Andrzej Bryl
Born	(1957-06-30)30 June 1957 Cybinka, Poland
Died	24 February 2020(2020-02-24) (aged 62)[1] Włościejewki, Poland
Alma mater	European Security Academy
Occupation	Close Combat Expert

Andrzej Bryl (30 June 1957 – 24 February 2020) was a Polish doctor of social sciences, an international expert in the field of close combat, creator of the BAS-3 combat system and president of the ITF Polish Federation of Taekwondo.^[2]

Career

Bryl was born in Cybinka and graduated from the Academy of Physical Education in Wrocław (1979) and the Lomonosov Moscow State University (1985). He obtained a doctorate in sociology in 1990 at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Wrocław. From 1985 until 1992, he was a faculty member of the Academy of Physical Education in Wrocław.^[3] He was the first Pole to obtain the title of master in Taekwondo at the World Taekwondo Institute in Canada (he received a black belt from Choi Hong Hi, who is regarded by many as the creator of Taekwondo).^[4] He is also a 6th dan in the Philippines martial art Kalaki.^[5]

In 1985, Bryl created the BAS-3 close combat system for special units of the army and sub-units of the anti-terrorist police.^[6][7]

In 1989, in North Korea, he received the 3rd dan in Taekwondo.^[8] He was the long-time president of the ITF Polish Federation of Taekwondo.^[9] In 1992, Bryl founded the first Central and Eastern Europe professional Centre for Special Training (CST) for uniformed services and civilian security agencies.^[10]

In 2005, a book Zawodowiec based on his life and adventures was published.^[11]

In 2007, together with Jarosław Śliwka, he took part in the Trans-Siberian Extreme race from Moscow to Ulaanbaatar.^[12]

In 2008, he transformed CST into the European Security Academy and created the Delta Executive Protection personal protection team.^[13]

In 2010, together with former members of the Polish special forces, he conducted training for the bodyguards of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.^[14][15]

Death

Dr. Andrzej Bryl has died as a result of cancer on the 24 February 2020 in Włościejewki, Poland.

References

Bibliography

• *Andrzej Bryl, *Choi Jung Hwa (1990). Taekwon-do: koreańska sztuka samoobrony (in Polish). Wrocław. OCLC 749903453. Retrieved 2019-11-05. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Krzysztof Przepiórka, Dominik Rutkowski (2017). Szturman. Odważni żyją, ostrożni trwają (in Polish). Warszawa: Czerwone i Czarne. ISBN 9788377002964. OCLC 1010841589. Retrieved 2019-09-19.