Vovinam Vovinam Vovinam (short for "Võ Việt Nam"; , "Martial Arts of Vietnam") is a Vietnamese martial art. It was founded in 1936 by Nguyễn Lộc, but at that time it was silent until 1938. At the same time, he proposed the doctrine of "revolution of the mind" to encourage students to always renew. Vovinam is based on Vietnamese traditional subjects. Vovinam involves the use of the hands, elbows, legs, knees and weapons such as swords, knives, chisels, claws, fans. Students also learn how to deal with hand-held weapons, counter-attacks, lock-ups, and levers. Amongst Vietnamese martial arts, Vovinam is the largest
Chinese martial arts hybrid style of martial art that Bruce Lee practiced and mastered. "Jeet Kune Do" is his very own unique style of martial art that uses little to minimum movement but maximizes the effect to his opponents. The influence of Chinese martial art have been widely recognized and have a global appeal in Western cinemas starting off with Bruce Lee. Martial artists and actors such as Jet Li and Jackie Chan have continued the appeal of movies of this genre. Jackie Chan successfully brought in a sense of humour in his fighting style in his movies. Martial arts films from China