Il termine “Viet Vo Dao” (la Via delle Arti Marziali Vietnamite), così come “Karate” o “Kung Fu”, è una sorta di contenitore all’interno del quale sono compresi numerosissimi stili di arti marziali, anche molto diversi tra loro.

In Vietnam, “Viet Vo Dao” indica in genere lo stile Vovinam, mentre le arti marziali autoctone sono conosciute nella loro globalità soprattutto con il nome “Vo Co Truyen Viet Nam” (arti marziali antiche e tradizionali del Vietnam),  Vo Thuat” (tecniche di combattimento), o ancora “Vo Dan Toc” (l’arte marziale nazionale), nomi evidentemente poco riproponibili in occidente. Di seguito vengono riportate le più note scuole contemporanee (elenco parziale):

 

Style - Stile

Head- Caposcuola

Founder - Fondatore

Roots - Radici

Bach My Phai (Baimeiquan)

(several lineages)

Zhang Liquan (1880 - 1964)?
(attributed to Baimei)

Nga My Phai(?)

Bach Ho Quyen (Baihuquan)

(several lineages)

?

(Shaolinquan?)

Chau Gia Duong Lang Nam Phai
Nam Phai Duong Lang)

(several lineages)

Zhoufamily (Hakka)

Zhoujia Tanglangnanpai
(« Nanpai Tanglangquan, Wuzuquan?)

Con Luan

?

?

?

Dai Bang Phai

Le Van Than

?

?

Dau Vo Dai

?

?

?

Dong Viet Dao

Dong Vu

Dong Vu (1943-)

Thich Tran Thu 
(buddhist lineage, which??)

Hac Ho Quyen (Heihuquan)

(several lineages)

?

(Shaolinquan?)

Han Bai

(several lineages)

?

?

---> "European branch"

Farid Belkessa

Tasteyre Tran Phuoc ()

(Han Bai: Thach Nam lineage via Wu By Oai<spelling obscure!> ?)

Hau Quyen Trung Dung Dao

Tran Van Ut(?)

unknown

buddhist lineage (which??)

He Phai  (Kejia)

(many lineages)

"none" (collective term for the Hakka families' arts)

Thieu Lam Nam Phai,    Nga My Phai,
Nam Phai Duong Lang, Long Qing

Hiep Khi Vo Dao

Nghiem Toan?

Tran Huu Ha

?

Hoa Long Vo Dao

Le Vinh Long

Le Vinh Long

Vo Trung Hoa & ?

Hong Gia (Hongjiaquan)

(several lineages)

Lu Acai and Tie Qiaosan?
(attributed to Hong Xiguan)

Shaolin Nanpai?

---> 

Dinh Tri Dung

?

(Hongjiaquan)

Huynh Long Phai

Huynh Duc Tho

Huynh Duc Tho?

Vo Binh Dinh

Kim Ke

?

Nguyen Lu (1754-?)

Vo Tay Son,               Thieu Lam Nam Phai

Kim Long

?

?

...

Kim Long

see entry under Vo Binh Dinh

 

 

La Han Quyen

(several lineages)

?

originated in Fujian: Shaolin Nanpai?

La Son Phai

?

?

Vo Quang Binh?

Long Ho Hoi - Vo Viet-Nam

Nguyen Manh Son
(aka Hong Sac Kim)

Nguyen Manh Hung?

"Sino-Indochinese style"

Long Qing Phai (Longxingpai)

(several lineages)

Dayu?

Shaolin Nanpai, Nanpaiquan?

Mei Hoa Quyen (Meihuaquan)

(several lineages)

(Feng Keshan?)

Emeipai / Emeiquan

Minh Long

Louis Marion

Tran Minh Long (1925-1977)

?

Nam Hai Vo Dao

Nghiem An Thach

Nghiem An Thach (1937-)

Vo Lam Son?

Nam Hong Son

?

?

?

Nam Phai Duong Lang
(Nanpai Tanglangquan)

» Chau Gia Duong Lang Nam Phai  (Zhoujia Tanglangnanpai)
» ... Duong Lang Nam Phai (Zhulin Shi Tanglangquan)

 

 

Nga My Phai (Emeipai/Emeiquan)

(many lineages)

"none" (collective term)

Emeishan inhabitants

Nga My Son Phat Gia Quyen

see entry under Vo That Son

 

 

Nom Tong

?

?

?

Sa Long Cuong

Le Van Van (1954-)

Truong Thanh Dang (1895-1985)

Vo Binh Dinh

Tay Son Nhan

  see entry under Vo Tay Son

 

 

Thieu Lam

(many lineages)

"none" (collective term)

?

---> 

Nguyen Van Nguyen

???

(Thieu Lam, which lineage?)

Thieu Lam Nam Phai
(Shaolin Nanpai)

(many lineages)

"none" (collective term)

?

Trung Son Vo Dao

?

Mai Van Phat (1917-1997)

buddhist lineage (which??)

Truong Vo Thuat

Truong The Ngoc

?

?

Vat Lieu Doi

?

?

?

Viet Vo Dao

quite recent, collective term for Vietnamese Martial Arts
(more traditional terms are: Vo Thuat,  Vo Ta or  Vo Co Truyen)

 

 

Viet Vu Dao

Nguyen Van Luong

Pham Van Tan

Vo Dat Do?

Vinh Xuan Quyen
(Yongchunquan)

(several lineages)

???

(No, don't ask for my guess...  :o)

---> 

Huynh Ngoc An (1954-)
(aka Ho Phi Ho)

Nguyen Te Kong (1877-1960)
(name in Cantonese Yuen Chai Wan)

(Yongchunquan,
YCW studied with Leung Jan)

---> 

Nam Anh (19??-)

Nguyen Dui Hai (aka Ho Hai Long; 1917-1988) and Nguyen Minh (1884-?)

(Yongchunquan)

Vo An Vinh

?

?

?

Vo Bac Ninh

(many lineages)

"none"
(collective term for provincial arts)

?

Vo Binh Dinh

(many lineages)

"none"
(collective term for provincial arts)

?

---> Kim Long

Tran Ngoc Dinh

Tran Ngoc Dinh

Sino-Vietnamese lineage (which??),
Vo Binh Dinh

Vo Cuu Long

?

?

?

Vo Da

?

?

?

Vo Dao Vietnam

Cuong Chu Tan

?

?

Vo Hoang Nam

?

?

?

Vo Lam

Dai Huynh?

?

Thieu Lam Nam Phai, Hong Gia?

Vo Lam Son

(several lineages)

"none"
(collective term for regional arts)

?

--->  Lam Son Vo Dao

Jacques Tran Van Ba

Quach Van Ke (1897-1976)

(Ba Cat, Bay Mua, Han Bai)

Vo Nha Chua

?

?

?

Vo Nhat Nam

?

?

?

Vo Quang Binh

(many lineages)

"none"
(collective term for provincial arts)

?

Vo Quang Nam

(many lineages)

"none"
(collective term for provincial arts)

?

---> 

Ma Vinh Trinh

?

(Vo Quang Nam)

Vo Song Be

(several lineages)

"none"
(collective term for provincial arts)

?

Vo Tan Kanh

?

?

?

Vo Tay Son

(several lineages)

"none"
(collective term for regional arts)

?

---> 

Diep Bao Sanh

?

(Vo Tay Son)

---> 

Ho Buu

(Ho Ngan & Diep Bao Sanh?)

(Vo Tay Son)

---> 

Phan Toan Chau

?

(Vo Tay Son)

---> 

Tai Vinh Minh

?

(Vo Tay Son)

--->  Tay Son Nhan

Nguyen Van Deu
(aka Hong Nhan)

Le Van Khoi

(Vo Tay Son)

Vo Thanh Long

Nguyen Dan Phu (1912-)

Nguyen Dan Phu?

?

Vo That Son

(several lineages)

"none"
(collective term for regional arts)

?

---> That Son Than Vo Dao

Phuoc Gia Phan?

?

Vo That Son,
Sino-Vietnamese style(s)?

---> Nga My Son Phat Gia Quyen

?

?

Vo That Son?  (name may indicate Emeiquan origin)

Vo Tong Hop

?

?

?

Vo Trung Hoa

(several lineages)

Nguyen Trung Hoa

Vo Binh Dinh, Vo Quang Binh,
Vo Bac Ninh, Thieu Lam Nam Phai

---> Vo Dao Trung Hoa

Jean Quy

Jean Quy

Vo Trung Hoa, ?

---> Vo Duong Cay Lau

Bernard Vo Dinh Quang

Bernard Vo Dinh Quang

Vo Trung Hoa, some influence from Quan Khi Dao

Vo Viet Nam

Nguyen Duc Moc

Nguyen Duc Moc

?

Vo Viet-Nam

see entry under Long Ho Hoi - Vo Viet-Nam

 

 

Vovinam

Le Sang (1931- )

Nguyen Loc (1912-1960)

Vo Bac Ninh & many other styles

Vu Dao

?

?

?

(Many thanks to Kai Erik Witte)