The coaching corner / Odesa
Coach
Eddie.
Едуард Олегович Єленич
The regional federation dates Eddie’s coaching career to 2006. In March 2014 it listed him as INSIGHT’s Thai boxing instructor.
In the gym
Eddie’s coaching work.
Eddie describes himself as head coach of Insight Fight Team. A federation schedule documents his work with the club’s men’s group aged 14 and up. The club’s records also name instructors for its younger groups.
Archived club schedule ↗Working the pads
In a November 2020 post, Eddie shared footage of pad work and mentioned Neungchai and Titan Fightclub Patong. The clip is part of our training notes.
Watch the pad round →Insight Fight Kids
Eddie used the name Insight Fight Kids for the team’s youth group. In January 2024 he shared footage of Oleh Shevchuk’s kickboxing bout against Georgi Dimov at Spirit of Fight I in Varna. Bulgarian National Radio recorded a 3–0 decision for Dimov.
A photograph from Kherson
Eddie recalls an Odesa–Dnipro gathering in Kherson around 2008. He shared the group photograph in March 2026, nearly two decades after the meeting.
Eddie’s caption ↗Club record
From hall to mat.
Eddie begins coaching
The regional federation dates the beginning of Eddie’s coaching work to 2006.
Federation coaching profile ↗A place on the Odesa training schedule
A federation schedule dated 5 March lists INSIGHT as a Thai boxing club in Odesa and names Eddie as its instructor.
Federation schedule ↗The association is registered
The Ukrainian public association «ФАЙТ ТІМ ІНСАЙТ» was registered on 14 September. The club already appeared in the 2014 schedule.
Ukrainian registry data via Opendatabot ↗INSIGHT at the regional ICO competition
The organisers of the Odesa regional ICO combat self-defence championships on 27–28 October list INSIGHT alongside coach E. O. Еленич.
Regional federation report ↗A podium finish in grappling
At the ADCC Ukraine Championship, an athlete listed under Insight Fight Team placed second in the boys’ advanced division, ages 15–16, under 76 kg.
ADCC championship results ↗