Annals of the “Ştefan cel Mare” University: Physical Education and Sport Section - The Science and Art of Movement (Nov 2018)

CURRENT GUIDELINES OF TRAINING PARTICULAR TO VOVINAM VIET VO DAO PRACTITIONERS

  • Gheorghe Pricop

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 64 – 73

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To understand the current orientation directions regarding the specific training of martial arts practitioners, particularly the Vovinam Viet Vo Dao style, we must understand the traditional aspects of how this sport discipline has evolved and the requirements of its training practice over time. Vovinam Viet Vo Dao techniques aim at achieving a perfect synthesis of body, mind and nature, the emphasis being on one’s inner strength, on one’s spiritual power, on one’s internal energy of the body. The purpose of this paper is to identify the guidelines in preparing the practitioners of modern martial arts style, namely the Vovinam Viet Vo Dao style. Due to the strong competitive feature significantly in recent years, but also to the organization of wide competitions and the promotion to higher grades exams taking place internationally, it is necessary to organize and conduct the training so that to focus on methodological modern guidelines of sports training.

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