Tai Chi master Truong Quang Ngoc is the nephew of the late master Truong Thang. Since childhood, he studied martial arts with his uncle until the master Truong Thang passed away. Although they studied under the same teacher, the school of martial arts master Truong Quang Ngoc took the name of Thieu Lam Van An.
Shaolin Kunlun Lineage
Martial arts master Truong Quang Ngoc said that his uncle (the late martial arts master Truong Thang) was passionate about martial arts. In addition to the family martial arts, he also sought out martial arts masters to increase his martial arts knowledge.
Martial artist Truong Quang Ngoc performs double swords
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Other performances
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At that time, while teaching at Van An martial arts school, the late martial arts master Truong Thang had the opportunity to meet a master of the Shaolin Kunlun sect named Nguyen Thanh Thanh, in My Loi village (now Giang Hai commune, Phu Loc district, Hue city). At that time, martial arts master Nguyen Thanh Thanh worked in the health sector participating in the malaria prevention campaign, so he met martial arts master Truong Thang, who also worked at the Thua Thien Department of Health. The two were passionate about martial arts and had the same mind, so they shared and taught each other martial arts.
Master Truong Quang Ngoc was taught Shaolin martial arts by master Truong Thang. Shaolin martial arts' fists and feet have unique characteristics such as the Eighteen Arhat Fist, Seventy-two Mysterious Techniques... Although he is over 70 years old, master Truong Quang Ngoc's body technique is still strong and flexible. Every day, he still practices and teaches martial arts to his students at the Shaolin Van An martial arts school. "I learn whatever martial arts my teacher teaches me, that is respecting my teacher. Although I know that Vo Kinh is a martial art standardized by the Vietnamese during the Nguyen Dynasty, because my teacher taught Shaolin, I am still a disciple of Shaolin. Vo Kinh mainly focuses on combat and battle to serve in the Nguyen Dynasty's army, so it focuses more on the skills of using weapons. Meanwhile, Shaolin focuses on fists and feet, and trains more in hard work," said master Truong Quang Ngoc.
In his martial arts career, martial arts master Truong Quang Ngoc has deep memories of the times he entered the ring. In 1988, when the martial arts movement developed nationwide, the Department of Sports and Physical Training of Binh Tri Thien sent a delegation of athletes to compete in traditional martial arts in Ho Chi Minh City. That year, Mr. Ngoc and another athlete from the Shaolin Nam Son sect in Hue won gold medals.
From the success of the tournament, in 1990, he and many athletes across the country were selected to represent the country at the International Martial Arts Festival in Russia (former Soviet Union). That year, he defeated many opponents to enter the final match with a Russian martial artist. The final match was intense, and he always had the upper hand on the stage. With his skillful Shaolin martial arts moves, he was applauded by the audience. However, in the end, he was judged to have lost to the home athlete by the referee and only won the silver medal.
The championship trophy that the Russian athlete gave to martial artist Truong Quang Ngoc at the International Martial Arts Festival in Russia (former Soviet Union) in 1990
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Surprisingly, the Russian athlete had a very high martial spirit. When both of them went up to the podium to receive the award, the Russian athlete only received the gold medal, but gave the championship trophy back to Mr. Ngoc and said: "I received the gold medal because I won this match, but you are the champion". To this day, Mr. Ngoc still keeps that memorable trophy as a priceless keepsake of his life.
The opportunity to learn Tai Chi
Talking about martial arts, over a cup of tea, martial artist Truong Quang Ngoc said that along with the Shaolin martial arts school, he later had the opportunity to learn Tai Chi from a martial artist "fellow student" of Uncle Ho.
Shaolin Wan An disciples perform martial arts at Bach Ma Mountain
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Mr. Ngoc said that in 1992, Mr. Tran Dinh Tung, a leader of the sports industry at that time, a master of Vietnamese Tai Chi, came to Hue to open a Tai Chi class to develop a movement to help the elderly improve their health. Master Truong Quang Ngoc and many other martial artists in Hue participated in this class as the core to later build the movement.
As soon as he approached Tai Chi, martial artist Truong Quang Ngoc grasped the profound foundation of this martial art and decided to pursue it. "I think everyone will grow old, and when they get old, what's left to do? At that time, I just pray for health and peace," he confided.
At that time, martial arts master Tran Dinh Tung taught only 24 forms of Tai Chi. Accepting the request of martial arts master Tran Dinh Tung, Mr. Ngoc determined to learn Tai Chi to open a free Tai Chi practice ground for retired officials, civil servants and the elderly to practice to improve their health. Currently, the Tai Chi practice ground at Mr. Ngoc's Thieu Lam Van An martial arts school has hundreds of people coming to practice Tai Chi every week.
Master Tran Dinh Tung was one of 18 people who were taught Tai Chi by the great Chinese master Co Luu Huynh. According to Master Tran Dinh Tung, at that time, knowing that Uncle Ho was interested in martial arts to improve his health, the late Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai sent Mr. Co Luu Huynh to Vietnam to instruct Uncle Ho in Tai Chi. Tai Chi later became widely developed in Vietnam as an effective martial art for the elderly. (to be continued)
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