Vietnamese Martial Arts - Modern Schools

Modern Schools

Modern styles, or môn (schools), include:

  • Võ thuật Bình Định - umbrella title for all the traditional styles of Bình Định.
  • Viet Tai Chi - similar to Chinese Tai Chi
  • Vovinam of võ sư Nguyễn Lộc. Also called Việt Võ Đạo (Việt = Vietnamese, Võ = martial, Đạo = way)
  • Võ Việt Nam (Cuton) or Võ Đạo of Phạm Văn Tan.

Associations in Vietnam include vi:Liên đoàn võ thuật cổ truyền Việt Nam and vi:Tổng hội Võ học Việt Nam.

Overseas

  • Cuong Nhu of Ngô Đồng (d. Florida 2000), known also by the Japanese title O Sensei
  • Tam Qui Khi-Kong, now popular in Russia.

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