The following pictures were taken during the 2 weeks spent in Ukraine. Our hosts during this time were Sensei Valerij Korsoon, head teacher of KSMBDA in Ukraine and Sensei Yuri.

Sensei Valerij has his dojo in Ivano Franvisk, all the photos of aikido were taken in this dojo. Sensei Yuri has his dojo in Lviv the second city of Ukraine, unfortunatly we were unable to visit this dojo as it was undergoing renovations at the time of our visit.


Sensei Valerij, Sensei Kolesnikov with UK and Ukraine students.
Back Row:"the Wolf", Oleg, Sergi-1, Boris-2, Phil, Peter, Romanov, Roslan, Jude, Pavlo, Andrew_2,
Middle Row:Mika,Laura, Bogdan_2, Andrij, Andrew_1, Chirstine, Paul, Sergi-2 Middle Kneeling: Boris the body gaurd, Dr.Bogdan
Front Row:Yuri, Bogdan, Roslan, Sensei Valerij, Sensei Kolesnikov (black Ghi), Ilya, Natalie, Roman
Sensei Valerij and students
Ivano Franivisk KSMBDA dojo and Ukrainian HQ for KSMBDA. A former Red Army "gym", the mural shows the role of the Red Army is to protect both towns and country, or the whole soviet way of life. Ivano Franivisks town hall
Ivano Franivisk town square southIvano Franivisk town square
Ivano Franivisk town square EastIvano Franivisk town square East
One of Ivano Franivisks Churches renovated after the Soviet withdrawl One of Ivano Franivisks Churches renovated after the Soviet withdrawl
Ivano Franivisks town hall built by the Soviets. The figure symbolise education and traditional values Ivano Franivisks town hall

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