Finding solutions to bring Vietnamese traditional martial arts to the world

As a traditional martial art, rich in tradition and potential, Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts has not yet developed as expected.

That is also the concern of those who love the nation's martial art and want to bring Vietnamese traditional martial arts to the world .

Legal corridor is available

As the crystallization of the nation's martial spirit, Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts has gone through ups and downs with the country. Throughout its history, the schools and martial arts schools of Traditional Martial Arts have constantly created, cultivated and passed down, creating a treasure trove of moves, positions, boxing forms, weapon forms, and unique tactics imbued with the unique cultural features, martial spirit, bravery, and indomitability of the entire Vietnamese nation.

Traditional martial arts is the quintessence of Vietnamese martial arts.

During thousands of years of building and defending the country, Traditional Martial Arts has not only been a sport for our people to practice self-defense skills and improve their health, but also aroused pride, love for their homeland and country, the spirit of solidarity and the fine cultural traditions of generations of Vietnamese people. According to the President of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation Nguyen Ngoc Anh, stemming from the great role and significance of Traditional Martial Arts in the comprehensive development of human beings and the building of an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, on August 19, 1991, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers signed Decision No. 252/CT to allow the establishment of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation. Implementing the guidelines and policies of the Party and the State, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Decision No. 10/QD-BVHTTDL on April 3, 2014 approving the Project "Preserving and developing Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts to 2020".

From 2015 to present, the Government has issued many documents directing the development of traditional martial arts in schools, researching, collecting, preserving ancient martial arts, restoring martial arts temples and building university and post-graduate majors in traditional martial arts; assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to develop a "Project to promote traditional Vietnamese martial arts". The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also assigned the General Department of Sports and Physical Training (now the Department of Sports and Physical Training) to develop a Project "Preserving and developing traditional Vietnamese martial arts until 2030"; the Military sector also issued a Plan to develop traditional martial arts in the Vietnam People's Army; Provinces and cities across the country have also been developing Projects/Plans to preserve and develop traditional cultural identities and traditional sports in their localities for the period 2021 - 2030.

“The attention of the Party, the State, all levels and sectors has created a legal corridor, which is a good condition for Vietnamese traditional martial arts to develop. The problem is what we must do in the future to develop Vietnamese traditional martial arts, from that attention,” Mr. Ngoc Anh shared.

Finding solutions for the development of Vietnamese traditional martial arts

To answer the above question, the upcoming Workshop on solutions to promote the development of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts by 2030 will be held with the participation of scientists, researchers, managers, experts and representatives of relevant Ministries, sectors, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Federation, Traditional Martial Arts Associations (martial arts) of provinces/cities, sectors; Executive Committee of Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation.

Traditional martial arts impress with beautiful moves

The workshop is expected to be held for 2 days from August 3-4 at the Quy Nhon City Convention Center (Binh Dinh). At the workshop, delegates will listen to a report on the implementation results of the Project "Preserving and developing Vietnamese traditional martial arts to 2020"; Discussing the goals, tasks and solutions for developing Vietnamese traditional martial arts to 2030. According to the President of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation Nguyen Ngoc Anh, the workshop is organized to contribute to the development of Vietnamese culture to meet the requirements of sustainable national development in the spirit of Resolution 33-NQ/TW; building a project to preserve and develop Vietnamese traditional martial arts to 2030 according to Decision No. 2103/QD-BVHTTDL dated July 12, 2021 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The workshop was also organized with the aim of promoting the movement of the whole population, especially youth, teenagers and children, to practice and compete in traditional martial arts to improve health, stature, physical strength, and build personality, ethics, and cultural traditions for generations of Vietnamese people. “Evaluate the results of the implementation of the Project “Preserving and developing Vietnamese traditional martial arts to 2020”, draw lessons, discuss tasks and solutions to improve the effectiveness of developing Vietnamese traditional martial arts to 2030. At the workshop, experts and scientists will discuss solutions on mechanisms and policies for developing Vietnamese traditional martial arts, which will specify the guidelines and policies of the Party and State on developing Vietnamese traditional martial arts; tasks and solutions to preserve and replicate models of preserving ancient martial arts, ancient martial arts schools, martial arts schools, and Vietnamese traditional martial arts schools; mechanisms and policies for martial arts masters, organizations and individuals participating in research, preservation and development of Vietnamese traditional martial arts.

Solutions on investing resources to develop Vietnamese traditional martial arts; building, consolidating and perfecting the system of professional social organizations on Vietnamese traditional martial arts; building and improving the quality of Vietnamese traditional martial arts competitions; promoting and cooperating internationally to develop Vietnamese traditional martial arts will also be discussed to find a comprehensive solution to develop Vietnamese traditional martial arts.

“Organizing the workshop is just one of the first steps. In addition, we will coordinate with relevant units to carry out a series of comprehensive solutions. One of the immediate tasks is to promote Vietnamese traditional martial arts to the world, so that international friends can see all the beauty of this martial art, which is the crystallization of the nation's martial arts. In the immediate future, we are developing a strategy to bring Vietnamese traditional martial arts to the SEA Games arena. If supported by other countries, the quintessence of Vietnamese traditional martial arts will be displayed at the largest arena in the region,” the President of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation shared.

AUTUMN; Photo: QUY LUONG

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