Vietnamese Martial Arts.

[arnisador]

Some Vietnames martial arts (Viet Vo Dao) pages:
Interesting histroy (http://cclib.nsu.ru/projects/satbi/satbi-e/martart/vietnam.html).
Cuong Nhu (http://www.cuongnhu.com/index.lasso).
Vovinam (http://www.vovinam.com/).
Vovinam interview (http://www.jlab.org/intralab/committees/jag/Vovinam/interview.html).
Than Vo Dao (http://www.sevenmountainskungfu.com/System.html).

Evidently there are a number of Sino-Vietnamese martial arts as well (what might be called kuntao systems in Indonesia or the Philippines).

[arnisador]

Links to brief descriptions:
http://www.usadojo.com/s_s_vietnam.htm

[arnisador]

There is also Vo Tu Do, Vietnamese kickboxing:

http://www.vietanhmon.org/fassociazioni.htm (In French)

[Stickgrappler]

http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/blackbelt/1992/jan92/snakestyle/snakestyle.html

The Snake Style of VietNam
From the Rice Paddies of Indochina to the Streets of America
by Jason Vail

black belt article

[arnisador]

Originally posted by Stickgrappler

http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/blackbelt/1992/jan92/snakestyle/snakestyle.html


Interesting, thanks! I searched and found something of a followup:
http://www.cnomaa.org/Pages/Dragonnhus/detail.lasso?ID=447

It's from a Cuong Nhu online magazine:
http://www.cnomaa.org/Pages/Dragonnhus/current.lasso

[James Kovacich]

Also there is a Wing Chun line in Viet Nam that the rest of the world did not know about till around 4 or 5 years ago. I read it in a magazine that interviewed the school. It evolved over many years as did other arts that are tranferred to another country.

I'll look for the article and see if I can scan to an accepable size to fit in here, maybe several parts to make it fit.

[moromoro]

are the vietnamese martial arts weapons based??

and are they also influenced by the large ethnic chinese population in vietnam???

thanks

terry

[arnisador]

I don't know much about the weapons, but yes they were strongly influenced by the Chinese arts. Many are really just the local interpretation of a Chinese kung fu system.

[James Kovacich]

Originally posted by akja
Also there is a Wing Chun line in Viet Nam that the rest of the world did not know about till around 4 or 5 years ago. I read it in a magazine that interviewed the school. It evolved over many years as did other arts that are tranferred to another country.

I'll look for the article and see if I can scan to an accepable size to fit in here, maybe several parts to make it fit.

Sorry the attachment did not take.

[James Kovacich]

Originally posted by akja
Sorry the attachment did not take.

If it dosen't work this time I'll have to find another way.

[arnisador]

Try e-mailing it to an admin. It may be that it's too big of course.

-Arnisador
-MT Admin-

[James Kovacich]

Originally posted by arnisador
Try e-mailing it to an admin. It may be that it's too big of course.

-Arnisador
-MT Admin-

OK, thanx buddy!:asian: