Binh Dinh Traditional Martial Arts

From the 15th century onwards, along with the ancient Vietnamese moving to the south, many families came to Binh Dinh to reclaim and establish hamlets. The residents have received and adapted to many elements of the local culture, creating the character and personality of the people in the new land of Binh Dinh, where the convergence and inheritance of the nation's martial tradition .

Binh Dinh people have both the noble qualities of the residents of the North Central and Northern Deltas with the following virtues: rustic, industrious, simple, creative, compassionate, resilient, brave, and colorful. local attitudes: magnanimity, chivalry, chivalry. Binh Dinh people are quiet, courageous, and like to do good deeds. Most educated people are polite and loyal. Clothes and utensils are simple, rustic, not fancy. In his free time, he often sings and dances martial arts. Binh Dinh always evokes in the minds of every Vietnamese people a deep affection for a long-standing martial arts land, with the sacred soul of mountains and rivers that has molded an indomitable heroic temperament, making many glorious achievements, contributing coloring pages of the nation's golden history.

Before the Tay Son Dynasty (from about 1600), Binh Dinh traditional martial arts was still in its primitive form, formed mainly based on labor manipulations and daily labor tools. In the Tay Son period, there was an exchange and integration between martial arts lines and gathered many famous heroes, martial officers and masters. Traditional martial arts of Binh Dinh in the Tay Son period were recorded by history books as the most flourishing and developing period, built into a martial arts system, incorporated into the examination and training system, and studied. and apply it thoroughly and creatively in the military, in combat, serving the battlefield and encouraging the opening of martial arts schools everywhere. Traditional martial arts of Binh Dinh in the Tay Son period were the crystallization and high blending of martial arts lines, martial arts, different martial sects (indigenous people, martial arts from Bac Ha, etc.) to create synergy and great strength. filter out the most quintessential to add to the treasure of traditional martial arts of the nation.

After the Tay Son Dynasty, although when he ascended the throne, Nguyen Anh destroyed all the achievements of the Tay Son Dynasty, Binh Dinh's traditional martial arts still had latent abilities and strong vitality, secretly taught in pagodas or temples. the edges of the forest, still being researched, collected and written by many people, handed down to future generations.

By the first half of the nineteenth century, foreign martial arts, mainly Shaolin martial arts (China) and many martial arts such as boxing, Judo, Karatedo, Teakwondo... had developed quite strongly in Binh Dinh but still not can overwhelm Binh Dinh's traditional martial arts by retaining its unique characteristics.

Vo Binh Dinh developed widely among the masses, not only "men" but also "weak sexes" who also practiced martial arts and had a strong attraction, becoming the spiritual food of Binh Dinh people.

Vo Binh Dinh is associated with martial arts lessons and music. The introductions not only explain each martial position, helping students to not lose their way, but also hide the profound implications of the ancestors left for the next life. And martial arts help martial artists to regulate the rhythm of moves in practice.

Visiting the residential communities along the Con River, we will feel the martial quality that has been deeply ingrained in the appearance and style of the Binh Dinh people who are very rustic, simple and always behave with the spirit of chivalry. Since 2015, Binh Dinh traditional martial arts has been declared a national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The outstanding dojos in Binh Dinh can visit and learn: