Feast your eyes on the international martial arts night in Binh Dinh

On the evening of September 2nd, thousands of locals and tourists enthusiastically cheered on and watched the "International Martial Arts Show" in Quy Nhon City, featuring exciting sparring matches and spectacular martial arts performances.

Undefeated champion Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat (wearing yellow shorts) performs Muay Thai at an international martial arts show in Binh Dinh - Photo: LAM THIEN

The "International Martial Arts Show" is part of the "Tourism, Cinema and Sports - Proud of Vietnamese Identity" program in 2024, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the People's Committee of Binh Dinh province to promote the image, people, and traditional martial arts of Binh Dinh to friends both domestically and internationally.

Here, thousands of spectators enjoyed artistic performances of traditional Vietnamese martial arts, Tay Son - Binh Dinh martial arts, and several Khmer martial arts, wushu, pencak silat, muay Thai, kickboxing, along with exciting sparring matches in the ring.

As the Tây Sơn war drums sounded, the martial artists from Bình Định began performing a series of traditional Bình Định martial arts forms, creating a vibrant atmosphere. Around the stage, thousands of spectators continuously applauded the martial arts performances. Also that night, the audience in Quy Nhơn witnessed for the first time the impressive performance of Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất, dubbed the "undefeated champion" of Vietnamese Muay Thai, along with two other fighters.

Traditional martial arts performances from Binh Dinh province livened up the atmosphere of the martial arts night - Photo: LAM THIEN

The highlight of tonight's program is the exciting combat sports matches featuring Muay Thai, kickboxing, and Vietnamese traditional martial arts fighters, both male and female, with the participation of fighters from Vietnam and around the world .

In front of the enthusiastic audience in Quy Nhon, the martial artists delivered incredibly exciting and spectacular matches.

Mr. Tran Van Vinh (from Quy Nhon) said: "Tonight we are very happy because the martial artists performed and competed to the best of their abilities. The matches were excellent, and each martial art had beautiful techniques. Especially the traditional martial arts of Binh Dinh. It is very suitable for the physical condition of Vietnamese people."

A performance of traditional Binh Dinh martial arts with swords - Photo: LAM THIEN

Meanwhile, many young people continuously cheered and encouraged the fighters from Italy and South Africa as they successively stepped onto the stage to compete. Many people commented that these fighters were tall and strong, posing a huge challenge to the fighters from Binh Dinh.

Tran Viet Nhan (from Quy Nhon) shared: "They have a huge advantage in height and longer reach compared to the fighters from Binh Dinh. They compete very openly; watching here is more enjoyable than watching on TV. Tonight is really exciting, everyone is enthusiastic."

Kickboxing fighters compete with dedication - Photo: LAM THIEN

The Muay Thai match between the Italian fighter and the fighter from Binh Dinh was exciting - Photo: LAM THIEN

Spectators enthusiastically cheered for the fighters - Photo: LAM THIEN

The South African boxer (in blue shorts) is a head taller than the boxer from Binh Dinh - Photo: LAM THIEN

Female martial artists of Vietnamese traditional martial arts compete - Photo: LAM THIEN

A foreign tourist intently watches the martial arts matches - Photo: LAM THIEN

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