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Combat Hopak (Ukrainian: Бойовий Гопак, Boyovyy Hopak) is a martial art, based on the Ukrainian traditional dance Hopak. Ukrainian (in Ukrainian украї́нська мо́ва ukrayins'ka mova,) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens Hopak (Гопак also referred to as Gopak, is a Ukrainian dance. 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. Ukrainian dance (Український тaнeць translit Ukrayins'kyy tanets') refers to the traditional Folk dances of the peoples of Ukraine

Volodymyr Pylat has written several books on Combat Hopak, created in 2001, and now heads the International Federation of Combat Hopak.

Ukrainian fight clubs now operate in Lviv, Kyiv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Kirovohrad. Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Ternopil (Тернопіль translit Ternopil’, Tarnopol Тернополь translit Chernivtsi (Чернівці See #Name section) is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine Khmelnytskyi (Хмельницький translit Khmel'nyts'kyi; Хмельницкий Chmielnicki is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia Kamianets-Podilskyi (Кам’янець-Подільський translit Kirovohrad (Кіровоград, Кировоград Kirovograd) is a City in central Ukraine.

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