Bodyguard and Security 2.pdf

IBSSA official publication 2006Honorary member Sándor OszterIBSSA regularly invites famous people whose honorarymembership increases the prestige of the organisation.Now we present a new member who is far fromcriminal investigation or defence responsibilities butcould even be a minister of interior or bodyguard commander.For Sándor OSZTER is an actor.‘There was a stuntman school in Budakesziwhere each morning began with us running upa hill with a sandbag on our neck twenty timesand when even our liver hurt from the strain westarted wall jumping. There was a gallery wallin the gym where we trained on which we hadto jump hanging on to the wall with our fingertips.Those who fell had to do another 50 pressups.(I was always among the first five to fall.)This was followed by riding practice. We had tojump on a running horse, for which you had totake the pace of the horse, get hold of the horse’smane and then pull yourself up with thedynamics of the horse. I was 28 years old whenI started it. It was a splendid school.’‘What do you still use from what youlearnt in the stuntman school?’‘Almost everything. There is a saying that ayoung twig bends but an old one breaks. Thosewho do not build their own base at a young agewill collapse from the burden later. I used to traintwo hours a day then, and I can still rely on thisbasis. If someone is born to a buffer, he only hasto learn to fall because everybody will kick him.But if someone is born to play huge, traditionalheroic roles, he must understand the historicalfighting methods, which required the base indicatedabove. Just think of Romeo and Juliet, containinghuge fending scenes, Hamlet, and I couldstill give you a long list. In addition, the currentaction films could not be performed withouttraining either. That’s why I learnt karate, judo;we trained with a sword and dagger and alsolearnt their medieval versions. On top of everything,we also had to practice riding tricks. Howwould I have performed the famous Hungarianoutlaw, Sándor Rózsa, without all these?’‘What about shooting?’‘I am still good at it.Recently there was a competitionorganised by ourselves,hunters. We had toaim at 150 m, had threeshots and I came first fromapproximately 50 hunters.’‘This clearly indicates that you arestrongly attracted to fighting sports andthe use of weapons. Is this where IBSSAenters the picture?’‘I am an honorary member of the organisation.It has been true ever since the world oftribes that the more someone is equipped in selfdefence,defence and attack, the better chancehe has to survive dangerous situations.’‘IBSSA has a rather good relationshipwith the Knight of Malta and recently youhave also joined the order. What does beinga knight mean to you?’‘I have always been interested in the history ofthe various knight orders, including the SovereignOrder of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights ofMalta, but I thought that it was only privilege ofthe few selected by birth to join them. A knightalways meant a warrior, fighting for a good reason.As long as this ideology existed, especiallyduring the wars on the Holy Land, kings wereeager to attract all knight orders so that theycould fight in their colours. This kind of activitycompletely stopped by the Eighteenth century.These days, during the period of advanced informationtechnology and super weapons a transformedknight order has entered the stage. Insteadof taking a sword and joining a war, a charity, ethicalassociation has developed. In my opinion theKnight Order is an organisation which is importantdiplomatically too, and is capable of manythings. If various civil organisations also cooperatewith each other (e.g., the Knight Order andIBSSA), our power will be multiplied. We mightnot necessarily perform our tasks in public all thetime but the final result is what matters. This isthe objective of my activities and I follow myknight predecessors in serving for good.32