Fighting Hopak
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Fighting Hopak (Ukrainian: Бойовий Гопак , Boyovyy Hopak) is a martial art, based on Ukrainian traditional dance Hopak. It was started by Volodymyr Pylat in the 1980s.
Pylat analyzed both the fighting and dancing tradition of Ukraine. Together with Myroslav Shukh, a specialist in Ukrainian folk dance, he created the Experimental School for the Study and Research of Ukrainian Fighting Culture in 1985.
Volodymyr Pylat has written several books on Fighting Hopak, created in 2001, and now heads the International Federation of Fighting Hopak.
Ukrainian fight clubs now operate in Lviv, Kyiv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kirovohrad.
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