Chapter 4: Southeast Asia Flashcards
(32 cards)
The best assumption is that Khmer (Cambodian) bare-handed fighting borrowed from both _____ and _____, and gave to each in turn, but remained throughout a unique style unto itself.
China
India
Historically, _____ has had the dubious distinction of being the only Southeast Asian country under nearly constant Chinese subjugation for the past _____ years.
Vietnam
2,000
_____ ___ was practiced in Vietnam throughout written history.
Ch’uan fa
_____ Quan Khi is the Vietnamese name of a Chinese Shaolin ch’uan fa master from Canton, China.
Chau
Chau Quan Khi He entered Vietnam in the late 1930s where he founded a Vietnamese martial arts school in year ____.
1956
Chau named _____ Xuan Tong as his successor, and this successor took up residence in _____ in 1968. In the early 1980s he created a new martial art known as _____.
Pham
France
Quankido
Quankido is similar to karate but more _____ and spectacular; Vietnamese weapons such as the _____ are also utilized.
acrobatic
sword
In 1945, a Vietnamese master named Nguyen Loc opened a “_____” Vietnamese martial arts school in Hanoi. He is credited with creating several Vietnamese styles, namely Vovinam _____ ___ _____ and _____ ___ _____.
traditional
Viet Vo Dao
Viet Vo Dao
Numerous forms of unarmed combat are found in modera Thailand, the most famous—or notorious—of which is simply called “Thai boxing” (_____ _____).
Muay Thai
The precursor to Muay Thai was an ancient martial art called _____ ___ _____ and was not a sport but a form of life-and-death hand-to-hand combat.
mai si sok
The metamorphosis of Muay Thai into a sport occurred in the late _____.
1930s
The combat of Muay Thai is remindful of other Southeast Asian kicking styles and has prompted more than one writer to speculate that it was the precursor of _____ _____.
Okinawan karate
The famous actor and martial artist, _____ _____, strongly endorsed Muay Thai techniques.
Bruce Lee
The brief appearance of Muay Thai in the United States brought about a new revolution in the Asian martial arts, e.g. _____ and full-contact _____.
kickboxing
karate
_____ _____, a Shorinryu stylist, is reputed to have introduced full-contact karate in 1970.
Joe Lewis
Another American influenced by Muay Thai was Mike _____, who promoted full-contact events from 1974.
Anderson
In kickboxing there are no _____ and all terminology is in _____.
kata
English
Village rivalry is an integral part of _____ culture. The most colorful way in which this is evidenced is in the pitting of the various village champions against one another during _____ held throughout the year.
Indonesia’s
festivals
As the drumming tempo increases, the master performs the formal and stylized langkas and djuroes (JEW-rows), dancelike fighting movements that appear similar to the various karate _____, but that lack the stiff formality thereof. If the man’s performance is ______, the evening’s entertainment might end at that point with no challengers risking defeat.
kata
flawless
Interestingly enough, a _____ causing an opponent to fall is oftentimes the margin of victory. If, however, the person knocked to the ground refuses to concede victory, a bloody contest will ensue in which _____ is not uncommon for one of the combatants.
footsweep
death
It is very likely that India influenced the development of a weaponless system of fighting in _____ called _____.
Malasia
bersilat
There is more direct evidence at the present time to support the common hypothesis that _____ was the real spiritual force behind bersilat’s evolution in Malaysia.
China
Bersilat in translation means “_____-_____,” but according to a popular legend its origin is said to have been traced to a woman named “_____” who, through a series of dreams, acquired a knowledge of the fundamentals of empty-handed fighting.
self-defense
Bersilat
Bersilat today remains one of the world’s _____ fighting arts due to the intense secrecy with which it evolved in Malaysia.
rarest