This is vovinam, Vietnam's acrobatic martial art with roots dating back to the country's struggle for independence, and it is showing at the SEA Games for the first time since 2013.
Created in the 1930s, it borrows from elements of Chinese kung fu and other Asian styles but was crafted to suit the Vietnamese of the time. First introduced at the SEA Games in 2011, the sport had a second showing in 2013 in Myanmar but was absent for several years before returning to the ring in Hanoi.On Saturday, over a thousand fans crowded a gymnasium hall about 40km north of central Hanoi to watch seven nations contest for some of the Games' 15 vovinam gold medals.
In one display involving a machete, Thuong and a partner disarmed each other using flying moves, punches, kicks and grappling manuevers.
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