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Vovinam (short for Võ Việt Nam, meaning "Vietnamese Martial Arts"), officially known as Việt Võ Đạo (越武道, meaning "Vietnamese Way of Martial Arts") is a Vietnamese martial art [1] founded in 1938 by Nguyễn Lộc. It is based on traditional Vietnamese eclectic sources.
Nguyễn Lộc, (chữ Hán: 阮 祿, Thạch Thất district, 8 April 1912 – 29 April 1960) was a Vietnamese martial artist and teacher. He was the founder of Vovinam (Việt Võ Đạo). Grandmaster Nguyễn was born in Hữu Bằng village, Thạch Thất district, then part of Sơn Tây province, now a district of Hanoi .
Also called Vovinam Việt Võ Đạo (Việt = Vietnamese, Võ = martial, Đạo = way) Võ Việt Nam (Cuton) or Võ Đạo of Phạm Văn Tan. [2] Vietnamese Wing Chun - a style of Wing Chun founded by Yuen Chai-wan. [3] Overseas. Cuong Nhu of Ngô Đồng (d. Florida 2000), known also by the Japanese title O Sensei. Qwan Ki Do, founded in ...
In one, it is derived from traditional Vietnamese Viet Vo Dao martial arts, and particularly Vo Bihn Dinh, Vo Quang Binh and Vo Bach Ninh. [3] In the other, it is derived from the Chinese Wo Mei, a Southern Shaolin Kung Fu style. In this tradition, the main techniques are derived from the animal forms of the crane, praying mantis and tiger. [2]
Vietnam (98 Gold medals) The Vovinam World Championships , also known as the World Vovinam VietVoDao Championships , are the highest level of competition for Vovinam organized by the World Vovinam Federation (WVVF).
Việt Võ Đạo may refer to: the philosophy of Vovinam; Vietnamese martial arts in general This page was last edited on 30 ...
Bình Định is the Capital of Martial Arts in Vietnam as Foshan is the Capital of Martial Arts in China. There are over 100 different fighting systems in Bình Định province, some which are very different to one another. As a general term, any martial arts developed in Bình Định province is just called Võ Bình Định.
However, after the success of the 1963 coup and the coming to power of the military junta came to power, the ban on martial arts was annulled. In 1964, Le and the other Vovinam masters under him met together. It was then that the term Việt Võ Đạo (越武道) was coined, and the art was known as Võ Việt Nam - Việt Võ Đạo [2]