Exciting Vovinam Competition to Welcome Spring

Attending the event were leaders of all levels, departments, branches, leaders of Nghi Loc district people and 200 martial arts students from 15 districts and cities in the province.

The Vovinam martial arts competition was held at the Nghi Loc District Culture, Information and Sports Center. Photo: Chu Thanh

This year, the Nghe An Provincial Sports Festival was held from February 24 to May 15 with 18 competitions.

Beautiful posture in a confrontation between two athletes. Photo by Chu Thanh

This is an activity to continue promoting the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho".

At the same time, promote and mobilize all classes of people to regularly practice Vovinam - the traditional martial art of the nation, contributing to improving community health, serving well the cause of building and defending the Fatherland and celebrating major national holidays.

Mr. Ho Mau Thanh, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports, presented flags to the competing teams. Photo: Chu Thanh

Through the tournament, the Organizing Committee wants to evaluate the training and practice of Vovinam in localities and units across the province.

At the same time, select outstanding faces for the provincial Vovinam team to participate in the National Sports Festival and national tournaments in the coming time.

Vovinam, also known as Viet Vo Dao, is a martial art founded by Master Nguyen Loc in 1936 but was not officially announced until 1938. During the announcement, the master proposed the doctrine of "strengthening the mind and body" to encourage students to always renew themselves and improve both physically and mentally. Vovinam was developed based on traditional Vietnamese wrestling combined with the quintessence of martial arts schools around the world, based on the principle of Strong and Soft Combination.