So Im looking to do some world travelling, being a martial arts nerd Im making a list of a lot of 'travel and train' style visits to different places (mix of training and sightseeing so I can experience a bit of martial and local culture while I'm there) and I found a vietnam one with a fair amount of cool things I want to see and places visited, but there is a few days on the itinerary where I would train in 'Vo Co Truyen Vietnam.' I tried looking into this to find history but it credits one person as the inventor and that it was 'made in a time of fighting.' Im aware Vietnam has a big kung fu scene and tried to look up videos. The style, as far as I can see, seems to have a hung gar and mixed chinese art influence (if its not a repackage) even down to the single finger gesture, weapon selection, iron ring training etc. That said I only have limited experience in Hung so I could be missing some context but it certainly has some things I saw in my time with HG. If anyone has any takes and can tell me if my suspicions are well founded, I'd appreciate it
I don't know anything about that particular style, but I'm a travelling martial artist myself. I would love to hear more about the places you are travelling to, and the styles that you check out.
Currently done: Kerela, India: trained in kalaripayattu while in a yoga retreat, 3 hours a day on top of a 300 hour yoga ttc course. While I was in NYC over december, I got to train in a kyokushin school and it was some of the most superb training I've had in ages. I'm currently eyeing up a few countries: Japan - As a judoka, I cannot miss going to the kodokan for a session, I intend to spend a month in japan with a week in Aizu at some of the more touristy sessions for Naginatajutsu and Kyudo. I know in Tokyo there are retired sumo's running a sumo day experience where you can train with them. Okinawa is a hope step and a jump away so I could go on one of these: https://ageshiojapan.com/category_page/program (its between four styles and the kobudo one) China: in Shanghai, an english speaking school called An Wushu offer live in training, and one of their programs is a Sanda/Bajiquan combination Mongolia: There is something through responsible travel called the Ghengis Khan experience where you spend 9 days out in the wilderness learning how to make huts, cook like the mongols, riding horseback through the terrain and learn archery and Bohk wrestling while doing so. You need a group of four to do it though. Evolve MMA in Singapore has live in training Rawaii Muay Thai has a dedicated Muay Thai and Muay Boran live in training offer I'm interested in. There's more like the travel and train krav in Israel but that's later down the list. I have more but I need to weigh up some stuff as being early in transition may make some countries more hazardous to navigate than others.
I can't help with your initial question but I'm very jealous of your travels and intention to mix them with martial arts training! Good luck!
Had a very brief period of 7 Mountain Spirit system. Seemed like that also was very Hung influenced,but.....somehow....cruder,to me. The basics,anyway. Are all systems from Viet Nam Hung derived/influenced,I wonder?
It wouldn't shock me given how far reaching chinese martial art influence is across Asia and even into modern western stuff if chinese and other arts from asia bled in. I tried deeper digging and the earliest I can get is: 'it was developed by X' to which I go 'ok who he learn what from and when?' to no answer.
