Arkady Renko Cuba; "Wolves Eat Dogs" is set in Moscow and in the areas affected by the Chernobyl disaster. "Stalin's Ghost", published in 2007, returns Arkady to a Russia now presided over by Vladimir Putin, followed by "Three Stations" published in 2010 and "Tatiana" in 2013. In 1983 "Gorky Park" was adapted as a film starring William Hurt as Renko. Arkady Renko Arkady Renko is a fictional detective who is the central character of eight novels by the American writer Martin Cruz Smith. In "Gorky Park", the first novel, he is a chief investigator for the Soviet Militsiya in Moscow, where he
Sparring their emotions under control. The level of contact is also debated, lighter contact may lead to less injuries but hard contact may better prepare individuals for competition or self-defense. Some sport styles, such as sanda, taekwondo, tang soo do, Kyokushin kaikan, kūdō, karate, kendo, and mixed martial arts use full contact sparring. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu sparring is full contact and injuries are rare as it does not involve striking but rather forcing the opponent to submit using grappling techniques. There is a lot of controversy in mixed martial arts about the benefits of full contact sparring vs career threatening injuries.