Laos’ vovinam (Vietnam’s traditional art) exponents are the first athletes to win first SEA Games gold medal for country

VIENTIANE, Could 19: Laos has obtained its first gold medal in vovinam on the thirty first SEA Video games in Hanoi, Vietnam, Laotian Occasions stories.

Feminine vovinam athletes Mala Inthalacksa and Picksamai Insoumang bagged a gold medal for Laos on the vovinam twin sword kind occasion on 19 Could.

Vovinam is a Vietnamese full-contact martial artwork involving using the arms, elbows, legs, and knees as nicely using weaponry reminiscent of swords, knives, and claws.

Vovinam (brief for Vo Viet Nam; actually that means Vietnamese Martial Arts) was based in 1938 by Nguyen Loc. It’s primarily based on conventional Vietnamese topics and eclectic sources.

Vovinam includes using the arms, elbows, legs, knees and weapons reminiscent of swords, knives, chisels, claws, followers. College students additionally discover ways to take care of hand-held weapons, counter-attacks, lock-ups, and levers.

Amongst Vietnamese martial arts, Vovinam is the biggest and most developed in Vietnam with greater than 60 faculties all over the world, together with Poland, Belgium, Canada, Cambodia, Denmark, Germany, america, Morocco, Norway, Russia, France, Romania, Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Italy, Australia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Spain, Algeria, Taiwan, Greece.

Athletes from the Laos Vovinam Affiliation have been assured of a win after efficiently competing at world vovinam occasions prior to now.

Each athletes took dwelling gold medals on the Third SEA Vovinam Championship 2014 in Myanmar.

Laos additionally secured one gold and 5 bronze medals from dancing occasions on the 4th SEAVF Southeast Asian Vovinam Championship 2017, hosted by Cambodia.