайдуллаев Azat Shaidullaev	Kickboxing champion; kickboxing coach; based in the USA.
12	Тагай Омуржанов Tagai Omurzhanov	CIS kickboxing champion; president of the Wushu-Sanda Federation.
13	Бакыт Касымалиев Bakyt Kasymaliev	President of the Kickboxing Federation; multiple-time champion and medallist in kickboxing and sanda.
14	Эмиль Токтобаев Emil Toktobaev	President of the Baguazhang Federation.
15	Николай Корнеев Nikolai Korneev	Direct student of Master Maken Isakov; multiple-time hand-to-hand combat champion among KGB officers; later a commander in the "Alfa" unit of Russia's FSB; now retired.
16	Рыспек Назаров Ryspek Nazarov	Instructor in karate, qigong and wushu.
17	Медер (Бишкек) Meder (Bishkek)	Taijiquan and qigong instructor; founder of an original therapeutic massage method.
18	Нурасан Бакиров Nurasan Bakirov	Head of the "Nur Taiji" school; instructor in qigong, yoga and taijiquan.
19	Ильичбек Орозбаев Ilichbek Orozbaev	Instructor in qigong, taijiquan and therapeutic massage.
20	Акыл Абдрахманов Akyl Abdrakhmanov	Instructor in qigong and taijiquan; specialist in Chinese medicine.
21	Тилек Нарбаев Tilek Narbaev	Instructor in qigong, taijiquan and therapeutic massage.
22	Надырбек Абдумаликов Nadyrbek Abdumalikov	Instructor in qigong and taijiquan; therapeutic massage specialist; also studied under Meder Itibaev.
23	Мамат Кукаев Mamat Kukaev	Karate instructor for the Osh air squadron.

Other masters, coaches and successors

Lines that grew out of the school

Name	Role in the school's history
Аскар Орозалиев Askar Orozaliev	Senior master of the "Ak Karkyra" school.
Байыш Юнусов Baiysh Yunusov	Master of the "Ak Karkyra" school.
Кубанычбек Мамарайимов Kubanychbek Mamaraiymov	Coach at the Osh "Ak Karkyra" club; worked as a coach there for 17 years.
Медер Итибаев Meder Itibaev	Direct student of Master Maken Isakov; taijiquan instructor; studied taijiquan, qigong, Chinese massage and other practices under Maken Isakov; one of the leaders of "Ak Karkyra" by 2008.
Михаил Пастухов Mikhail Pastukhov	Student of Master Maken Isakov since 2000; Yang-style taijiquan; later independent teaching of qigong and taijiquan.
Сергей Роговой Sergei Rogovoy	Student since 1999; instructor since 2010; head and lead instructor of the Chelyabinsk "White Crane" in 2012–2014; studied Chanmigong, Hunyuan Gong, Yang 24/40/108, Hunyuan Chen 24/48, taiji-bang.
Валдас Наровски Valdas Narovski	Instructor of the "White Crane" school in health practice; part of Master Maken Isakov's student lineage. Studied Chanmigong, Hunyuan Gong, Hunyuan Chen 24, taiji-bang, the 38-form dao set. Valdas Narovski — personal website →
Азамат Чинасов Azamat Chinasov	Direct student of Master Maken Isakov since 2018; instructor of the "White Crane" school in health and martial practice. Studied Chanmigong, Hunyuan Gong levels 1, 2 and 3, Yang 24, Hunyuan Chen 24/38, taiji-bang, the 38-form dao set. Head of his own martial arts school teaching taijiquan, qigong, muay thai and Hakko Denshin Ryu jiu-jitsu.
Бакай Нурбеков Bakai Nurbekov	Second generation of the school; student of Meder Itibaev.
Саматбек Ибраев Samatbek Ibraev	Representative of the later federation line of "Ak Karkyra"; member of the "Ak Karkyra" Taijiquan Federation since 2012; later vice-president of the Taijiquan Federation.
Виктория Юрьева Viktoria Yurieva	Qigong and taijiquan instructor. Tyumen.
Дмитрий Шапарь Dmitri Shapar	Qigong and taijiquan instructor. Perm. Student of Master Maken Isakov and master Lu Chun.
Мария Павлова Maria Pavlova	Qigong and taijiquan instructor. Perm. Reiki master; hypnotherapist.

How the school's continuation is structured

Five directions in which the tradition lives on

Martial direction

Karate, hand-to-hand combat, kickboxing, sanda, MMA and athlete training.

Internal direction

Taijiquan, qigong, Hunyuan Gong, tuishou, work with attention and body structure.

Health direction

Qigong, breathing and relaxation practice, massage methods, movement work.

Regional continuation

Osh, Jalal-Abad, Bishkek, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Taganrog and other cities.

Instructor continuation

Master Maken Isakov's students went on to found their own groups, schools, federations and professional directions.

Want to see where the path begins?

The school's program is built as a sequential system — from the base level to the senior group.

School program

Students and masters of "Ak Karkyra"

Source: Maken Isakov's personal records.

Master Maken Isakov's Russian students

A list written personally by Maken Isakov.

Additional masters and successors

From the "Ak Karkyra" school archive.

Lineage map

Transmission line from Master Maken Isakov

Documented teacher→student connections as attested by Maken Isakov.

Макен ИсаковOsh, 1976 — founder of the "Ak Karkyra / White Crane" school

Students of multiple teachers

These students studied under Master Maken Isakov and continued with another master — both lineages are preserved.

Detailed registry with cards and filters

All 51 people with extended biographical notes, filterable by direction and geography.

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