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Vovinam
Vovinam demonstration in France in 2014
Also known as
Việt Võ Đạo, VVN, VVN/VVD
Focus
Hybrid
Hardness
Full-contact
Country of origin
Vietnam
Creator
Nguyễn Lộc
Famous practitioners
Lê Sáng (Grandmaster)
Parenthood
Vietnamese martial arts, Vietnamese traditional wrestling
Olympic sport
No
Official website
No
This article contains Vietnamese text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of chữ Nôm, chữ Hán and chữ Quốc ngữ.
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.
Vovinam, based on the principle of "hard and soft", involves the use of strikes, elbows, kicks, knees, and wrestling moves, as well as weapons such as swords, knives, chisels, claws and fans that serve as training devices for reaching optimal control of body and mind. Students also learn defense techniques and forms. Amongst Vietnamese martial arts, Vovinam is the largest and most developed with more than 60 schools around the world, including Poland, Belgium, Canada, Cambodia, Denmark, Germany, the United States, Morocco, Norway, Russia, France, Romania, Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Italy, Australia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Spain, Algeria, Taiwan and Greece, among others.[2]
^Matthew Knight; Natasha Maguder. "Nguyen Van Chieu: Vietnam's martial arts missionary". CNN. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
^Thuỷ, Phương (17 October 2007). "Đại hội thành lập Liên đoàn Vovinam Việt Nam". THỂ DỤC THỂ THAO VIỆT NAM.
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Vovinam at the 2023 SEA Games was contested from 6 to 9 May 2023 at Hall F, Chroy Changvar Convention Centre in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. * Host...
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team starting on 4 May. The first gold medal for Myanmar was awarded from Vovinam. "(၃၂)ကြိမ်မြောက် အရှေ့တောင်အာရှအားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲ ဝင်ရောက်ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရန်အတွက်...
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