Bình-Định SA-LONG-CƯƠNG - MARTIAL ARTS

MARTIAL ARTS

I. The CULTURAL HERITAGE
of ĐẠI-VIỆT TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS STUDIES

Battlefield Martial Arts Lineages
from Bình-Định Tây-Sơn

Martial Arts Lineage from

« COMMANDER PHẠN & COMMANDER THI »

( Khiển PHẠN & Khiển THI )

School System

The Martial Arts Lineages School System of « Commandeur PHẠN & Commandeur THI » was conserved and developed by the celebrious Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Lắm who held in his time the function of leading state dignitary as « Mandarin Commander », known under the name of Commander PHẠN.

The great renamed Martial Student was his own son, the Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Thi, helding later himself the function of leading state dignitary as « Mandarin Commander », known under the name of « Commander Thi - Khiển Thi », who had trained in his turn the celebrious Grand-Master Nguyễn-Hàm, his eldest son and father of the current Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Trá - alias Ba-Phong.

The Martial Arts Lineages School System of « Commandeur PHẠN & Commandeur THI » was conserved and developed by the celebrious Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Hàm (1890~1946) - Commemoration Feast on Lunar Month December 24th.

The « Commander PHẠN » from true name Nguyễn Văn Lắm, and the « Commander THI » from true name Nguyễn Văn Thi, were precisely two War Chiefs of the Right Army from Bình-Định's highlands among those of Generalissimo Mai Xuân Thưởng answering to the Royal Edict « Cần Vương » (1885) in armed conflict against Frenchies under the reign of Emperor Hàm-Nghi (1884~1885) of NGUYỄN Dynasty (1802~1945).

The celebrious Grand-Master NGUYỄN-Văn-Hàm (1890~1946) was the son-in-law of Commander PHẠN and the eldest son of Commander THI i.e. NGUYỄN-Văn-Thi - Commemoration Feast on Lunar Month August 22th - and was the father of current Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Trá, alias Ba-Phong.

In addition, the celebrious Grand-Master NGUYỄN-Văn-Hàm (1890~1946) had could formed Four Grands Experts and Masters :

      1 - Master NGUYỄN Thức, became famous under the name of Xả Nung (one of Masters having formed the Master Trần Quang Diễn at Bình-Định) ;
      2 - Master NGUYỄN Văn Suyền, alias Sáu Suyền ;
      3 - Master TRẦN Chánh ;
      4 - Master NGUYỄN Nhiên.

The Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Trá, aka Ba Phong,
Successor of Martial Arts Trend from
"Commander PHẠN".

The Master TRỊNH QUANG Thắng was presenting the
Codified Sequence of the Unique Battle Axe « Độc-Phủ »
in front of the Grand-Master Ba Phong.

The Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Trá, aka Ba Phong,
Successor of Martial Arts Trend from"Commander PHẠN",
was wielding the Unique Battle Axe « Độc-Phủ ».

The Grand-Master Ba PHONG was riding the
War Horse « Divine-Wind - Thần-Phong ».

Master TRỊNH QUANG Thắng nearby
Grand-Master Ba PHONG was riding the
War Horse « Divine-Wind -Thần-Phong ».

Grand-Master Ba PHONG and MasterTRỊNH Quang Thắng
during the determination of the standardizsation day
about the martial clothing from Võ-Trận Đại-Việt.

Master TRỊNH Quang Thắng was writing
a Coded Poem from a Codified Sequence
under the dictation of Grand-Master Ba PHONG.

Martial Student from the Academy of Võ-Trận Đại-Việt
was training on Foot Fighting for Pedestrian Archery (Bộ-Xạ)
throughout the Codified Sequence of
« The Bow which Quakes the Sky »
( Chấn Thiên Cung - 震天弓 )
handed down by Grand Master Ba-Phong, belonging to
Martial Arts Lineages from Commander PHẠN and
Commander THI.

Martial Student from the Academy of Võ-Trận Đại-Việt
was training on Foot Fighting for Pedestrian Archery (Bộ-Xạ) throughout the Codified Sequence of
« The Bow which Quakes the Sky »
( Chấn Thiên Cung - 震天弓 )
handed down by Grand Master Ba-Phong, belonging to Martial Arts Lineages from Commander PHẠN and Commander THI.