Volodymyr Vashchyshyn (5th Dan Aikido Yoshinkan) is the leader of the Ukrainian Yoshinkan foundation and has more than 20 years of Aikido experience. In January of 2016 he came to the Washington DC area to train with Yoshinkan Aikido students at Yoshinkan Hana Dojo, located on Fort Myer. On January 4th he held a lesson open to the public at the Aikido of Arlington dojo. There with Hana Dojo instructor Sean Gray, he explained the basic principals behind Yoshinkan style Aikido and demonstrated various techniques.