Valentyn Ostyanov graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture in 1969. From 1970, he then worked at the University as a lecturer in Fencing, Boxing and Martial Arts Department. From 1975 to 1978 he did postgraduate studies at the Central Institute of Physical Education in Moscow, now the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth, and Tourism. He completed a PhD in Pedagogical Sciences in 1982. From 1985 to 1989, he held the post of Head of Graduate Studies, becoming an Associate Professor for the University in 1990. Valentyn is a member of the AIBA coaching commission and certified AIBA instructor. As a member of the coaching team, the author has been responsible for preparing the Ukrainian National Team for six Olympic Games (XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXII), and now works as a scientific consultant for the Ukrainian National Team. From 2014-2016 he lived in Kazakhstan. In the first year he led coach training courses and in the second year he took part in the preparation of the National Team of Kazakhstan for the Olympics (XXXI). Galina Self was born in Russia. She graduated from Moscow State University in 1975 and worked in IT industry in Moscow. Since 1992, she has been living in the UK, working for the City of Bristol College until recently as an in house IT systems developer, then an operations manager. She is now retired. Antonia Self works in education and is currently working in the English as an Additional Language department at St Marylebone CE School, London. She studied at Colston's Girls' School, the Tchaikovsky College under the Moscow State Conservatoire, the University of Sheffield, and later trained to be a teacher, obtaining her PGCE from the University of Bristol.