Mainland Southeast Asia martial arts sword ("krabi") and staff ("krabong"). Typically, two swords ("daab song mue") are wielded as a pair. Unarmed krabi-krabong (muay boran) makes use of kicks, pressure point strikes, joint locks, holds, and throws. Traditional Vietnamese martial arts ("Vo Thuat Co Truyen Viet Nam") can be loosely divided into those of the Sino-Vietnamese descended from the Han, and those of the Chams or indigenous Vietnamese. The former are closely related to Chinese martial arts, while the latter are more similar to Malay silat. Vovinam is a prominent modern Vietnamese martial art. Mainland Southeast Asia martial arts The traditional martial arts of the
Vovinam suit. <nowiki> </nowiki>Blue stands for the factor of the sea, and the hope - the hope in being successful in learning Vovinam. With the following 3 exams yellow stripes are added to the blue belt. The 3rd yellow stripe is followed by the yellow belt. <nowiki> </nowiki>Yellow It symbolically stands for the skin color of Asian people. It symbolizes the "skin deep" internalization of the martial art and the philosophy. In other martial arts this belt is black. Therefore, a Vovinam student who carries a yellow belt is allowed to carry a black belt. This makes a comparison to other