Traditional Martial Art Viet Vo Dao and Vietnamese Tai Chi South Africa

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All-round Martial Arts for All!

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Classes for all

Adults, Teenagers, Men and Woman and Children.

Suitable for everyone, Thanh Long is an all-round Martial Art aiming at improvement of discipline, self-confidence, health, vitality, mental clarity, and development of the body, mind and spirit.

There isn't any restriction of age or sex, Viet-Vo-Dao Thanh Long is for all those who like Martial Arts that provide self-control & harmony between body and spirit, power and softness, human and nature in addition to self-defence and weapons.

Ladies' Practice

All the techniques of the school are accessible to all individuals, as far as the body movements are concerned.

Females work the whole program as well as males do. Once the common basics are acquired from the black belt, the female teaching becomes more oriented to dodging techniques. Strikes are work in priority with a specific form of energy called "nerve". This method leads to a great efficacy while minimizing the use of muscular strength which females don't have compared to males.

Children's practice : The Little Dragon's class

Martial arts in the movies may not offer a true indication of what the «sport» teaches to children and adults as well. Allowing your child to receive martial arts training is not opening up a door to violence; it is opening a door to building a solid foundation of self-esteem and confidence. Children with learning difficulty, hyperactivity or behavior problems can also benefit from the structure learning program that our school offers. Through training, children have visible proof of their ability and are graded as a reward of their achievements which enhances their self-esteem and level of commitment.

Viet Vo Dao will help a child to implement:

Read more about the benefits that Viet Vo Dao brings to your child with Little Dragon' class guide, click here

Practice styles

Internal breathing and external physical forms.

The External style
The external style meets the necessity to develop practical aptitudes to face up to violent attacks, master your fear and be confident. Throughout realistic and effective self-defence methods you learn:
  • How to build your being (physically and mentally) with techniques developing the mastery of the body; stretching, loosening up and hardening exercises.
  • Basic techniques; kicks, punches and blockings, the 5 animal hand forms, namely; the claw, the fist, the palm, the pick and the edge of the hand.
  • Vital points and superior techniques.
  • Conditioning work; prepares the body and enhances its abilities through limbering, hardening and warming up exercises, muscle-development, kicks, punches, blockings, dodging and basic techniques.
  • Self-defence; meets the necessity to develop practical aptitudes to face up to violent attacks, master your fear and be confident. Throughout our realistic and effective self-defence methods you learn how to take control of your opponent.
  • In this Style, Vo Sinhs (Students) are also taught forms of traditional techniques enabling the work of mobility. They work with a partner to enable the acquisition of the timing, distance, preciseness and control so much as it shows the effectiveness of the technique.
The Internal style
The internal style answers the need to be healthy. Its purpose is to harmonise and find a balance between negative and positive pole of your body. It teaches you how to become aware of your vital energy, how to develop and make this energy circulate through your entire body by emphasising its Chi Gong's practices on: breathing vigorously, search of deep relaxation, awareness and harmony between the Am & Duong (yin/yang), at last peace and love while doing Bat Quaï forms (Tai Chi). In this Style, the work emphases on the breathing which is essential on the path of the Vo Sinh and the discovery of one's own body.
The Traditional style
The traditional style mainly deals with the training of weapons; Single and double Sword, Long and short stick, spear, flail and halberd.
  • Long and short stick,
  • Single and double-edged sword
  • Nunchak's
  • Spear
  • Halberd

The Training Venues

Calendar and Map : Places and times for the different venues.

List of venues

Johannesburg - Northcliff Training on Fridays from 18:30 to 20:30 ALCHEMY Sport Centre Windsor East Recreation Centre
Pretoria - Queenswood Wednesday 17:30 - 19:30

The Trainer

Paul Armand, Black Belt 2nd Dan and Green Belt 1st Degree.

The clubs in South Africa are under the operational and technical responsability of Paul-Armand MOMBEY-INDAKI.
He can be contacted at Email Paul!

Teacher Paul Armand

Instructor has a Black Belt 2nd Dan Viet Vo Dao, a Green Belt and represent the school of Viet Vo Dao Thanh Long Truong Son Vo Duong Quoc Te for South Africa