Nhat Nam Traditional Vietnamese Martial Art

General information

The history of Vietnam counts thousands of years. During the centuries Vietnamese suffered many attacks of Chinese and Mongol armies. They were fighting for independence even in our times – first, with French colonist, later with the army of USA. That’s why the martial arts are so important for the culture of this country.

Since the XI century there was an academy (or university) of martial arts in the capital, Thang Long city (today's Hanoi). Also Vietnamese martial arts were taught in “family” schools. Nhat-Nam is one of them. Because of historical difficulties it is hard to say exactly when this martial art was founded and who the first founder of it was. For the first time Nhat-Nam was mentioned in the sources of 13-14 centuries. For the long time only few people new the secrets of this original martial art. In 1980 enthusiasts of martial arts had an opportunity to get acquainted with this ancient school of martial arts – the head of the school, professor Ngo Xuan Binh organized the first demonstrations and seminars, also wrote books and articles on Nhat-Nam.

In 1990 members of the school were invited to Minsk, later to Moscow. In 1991 the head of the school professor Ngo Xuan Binh and his disciple master Tran Phu Cu visited Lithuania. In 1994 the first Lithuanian club “Nhat-Nam” was founded in Vilnius. Now there are four clubs in different regions of Lithuania. In 1999 Lithuanian Nhat-Nam federation was established.

We try to develop not only martial aspects of Nhat-Nam, but we are also interested in sports and healthiness fields. Every year we organize summer camps, seminars and exams. Also our disciples celebrate different festivals together and have creative activities. Nhat-Nam is original martial system, which can not be confused with any other school of martial arts.