Vovinam (headquarter: Vietnam) uses the traditional program and (headquarter: France) uses the new training program. With every change of belt color the name plate color changes. Blue belt students start off with yellow text on blue name plates. With the yellow belt the name plate changes to red text on yellow ground. The red belt comes along with white text on a red name plate. The patriarch carries red text on a white name plate. Thin, colored lines in blue, yellow and red are shown on the upper and lower borders of this white name plate. Vovinam has some specialised techniques:
Chinese martial arts are styles that mimic movements from animals and others that gather inspiration from various Chinese philosophies, myths and legends. Some styles put most of their focus into the harnessing of qi, while others concentrate on competition. Chinese martial arts can be split into various categories to differentiate them: For example, "external" () and "internal" (). Chinese martial arts can also be categorized by location, as in "northern" () and "southern" () as well, referring to what part of China the styles originated from, separated by the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang); Chinese martial arts may even be classified according to their