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qwan ki do (qwan khi dao, it depends ) has indeed a deep karate flavor.Maybe the most karate-type of all vietnamese martial arts.
Now, i've heard from some friends close to Pham Xuan Tong (founder...

Yes Vietnam Does have martial arts of its own.
1000 years of invasion by China surely helped that :D
Nonetheless vietnamese got rid of chinese around 1500 (Le loi) and proved in a way their level....

hi there Narval,thanks for the welcome :-)
i think i already saw you nick,was that on cyberkwoon,webmartial or kwoon.info(au fait si tu veux parler français,on a un forum sympa la-bas)?

As for...

i'm looking for some origins of my vietnamese style.
From what i can understand it all traces back to a yunnan sifu in the 1900-1920's.The name would be "Chiu Kwan Chow".
There is alos a mention of...

i might seem controversial,
just keep in mind i don't claim to have THE truth but some bits... :D
about that son than vo dao,the stuff seems ok looking at some pictures.Just i was surprised by a...

ok
here's my guess.
In vietnamese martial arts (vo dao or vo thuat) you have a form named tu tru quyen,the 4 pillars,mainly because it can be executed on 4 pillars.
I know this form in 2 different...