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- Title
Volodymyr Pilat - the creator and leader of the Fighting Hopak style. Contribution to the modern history of Ukrainian martial arts.
- Authors
CYNARSKI, Wojciech J.
- Abstract
Many nations today promote their historical martial arts and combat sports. This may result from the need to emphasize their own national traditions and cultural heritage. Thanks to outstanding figures, enthusiasts and people with a sense of mission, traditions that are partly lost are being created or restored. An example is Grand Master Volodymyr Pilat - the creator of the system called Boiovyi hopak (Battle / Combat hopak). The author, based on a direct interview and available publications, presents his path to the creation of this martial art, which is also a combat sport, and the establishment of an international federation, which indicates an already advanced institutional development. An analysis of sources was also used, including film materials and photos (visual anthropology). The specificity of this fighting art is shown, which is strongly related to the experiences of of Master Pilat's "way of the warrior". Boiovyi hopak was created on the basis of Cossack traditions and the experience of Volodymyr Pilat's "way of the warrior". The historical hopak was a dance. It is often practised with music. Among the traditional weapons there are a long stick, sabre, pike, scythe, sickle, mace, flail and ice axe.
- Subjects
MARTIAL arts; UKRAINIAN history; MODERN history; COMBAT sports; ART exhibitions; TELEVISED sports
- Publication
Sport & Tourism Central European Journal / Sport i Turystyka Srodkowoeuropejskie Czasopismo Naukowe, 2023, Vol 6, Issue 3, p47
- ISSN
2545-3211
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.16926/sit.2023.03.03