A game in the tour (Photo: Internet)
Co-organized by Thanh Hoa provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, the event lured 118 athletes from 13 delegations of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Public Security, Ca Mau, Dong Nai, Khanh Hoa, Son La, Quang Ngai, Tuyen Quang, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and the host Thanh Hoa.
They will compete for the 15-17 and 18- 35 age-groups, with 32 sets of medals.
The 31-member Ho Chi Minh city delegation, a cradle for Muay, demonstrates its power in defending the top title. While the Thanh Hoa delegation set its hope on former world champion Bui Thi Quynh, 18, from Quang Thanh ward, Thanh Hoa city.
Former Muay world champion Bui Thi Quynh from Thanh Hoa province According to Dao Ngoc Vu, Muay international referee, head coach of Vietnam national Muay squad, the first competing day showed impressive professional skills from competitors, even though this year’s event saw fewer competitors and delegations.
This tour is a good chance for Vietnamese Muay to check training quality in preparation for the upcoming Asian Beach Games 2016 (ABG5) this September in the central coastal city of Da Nang, as Muay is part of 16 official sporting subjects.
It is expected to close on July 9th.
So far, Muay Thai is developing in around 20 localities, including Ho Chi Minh city, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Thanh Hoa and Hanoi.
Muay Thai is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the twentieth century, when practitioners defeated notable practitioners of other martial arts.
Appearing in Southern Vietnam in the 1950s, this physical and mental discipline which includes combat on shins is known as "the art of eight limbs" because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fighter very efficient./.