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Disciples of Nhat Nam
Martial Arts School
offer
incense sticks at Lang Pagoda in Hanoi.
Nhat Nam martial arts disciples in
Hanoi
perform at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu
Giam, Hanoi.
Master Ngo Xuan Binh gives instructions
on fighting skills.
Chief coach Sergei (left) gives a dangerous
strike, a typical characteristic of Nhat Nam
Martial Arts
School.
A dangerous striking
blow.
Performing at Lang Pagoda in
Hanoi.
Master Ngo Xuan Binh at the specialized
workshop “Nhat
Nam – a martial arts
school
of
Vietnamese people” held at Van Mieu-Quoc
Tu Giam in October 2008 in
Hanoi.
| The talent and fineness can be seen in Ngo Xuan Binh - a martial
arts master, poet, painter, acupuncturist, and a doctor of oriental
medicine. Above all is the heart of the man who is unequivocally devoted
to promoting and introducing Nhat Nam Martial Arts, the martial arts of
Vietnamese people, to international friends, making a contribution to
highlighting the Vietnamese traditional martial arts in foreign countries,
such as Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, etc.
Born into a traditional martial
arts family in
Vinh
City
, Nghe An Province, Ngo Xuan Binh
has practised martial arts since he was a little boy. Apart from inheriting
certain techniques from his family, he devoted much of his time to
studying with martial arts masters from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An Provinces.
When he was a student at the Hanoi Fine Arts University, he used to teach
his classmates fighting skills and created a martial arts movement to
improve one's health. After graduating from the University, he nurtured
the passion for researching and practising martial arts.
On October 23, 1983, he established
Nhat Nam Martial Arts School in
Hanoi
. Based on the small body of
Vietnamese people, he developed fighting techniques for the school, such
as avoiding blows, promptly striking and exposing vulnerable spots on the
body that when stricken can incapacitate any foe with high effectiveness.
Up to 1990, Nhat Nam Martial Arts School developed strongly in
Hanoi and other
northern provinces, attracting a large
number of young people, of which many have continued the mission to
further develop the school throughout the country.
The year 1992 marked a milestone in
the martial arts career of master Ngo Xuan Binh. He left
Vietnam for
Belarus (under the
former Soviet
Union) at the invitation of
the Federation of Wushu and other Vietnamese martial arts schools. Once
there he organized hundreds of workshops on Nhat Nam Martial Arts School
and taught many martial arts instructors and disciples from over 40 cities
in the former Soviet Union. This was followed by the establishment of many
martial arts clubs of different levels in
Russia,
Belarus,
Lithuania
,
etc.
The martial arts master said: “In
Moscow
and other cities in
Russia
, local people consider
Nhat Nam Martial Arts as a part in their life. The clubs attracts a large
number of disciples of different ages and professions. They love to
practise the martial arts drills as it not only helps them feel more
valiant, confident and lean to the good but also improves their heath”.
Living nearly 20 years abroad, Martial
arts master Ngo Xuan Binh, President of Nhat Nam Martial Arts Federation
that was registered to officially operate in
Russia,
Belarus,
Lithuania,
Ukraine
, etc., is now promoting
the establishment of the international Nhat Nam Martial Arts
Federation.
In these
countries his Curriculum Vitae is highly creditable, being a martial arts
master, a lecturer of Oriental philosophy at a university in Russia, an
acupuncturist and a doctor of Oriental medicine who has treated diseases
for thousands of Russian people, including high-ranking
leaders.
In October 2008, in Van Mieu-Quoc Tu
Giam (Temple of Literature and the First National University) in Hanoi, Martial arts master Ngo Xuan Binh
organized a specialized workshop on Nhat Nam Martial Arts School to
celebrate its 25th founding anniversary. The workshop attracted
over 1,000 disciples from four large martial arts clubs of Nhat Nam
Martial Arts School in
Hanoi
, martial arts masters and
researchers.
To further develop the school both at
home and aboard, Martial arts master Ngo Xuan Binh plans to establish the
Nhat Nam Martial Arts Federation in
Vietnam
in
the near future.
Martial arts master Ngo Xuan Binh instructs
his disciples on some techniques of the Nhat Nam
Martial Arts
School.
Story by Bich Van - Photos by Thanh
Dat,
Nam
Suong |
