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Vovinam

Vovinam is a Vietnamese martial art and competition format with forms, self-defence drills, throws, leg techniques and controlled sparring. Training and competition follow school, federation and event rules.

LevelMain sport FamilyCombat Sports CategoryCombat sport

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Classification

Category Combat sport

Family Combat Sports

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Vietnamese martial art with forms, self-defence, throws and controlled sparring.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want broad martial-art practice rather than pure kickboxing.

Cost Usually moderate: club fee, training clothing and later protective equipment. Club/school fee, gradings, seminars, protective equipment and event travel. Vovinam/Viet Vo Dao club, national federation or martial-arts school. Partner techniques and sparring belong in supervised practice.

First progress Stances and simple drills after a few weeks; safe throw/sparring skill takes much longer.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

Vovinam school
mat
coach
training clothes/vo phuc
later protection

First steps

find a club
take a trial class
learn stances
practise breakfalls
start partner drills under control

Vovinam club, national federation, university sport or school with a transparent grading programme.

Throws, scissor techniques and sparring only with coach, mat, progression and protection rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags vovinam, combat-sport, vovinam-viet-vo-dao, kampfsport-familie, kampfsport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Perform forms, partner techniques or sparring legally and achieve technical or bout scoring.

Teilnehmer

Individual, pair/demonstration forms or sparring classes depending on event.

Teamgröße

individual, pair or team by format.

Spielfeld

mat or martial-arts floor.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

technical, forms or sparring score.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

vo phuc/training clothes
mat
protection by sparring rule

Wichtige Regelpunkte

illegal contact
mat boundary breach
unsafe technique
protection/equipment breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Vovinam-VietVoDao World Federation
Vovinam-VietVoDao World Federation (VVWF)

Sparring Regulation Vovinam-VietVoDao World Federation · official-rules · high
The Basics of Vovinam Combatpit · blog-guide · medium
Training Program Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Federation of Western USA · training-guide · medium
Vovinam general Deutscher Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Fachverband · federation-guide · medium