Combat Hopak(also Boyovyy Hopak, Boyovyi Hopak from Ukrainian Бойовий гопак ) is aCossackmartial artfromUkraine.It was systematised and codified in 1985 by Volodymyr Pylat (a descendant of a Cossack family from western Ukraine). It can be trained in light, semi and full contact formulae. Combat Hopak includes techniques of traditional Ukrainian folk fist fighting,folk wrestling,Cossacksabrefencing,and Cossackwar danceslike theHopakand the Povzunets (Cossack dance centered around crawling and squat position movements) and theMetelytsia.[1][2][3][4]Combat Hopak practitioners wear traditional Ukrainian embroidered shirts, wide long cloth belt andSharavary.Combat Hopak fighters also wear shoes like practitioners ofSavateand perform kicks while wearing them.
Also known as | Бойовий гопак, Boyovyi Hopak, Boyovyy Hopak |
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Focus | various |
Hardness | Full contact,Semi contact,Light contact |
Country of origin | ![]() |
Creator | systematised & codified by Volodymyr Pylant in 1985 |
Famous practitioners | Kateryna Tarnovska ( founder of Asgarda ) |
Parenthood | Hopak and other traditional Ukrainian dances, Ukrainian folk wrestling, Ukrainian fistfighting, Cossack combat |
Descendant arts | Asgarda |
Olympic sport | No |
Ukraine
editIn Ukraine, schools of Combat Hopak are present in most parts of country.[5][6][7]Students of this martial art take part in tournaments in cossack free fighting,kickboxing,wrestling,andMMAformulas in Ukraine.
Outside Ukraine
editIt has schools inPoland,[8][9][10]Canada,[11]theUnited States,[12]Germany,[13]Portugal.[14]
Combat Hopak team was representing the style duringChungjuWorld Martial Arts Festival in 2001.[citation needed]
Subtypes of Combat Hopak
editCombat Hopak can be trained in 4 ways:
- Оздоровчий (Fitness) — as a form of gymnastics for health improvement
- Фольклорно-мистецький (Theatrical) — preparations of forms for stage shows and presentations
- Спортивний (Sport) — as regular contact sport for kickboxing, wrestling and MMA sport tournaments
- Бойовий (Combat) — military grade hand-to-hand and weapon combat.
Systems - descendants of Combat Hopak
editIn popular culture
edit- Choreography of dancers inRuslana's entry inEurovision Song Contest 2004included elements of Combat Hopak. Also video clips aired duringEurovision Song Contest 2005intermissions were including presentations of Combat Hopak by adepts of the style.[citation needed]
- Ukrainian groupTartakvideo clip for their song "Nashe Lito" includes practitioners of Combat Hopak presenting technique.[21]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"ІСТОРIЯ РОЗВИТКУ ШКОЛИ БОЙОВОГО ГОПАКА Центральна Школа Бойового Гопака".hopak.org.ua.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-06-20.Retrieved2016-06-10.
- ^"Combat Hopak: Ukraine's Martial Art Based on a Traditional Dance".Public Radio International.Retrieved2016-06-10.
- ^"Ukrainians Restore National Culture Through Ancient Cossack Dance Hopak".Worldwide News Ukraine.
- ^Yuliya Pivtorak."Ukrainian Hopak: From Dance for Entertainment to Martial Art".Cambridge University Press.
- ^"Curiosities of Western Ukraine. School of combat hopak in Ternopil".
- ^"Combat Hopak Makes a Comeback: Traditional Martial Arts In Ukraine".
- ^"Fighting and Dancing With the Cossacks".VICE.
- ^"Public Polish Television news about Combat Hopak school in Warsaw".TVP 1.
- ^"TVP Rzeszów news about Combat Hopak presentation in Rzeszów".TVP Rzeszów.
- ^"Ukrainian combat hopak takes off in Poland".uatoday.tv.Retrieved2016-06-09.
- ^"About Us | Toronto School of Ukrainian Martial Arts".www.bhopaktoronto.ca.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-05-08.Retrieved2016-06-09.
- ^"The School of Boyovyi Hopak in Chicago".hopakchicago.com.Retrieved2016-06-09.
- ^"Combat Hopak in Berlin".Facebook.Retrieved2016-06-09.
- ^"Contact section at webpage of Central School of Combat Hopak".Central School of Combat Hopak.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-06-20.Retrieved2016-06-16.
- ^"LE HOPAK DE COMBAT, un art martial ukrainien, présenté en France".
- ^"History of Asgarda martial art (English version)".Webpage of School of Asgarda martial art.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-08-25.Retrieved2016-06-16.
- ^"The Warrior Women of Asgarda".VICE.
- ^"Asgarda, Amazons of Ukraine".Planet mag.
- ^"Fight club".The Telegraph.
- ^"Ukraine: des femmes qui font mâle".Le Figaro.
- ^Tartak."Nashe Lito".