Talk:Vovinam

Migrating Vovinam <-> Viet Vo Dao
As to the information I gained from talking to some Vovinam Masters Vovinam and Viet Vo Dao are NOT interchangable terms. The complete description actually is "Vovinam Viet Vo Dao". Vovinam is simply "Martial Art from Vietnam" ( Vo = MArtial Art, Vinam -> Vietnam ) Viet Vo Dao is the philosophy behind it. Dao = "the way" => The vietnamese way of learning / doing martial art

Also see the verry closely related vietnamese martial art "Binh Din"

As I wrote the german article on Vovinam I am willing to merge that article into the englisch article and the merge the german and english articles on Vovinam and Viet Vo Dao. Thomas

go ahead
go ahead -- Dangerous-Boy

OK. Translation done. Merging the old content into this new text will be done by me within the next days. Please read the new text and correct grammar and spelling. I am not a native english-speaker. - - Thomas 14:18, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Black Belt
An anonymous user added the following: "This rank is equal to Tae Kwon Do's black belt. A person who wears a yellow belt with one or more stripes are considered assistant masters."

This suggest that black belts can be compared across martial arts styles. Is a black in Kyushinkai Karate is as good as a black belt in Tae Kwon Do or vice versa ? In some martial art styles it surely is easyer, in some it is harder to achive a black belt. And a black belt in one style has learnt different things than a black belt in other styles.

Opinions anyone ???

--Thomas 20:30, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


 * My personal opinion is that in each martial article a mention of how long it typically takes to obtain the belt should be mentioned. That's the most "neutral" way of determining "rank" across systems: number of years typical to achieve yellow, black, whatever. C-Blade (talk) 07:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Link farm
Wikipedia is not meant to be a link farm and this article seems to be becoming one. Please consider this.Peter Rehse 00:24, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Missing References
When I rewrote this article I used allmost no linkable sources. I talked to various masters and instructors of the school I learn Vovinam at and of other Vovinam schools. I don't have any written documents I can link. So how do I reference my sources ?

Thomas 13:18, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Books (with the isbn linked) or newspaper articles (including date & page) would be good, the internal details don't need that much support at this stage, (getting it to good or featured article stage is an other matter) Something about history would be good, I've added tags where you might want to include something. Lack of documentation can be a problem with some things, but unless there are huge claims (instructor was special forces hereo.... etc) then it's unlikely anything will be removed. --Nate1481(t/c) 13:53, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. There is a reference for you now. Vovinam belts Color System - page 61. The book: Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo: The martial art, the history and culture of a people warriors. Author: master Patrick Levet. Publisher: Vovinam World Expansion Office. Published in 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vovinamusa (talk • contribs) 12:27, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Unproven or unfinished information chunks

 * note: Wrestling isn't offered in all competitions as an event. Some countries banned it for tournaments because of too many injuries —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomas P. Hartmann (talk • contribs) 18:07, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Reverted PROD
Hi—this article was PRODed by User:Mdtemp with reason "non-notable martial art"; I've reverted the PROD. I agree that the article is sorely lacking in secondary sources and parts of it read like a promotional brochure, but even the cursory research I've done on the topic make it clear to me that Vovinam is historically significant and seems to have a considerable circle of practice both within Vietnam and abroad. I'll add some references to secondary sources and try to expand the article a little. --dragfyre_ ʞןɐʇ c 13:53, 5 October 2012 (UTC)