Martial Arts Odyssey: Vo Co Truyen (Part 1)

Hanoi, Vietnam, Antonio Graceffo seeks out the original Vietnamese martial arts form, Vo Co Truyen. Vietnamese martial arts competitor, Le Trung Linh invites Antonio to Quan Thanh Temple, where Teacher Bui Dang Vang teaches him the fighting applications of Nam Hong Son, a local style of Vo Co Truyen.
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[drpuki]

hitting with an open palm to the face in MMA is "not allowed"? Sounds like he is inferring the same about the knee to knee technique. Surely not? Very interesting vid by the way. Nice work.

[brooklynmonk1]

@drpuki Not sure that i understand your comment, but palm strikes are not allowed in MMA. Knees and elbows generally are, but it depends on the league. MFC, where I fight, doesnt allow elbows at all and only allows knees in standing. it depends completely on the league and tournament.

[sjewitt22]

how can kung fu etc be as bad as many mma guys say it is if the problems with it are so clear i am confused how it evolved that way in the first place?

[brooklynmonk1]

@sjewitt22 i think the reason why kung fu doesnt work today is because it was developed at a time when no one knew how to fight. only kung fu practicioners had any skills. so in a fight they could beat everyone. but today, people all train in different martial arts and the arts and teh fighters have developed so a lot of the classical arts simply dont work anymmore.

[TheSkybender]

I want to know know about Nhat Nam :)

Brooklyn, you should go make a video about that , please :)

[brooklynmonk1]

@TheSkybender I really want to Nhat Nam, but I havent got around to it yet.

[brooklynmonk1]

@bigtimes1 in every single match up that has ever been arranged, traditional martial arts don't win against modern sport fighters. in every one of my sparing bouts in Vietnam or Korea i had to be careful not to injure my opponents because traditional martial artists don't learn fighting or train for fighting.

[brooklynmonk1]

@bigtimes1 its strange to assume that people who do sport fighting have had less training. that makes no sense at all. i have been training for over 30 years. are you speaking from hypothetical or from actual experience? if from experience, where have you been fighting and who did you beat?

[hoacpu]

The reason behind the concept of slapping the hand to the front head of face of the opponent is to poke the eyes, and grappling/pulling the hair to take your opponent to the ground and finished. Those area are the weakest spot of the human body. Vo co truyen is emphasising on attacking the weak spot due fact it is the most effectively blow when facing an opponent bigger. The art of war said, use the your strongest force to attack the weakest spot of your enemy is the wise thing.

[arimanaz]

Do some vids about Nhat Nam, you will like it :)

[khiwarrior]

@brooklynmonk1 i was trained how to fight....it depends on your master and the pupil's attitude...

[piantora]

knee technique in this video is same with traditional silat but usually knee technic is execute at low level when your body in lower position n tend to attack joint of knee opponent. it usually use when you grabbling hand with your opponent or do standing grappling and involving weapon for example keris. your grab your opponent hand which hold keris n your opponent also did the same thing to you. both of you struggle to stab each other or to seized that weapon. its look like wrestling.

[piantora]

@MDIS ha3 truth bcoz the original vietnam espcially central n southern are champa at the past. moreover vietnam is one of powerful silat power in the world. other than that its highly influence by chinese kungfu.