Nhất Nam

Nhất Nam is a martial art originating from Vietnam, formalised in Hanoi from 1983 onwards by Ngô Xuân Bính.[1]

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The name Nhất Nam derives from Sino-Vietnamese characters from "One Vietnam" (一南), and is to be distinguished from Nhật Nam ("Sun South" 日南), the Vietnamese name for the ancient Chinese Rinan Han commandery in northern Vietnam. The "One" expresses the "unification" of features of Vietnamese martial arts.[2] Ngô Xuân Bính formalised these features in his book on the basics of this unified approach in “Nhất Nam căn bản” Volumes 1 and 2, ("Basic Nhất Nam," căn bản means "basic.")

According to the English Nhất-Nam Federation's website "Nhất-Nam was mentioned for the first time in sources dating from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries."[3] However Vietnamese sources generally refer that the techniques were recorded centuries earlier, but the specific "One-Nam" name dates the art to 1983.

Nhat Nam was established in Russia in the 1990s and is also practised in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Switzerland, and the UK.[4][5][6][7]

Nhất Nam is mentioned in the novel The Zenith (set in the final months of Ho Chi Minh's life) by Vietnamese author Duong Thu Huong.

References
  1. "Martial arts maketh the man", Viet Nam News, Jan. 22, 2012.
  2. (in Vietnamese) Đào Trung Hiếu, "Giáo sư, Viện sĩ, Võ sư chưởng môn Ngô Xuân Bính Archived 2013-02-23 at Archive.today" April 23, 2011 "Ở tuổi 24, võ sư chưởng môn Ngô Xuân Bính đã làm được điều phi thường: thống nhất các gia phái, hệ phái võ “ Hét” vùng Thanh Nghệ thành môn phái võ “Nhất Nam” (cái tên với ý quy tụ bầu đoàn võ cổ miền bắc trung bộ, thành một điểm võ riêng dưới trời Nam, là một đứa con của làng võ Việt Nam)."
  3. "History of Nhất-Nam Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine", www.nhat-nam.co.uk.
  4. "Vietnamo spalvos ir išmintis – Vilniaus scenoje (nuotraukos) Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", 15min, Dec. 21, 2009.
  5. (in Vietnamese) "Võ Hét Việt Nam trên đất Nga", Tiếng nói nước Nga, Jan. 31, 2012.
  6. (in Vietnamese) Hoàng Hà, "Nhất Nam - môn võ thuần Việt", VnExpress.net, Oct. 20, 2008.
  7. (in Vietnamese) "Môn võ Nhất Nam ở Hải Dương Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", Hải Dương Online, Jan. 23, 2010.

(in French) L’association Suisse de Nhat-Nam


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