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World Vovinam championships to boost competition with new rules
The 2nd Vovinam World Competition in Ho Chi Minh City next week will implement a series of new rules in a bid to make the event more competitive and give underdog teams from around the world a better shot at success in the Vietnamese-born martial art. Around 300 Vovinam competitors and officials from around 22 countries and territories will participate in the event July 27-31 However, an increase in the number of high-performing international teams promises more dramatic performances and fiercer competition this time around. The number of members allowed on each team this year will be limited to give newly-developed teams a better chance of climbing higher in the medal tally. Specifically, each team can register for a maximum of eight out of 13 men’s performances and four out of six women’s performances. In the combat categories, each team may only register for a maximum of eight men’s weight categories and no more than four women’s weight categories. The event will be held at HCMC's Phu Tho Sports Center in District 11. Vovinam officials said they have been working hard to make Vovinam an official game at more international events in the future. "The competition this time will not only by exciting and dramatic with fierce fights and beautiful performances by international competitors, but it is an invitation for international Vovinam athletes from around the world to return to the martial art’s fatherland and showcase its quintessential features," said World Vovinam Federation Chairman Nguyen Danh Thai. By Huy Tuong, Thanh Nien news |
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Southeast Asian vovinam artists impress at world championship
Last updated: July 29 2011
Martial artists from Southeast Asian countries have shown their mettle at the second World Vovinam Championships in Ho Chi Minh City although they are new to the sport. Master Tuyet Loan, who coaches the Lao team, said that her trainees switched to vovinam from muay thai or kick-boxing and have been practicing vovinam for only a few months, but they have been able to learn a lot about the essential features of the sport. Spectators at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Sports Center gave a big hand to Lao martial artists like Thongkhanh Vongphakdy, bronze medalist in ngu mon quyen (fist performance) and Ketsada Shihalath, bronze medalist in song luyen ma tau (double long knife). Indonesian martial artist Suparto said, “We are good at pencak silat and tarung derajat, and thought that our martial arts are attractive enough. “Yet when we saw vovinam performances, we were attracted by the Vietnamese sport and now many people in Indonesia are practicing it. Indonesian martial artists are happy to participate in this event and can see great prospects for the future.” Indonesian girl Wulandari won the silver medal in the long ho quyen (dragon-tiger fist) performance after a beautiful display. Cambodian martial artists also left great impressions on the audience and the experts. Bunlong won the bronze medal in song luyen ma tau while Visal Soeng Sophaeak Kat took the bronze in song luyen dao (double scimitar). By Hong Long, Thanh Nien news
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Improved vovinam on show at second world contest
Last updated: July 31 2011
The second World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championships ended in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday evening with acknowledgement of improvements that will make the sport more popular. Vietnamese martial artists topped the medal tally with 20 gold, four silver and two bronze medals, followed by Iran with five gold, two silver and three bronze medals and France with four gold and three silver medals. Organizers stressed that more importrant that the competitive element in the event was the get-together of international vovinam martial artists in the land that the art was founded. Le Quoc An, chairman of Vietnam Vovinam Federation, said, “The competition over the past few days was really a happy holiday for the big family of the world vovinam martial artists. He said there were many excellent performances by international vovinam martial artists, but there was also a sense of their wanting to "share among themselves the quintessential features they had learned in order to help one another improve their skills and further develop vovinam worldwide in the future.” World Vovinam Federation (WVVF) Chairman Nguyen Danh Thai said improvements in rules to make them more clear as well as electronic scoring marked a great effort by the people in charge to make vovinam a modern sport and part of important international competitions. He said WVVF will further improve the sport so that the International Olympic Committee and the sports committees of other countries will recognize vovinam and its practitioners will have more chances to participate in international contests. The second World Vovinam Championships saw great improvements in the skills of martial artists from France, Italy, Russia, Algeria, Iran, India, Laos, Indonesia and Cambodia. Master Sudorruslan, France’s vovinam technical manager, said improvement in international teams and better rules made the matches more exciting and the martial artists had more opportunity to show their expertise.Tran Dinh Du, Vietnamese German martial artist, said he was happy with the three bronze medals he won. “I tried my best to get better but other martial artists have also made a lot of progress. I still can’t get better medals than the bronze I won at the first World Vovinam Championships but I am happy and proud to see the great growth of the sport around the world.” WVVF Deputy Chairman Nguyen Van Chieu said, the event was successful "thanks to the efforts of the masters, coaches and martial artists who have been trying tirelessly to improve the sport over the years.” He said international vovinam artists had faced a lot of difficulties including financial problems in trying to return to the land of martial art and participate in the contest. WVVF has been trying to make improvements to the sport so that the International Olympic Committee and the sports committees of other countries will recognize vovinam as an official sport, and in the near future, vovinam competitions will get more exciting, Chieu said. At the closing ceremony on Saturday evening at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Sports Center, organizers announced that France will host the third world event in 2013. By Huy Tuong - Son Tung - Thanh Hai, Thanh Nien news
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Frenchman Vicens Noll won the gold medal in the long stick performance at the 2nd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championships at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Sports Center Friday.
It was his second consecutive gold medal in the event, after winning the inaugural event in 2009. Noll said he was happy to have a chance to compete in Vovinam in the land of its origin. He attributed his achievement to his mother's passion for the sport and the effort he put in for more than 10 years. Noll said, “I went to a vovinam training center in France because of my mother. She is a vovinam martial artist herself and thinks vovinam is not only good for health but also has something magical that attracts people. “It is her passion for vovinam that inspired me to learn this sport. I feel very happy to be at the training center every evening because I think it makes people helpful and it makes them work towards the true, the good and the beautiful.” Noll said he thinks vovinam has a greater effect than judo and taekwondo, which are already developed in France. When he first practiced vovinam, he learned new things every day and his trainers showed him everything in detail, he said. He said, “What was difficult for me was the time I had to practice. I couldn’t quit my job in the atomic waste treatment area for the national electricity company to practice martial arts, and I didn’t want to give up vovinam, either. “Therefore, I spoke to my managers to arrange my schedule so that I could practice vovinam four times a week.” Noll said he didn’t feel he had enough of vovinam in France, so he flew to Vietnam in 1998 to learn more. He met Master Nguyen Van Chieu, vice chairman of Vietnam Vovinam Federation. After five years, Noll was good enough to compete in contests. He has been a champion in France and all over Europe over the past 10 years. Noll also wanted to train young kids in the sport, so he opened a vovinam training center in Ardeche near the city of Marseille in 2002. His center, which is called Hoa Lu, now has 120 students. His hard training regimen led to an injury in his lungs and he had to have part of them cut off. The doctor said he shouldn’t practice very hard but he is too passionate about the sport to give it up. After winning the gold at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Sports Center on Friday, Noll smiled and said, “Vovinam exists in my blood now. Having a chance to compete and take a win will inspire me to work harder to propagate the sport in France.” Source: Thanh Nien news |
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