ASIAN DIRECTORY
MARTIAL ART SCHOOLS IN ASIA
亚洲的 武术 综合格斗 学院
Cambodia柬埔寨, China中国, Indonesia印度尼西亚, India 印度,
Japan日本, Laos老挝, Malaysia马来西亚, Mongolia 蒙古,
Myanmar 缅甸, Pakistan巴基斯坦, Singapore新加坡,
South Korea韩国, Sri Lanka斯里兰卡, Taiwan台湾,
Thailand泰国, Vietnam越南.
This list is far from complete. Please add your school to the list below by e-mailing me your details.
亚洲的 武术 综合格斗 学院
Cambodia柬埔寨, China中国, Indonesia印度尼西亚, India 印度,
Japan日本, Laos老挝, Malaysia马来西亚, Mongolia 蒙古,
Myanmar 缅甸, Pakistan巴基斯坦, Singapore新加坡,
South Korea韩国, Sri Lanka斯里兰卡, Taiwan台湾,
Thailand泰国, Vietnam越南.
This list is far from complete. Please add your school to the list below by e-mailing me your details.
Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Asia
CAMBODIA 柬埔寨
The following is from: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradal_Serey
Pradal serey is an unarmed martial art from Cambodia. In Khmer the word pradal means fighting or boxing and serey means free. Originally used for warfare, pradal serey is now one of Cambodia's national sports. Its moves have been slightly altered to comply with the modern rules.
Pradal serey is mostly the same as unarmed Kbachkun Boran except it does not include mae (core techniques), tvear (door system that emphasizes footwork). Instead, it focuses more on winning a bout. While most well-known for its kicking technique, which generates power from hip rotation rather than snapping the leg, pradal serey consists of four types of strikes: punches, kicks, elbows and knee strikes. The clinch is used to wear down the opponent. Compared to other forms of Southeast Asian kickboxing, Pradal Serey emphasizes more elusive and shifty fighting stances. The Cambodian style tends to utilize more elbows than that of other regions. More victories come by way of an elbow technique than any other strikes.
Training Centers:
Paddy's Fitness Centre
Beautiful established club, teaching Kun Khmer (Pradal Serey) and boxing - in a new location - with all the trimmings: Excellent instuctors, ring, etc. Thier website is also excellent and packed with news and upcoming events.
From speakingadventure.com:
Paddy’s fight Club Cambodia, Antonio Graceffo trains with the “Big Trainer” (Bu Menia) a man mountain of a man with a heart of gold who helps Paddy Carson train the young, up and coming boxers. The boys come from poor families and are
missing one or both of their parents, so “Big Trainer” supports them. They live with Big Trainer’s family and he trains them for free. Paddy sponsors them for their training, but their overall standard of living is extremely low. None of the boys can afford school fees to attend high school, but they have a dream of punching their way out of poverty.
ADDRESS:
Number 46 Street 428, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
T: 012 217 877
Paddy Carson
e-mail: paddycarson2@gmail.com
http://www.paddysgym.com/contact/
K-1 Fight Factory
Really complete new gym with professional Cambodian and foreign instructors, as well as ring, weights, tatami area, bags, etc.
http://www.k1-factory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=15
Martial Art Odessey (Not a club but lots of great information about Asian martial arts in Cambodia and elsewhere.)
...by a quite interesting character named: Antonio Graceffo (The Monk from Brooklyn) who participates in the fight game and also does a lot of other fascinating things.
See his website at: http://speakingadventure.com/
CHINA 中国
See China pages on navagation bar above.
INDIA 印度
Wikipedia has an excellent review of Indian martial arts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_martial_arts
A good site with many links is:
http://www.findouter.com/Asia/India/Recreation_and_Sports/Martial_Arts/
INDONESIA 印度尼西亚
PENTJAK PUKULAN SILAT & KUNTAO -
Great site with Silat schools around the world & contact information, books, & interviews on the front page
http://www.martialhub.com/indonesia/indonesia.html
JAPAN 日本
JUDO
Kodokan – World Judo Headquarters
http://www.kodokan.org/
(Includes a link list for Judo clubs around the world: http://www.kodokan.org/e_info/link.html)
JUJITSU
http://www.jjif.info/Ju-jitsu International Federation
http://www.ajjif.org/All Japan Jujitsu International Federation (Located in the U.S.) (?)
KARATE
International Shotokan Karate Federation
http://www.iskf.com/ (Includes a club list: http://www.iskf.com/club%20directory.html)
International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Federation
http://www.iogkf.com/
(Includes link list: http://www.iogkf.com/country-listing.html)
Shorin-Ryu has many different sub-organizations.
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/karatejmh/Shorinryubranches.htm&date=2009-10-26+01:11:44
Here are two other links for Shorin-Ryu
http://www.oshukai.com/
http://shorinryu-kenshinkan.com/2/sibumap.html
Kyokushin Kaikan Karate - Somewhat divided organization. Links to various branches can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Karate_Organization
Also see:
http://www.kyokushin-world.org/calendar/ (Representative organization in Europe)
http://ikohonbudojo.com/
KENDO
http://www.kendo-fik.org/ International Kendo Federation
KYUDO (Japanese archery)
http://kyudo.jp/contents/code/english All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF)
http://www.ikyf.org/ International Kyudo
Federation (IKYF) (In Japanese buy Google toolbar translator helps!)
MMA JAPAN
DREAM Japan official website (in Japanese)
http://www.dreamofficial.com/
List of MMA gyms:
http://www.japan-mma.com/2008/10/gyms-in-japan.html
http://www.mma-in-japan.com/mma-gyms-in-tokyo/
There are a lot of other good sites too:
http://mma-japan.com/
http://www.mmafighting.com/japan
LAOS 老挝
From: “The forgotten art of kickboxing”
http://www.usadojo.com/articles/Antonio-Graceffo/Muay-Lao-Forgotten-Art.htm
Muay Lao
National Muay Lao stadium
“The travel guides were all dead wrong about the Muay Lao training. Most books said it was held at the national sports stadium in Vientiane. Actually, the Muay Lao training is held at the National Muay Lao stadium, which is located about fifteen or twenty minutes outside of the city. The stadium boasts a full size ring, a row of kick bags, and a row of uppercut bags mounted on the wall. The coaches are excellent in the ring working the pads with you. Djarn Ngern, the head coach of the Lao National Muay Lao Team, told me that Muay Lao is a much smaller sport in Lao than is Muay Thai in Thailand. Professional fights are only held in the National Stadium twice per month. There are only a handful of registered professional fighters in the whole country.
“How is Muay Lao different than Muay Thai?”I asked. “It’s exactly the same.” Said the Adjarn. “Cambodians are angry about the name Muay Thai. They feel they invented kickboxing and it should be called by the Cambodian name, Bradal Serey,
not Muay Thai. What do you think of that?”Without a second’s hesitation he answered,“Muay Thai was invented
in Cambodia, but Thailand has the money and got famous.”
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Muay Lao and Fitness/Gym in Luang Prabang
Malaysia 马来西亚
SILAT is Malaysia’s indigenous martial Art.
The best directory found for Malaysian Martial Arts, especially Silat, is:
http://martialarts.com.my/community/modules/addresses/viewcat.php?cid=7
Malaysia did not have any MMA like UFC and K1 as they were banned by the government. However in March 2011
the Malaysian Sports Authority reversed their position allowing the first ever sanctioned' MMA bouts. This shouldn’t be too surprising given that Muay Thai has a long history in Malaysia, and they also have their own indigenous martial art:
Silat.
This first competition held at Cheras Stadium had only three fights, and reports describe rather low level fighting, but it represents a major change in the Malaysian Sports Authority’s attitudes towards MMA. Their third major fighting championships will be early 2012.
Malaysia Full Contact Martial Arts Tournament Cheras Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MMA/Jiujitsu CLUBS
Crazy Monkey
http://www.kdta.com/
Ultimate MMA GYM
Johor Baru
http://www.ultimategym.blogspot.com/(LINK IS DEAD)
PJ Jujitsu Club Malaysia
http://pjjiujitsu.blogspot.com/ No mention of MMA on their site.
(PJ stands for Petaling Jaya – an upscale huge suburb or KL)
Jak Othman Kickboxing & Martial Arts Studio - Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
http://www.jakickboxing.com/ (Hard to say if this is MMA as understood internationally)
International Jujutsu Institute
This appears to be traditional Japanese Jujitsu and the site doesn’t mention MMA
http://www.jujutsu.org.my/
Capoeira
http://my.bantus.org/
MONGOLIA 蒙古
Researching now...
MYANMAR 缅甸
From: http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-arts/myanmar-arts-thaing.htm
Myanmar possesses a rich martial arts heritage. The martial arts was introduced into Myanmar almost 2000 years ago. Ancient writings reveal that as far back as the time of King Anawrahta (1044 - 77 A.D.) Buddhist monks were teaching the secrets of
breath-control and mediation practice in addition to the principle of yielding of force – a principle that is found in arts like tai chi, aikido, and even judo. Myanmar's Martial art was named as Thaing.
Thaing
Thaing is a Burmese term used to classify the indigenous martial systems of ancient Myanmar. The word
"Thaing" loosely translates to "total combat".
There are many different forms of Thaing in Myanmar. Generally known to have originated in Northern Shan areas, it is known there as Shan Thaing. The traditional Myanmar Nantwin or The Royal Thaing has been kept secret among the practitioners who choose their students very carefully. There also is a technique known as Thaing byaungbyan or The Reversed form of Thaing, which became well-known among the public. It is a unique fighting art of mysterious origin.
Types of Myanmar Martial Arts include:
* Bando (Animal system or free hands system)
* Banshay (Arts of the sword,staff and spear
* Lethwei (Burmese Boxing)
* Naban (Burmese wrestling)
* Bando (yoga)
* Min Zin
* Pongyi thaing
* Bando kickboxing
The following is from: http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-arts/myanmar-arts-lethwei.htm
Lethwei (Myanmar Kick Boxing)
Myanmar Traditional Boxing is a form of kickboxing which originated in Myanmar. Lethwei is in many ways similar to its siblings from neighboring South-East Asian countries such as Tomoi from Malaysia, Pradal Serey from Cambodia and Muay Thai from Thailand.
If Thai Boxing is the science of 8 limbs, then Lethwei can be called the science of 9 limbs, due to the allowance of head butts. In
comparison, Lethwei can be interpreted as being bolder and more extreme. Myanmar boxers are said to be slightly bigger and taller than their Thai counterparts. The techniques are a bit slower and stronger than in the other Southeast Asian kickboxing forms. There are records recording Lethwei style matches dating back to the Pyu Empire in Myanmar. Ancient Myanmar armies successfully used Lethwei, Bando and its armed sibling Banshay in winning many wars against neighboring
countries.
Participants fight without gloves or protection, wrapping only their hands in hemp or gauze cloth. Fights are traditionally held outdoors in sandpits instead of rings, but in modern times they are now held in rings. Popular techniques in Lethwei include leg kicks, knees, elbows, head butts, raking knuckle strikes, and take downs.
Matches traditionally and ultimately would go until a fighter could no longer continue. In earlier times, there no draws, only a win or loss by knockout. No point system existed. Extreme bloodshed was very common and death in the ring was no surprise. Nowadays in the match, if a knockout occurs, the boxer is revived and has the option of continuing; as a result, defense, conditioning, and learning to absorb punishment are very important. Myanmar boxers spend a great deal of time preparing the body to absorb impact and conditioning their weapons to dish it out. Matches today are carried out in both the traditional manner and a more modern offshoot started in 1996, the Myanma Traditional boxing. The modern style has changed to make the contests more of an organized sport under the government's organization. It should be noted that the modern style of Myanma
Traditional Boxing greatly resembles Muay Thai in its sporting outlook, and not quite the rougher and tumble fighting of its rural
roots.
PAKISTAN 巴基斯坦
Pakistan Shaolin Chinese Wushu Kungfu Association
http://sifusalman.com/links.html
Eagles Thai Boxers Academy Of Pakistan
Boring Road, Rawalpindi ,
Pakistan 46000
Phone: 0092-345-5112520
Style: Muay Thai
Lahore Distrcit Martial Arts Association
The Gramer School,Daroghawala GT Road Lahore-042
Lahore, Pakistan 54000
Phone: +92-302-6660677
Style: Shotokan
Pakistan Martial Arts Center
New Abadi Islamia Park Sialkot ,
Pakistan 51310
Phone: (+92)300-6168597
Style: Shotokan
Elite Karate Association Pakistan
Airport road, Chaklala
Rawalpindi, Punjab ,
Pakistan 46000
Phone: 0923009566605
Style: Karate
Nadeem’s Martial Arts Academy
Main Airport Road
Rawalpindi, Punjab ,
Pakistan
46000
Phone: 092-03009566605
Style: Japanese Karate
Tigers Fight Club & Self Defence College
Railway stadium
Boring Road, Dhok Mangtal,
Rawalpindi, Punjab ,
Pakistan 46000
Phone: +92-343-5058081
Style: Muay Thai
SINGAPORE 新加坡
YST Wingchun Club
Science Park Road
Singapore, South West District, Singapore 117528
Tel: 83096398
Elite Karate & Kickboxing Singapore
340 King George's Avenue
Central Singapore District, Singapore 208574
96811927
The World Zen Do Ka Karate & Kickboxing Association
340 King Georges Avenue Singapore
Singapore 208574
6596811927
SINGAPORE MMA
In 2010 Singapore had an ambitious new organization called “Resorts World™ Sentosa Martial Combat.”Broadcast on ESPN-STAR Sports to a potential audience of 310 million viewers in 24 different countries, Martial Combat did feature top level fighters in world class MMA events. Unfortunately their Internet site hasn’t been updated
since October 2010.
As one organization fades another sprouts up almost instantly and in Singapore this is“One FC.” Cage-side
seats of the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium got sold out almost immediately and the extreme volume of people attempting to buy tickets for the September 3, 2011 debut event crashed their server. They also are associated with Evolve MMA and obtained contracts with ESPN. One (Mainland) Chinese fighter scheduled to fight is Wang Sai (CTT) who will contend against no less than Gregor Gracie.
SOUTH KOREA 韩国
South Korea has an unusually rich background in martial arts. Taekwondo, Hapkido, and Sunmudo are only a few of dozens of
martial arts practiced there. I’m only including a few of the most famous.
Taekwondo Kukkiwon - World Taekwondo Headquarters
The Kukkiwon is based at 635 Yeoksam-Dong (역삼동) in the Gangnam-Gu (강남구) district of Seoul, South Korea. They have tourist training packages for visitors costing about $200.
Kendo ("Kumdo" in Korean)
My favorite Kendo place in Korea is not in Seoul but in the more traditional city of Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do Province. Kumdo Master,
Park Yong Chun 8th Dan won just about every world championship in Kendo and was captain of the Korean international team for many years. I don’t have the address, but he is locally famous and taxi drivers know the Jeonju Kumdogwan. There are very few 8th Dans in the world especially outside Japan, but he is one amazing teacher.
Korean MMA
Korean Top Team: located near Se-Jong university station
Team Tackle http://www.letswrestling.net/
Daegu MMA located in Daegu http://www.daegumma.com/
Dong In MMA, Seoul http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoon_Dong-Sik
Toohon Jung Shim Kwan: trains alot of profighters in Korea.
Team M.A.D. gym: located in Busan http://www.koreabjj.com/
Korean MMA Promoters:
Now-a-days the number one promoter appears to be Road FC. When I lived there, 2001-2009, it was Spirit MC, but that organization appears to be defunct now. Road FC held its inaugural show Oct 2010 and was still in operation as of April 16, 2011 when it held its’second big event at the Grand Hilton Seoul Convention Center in Seoul.
SUNMUDO: Traditional Buddhist martial art of South Korea
You can live at this very large, beautiful Buddhist temple and practice martial arts daily. It’s kind of a Korean version
of the Shaolin Temple.
http://sunmudo.net/
Hankido Sang Moo Kwan International Training Center
Seoul Yang CheonGu, SinWol 7 Dong
982-3
South-Korea
Postal code: 158-847
상무관 국제수련원
서울특별시 양천구 신월7동
982-3
대한민국 158-847
http://www.sangmookwan.com/tekst/1692/Address.html
SRI LANKA 斯里兰卡
(Under construction)
TAIWAN 台湾
Taiwan MMA
e-Interview with Warren Wang of the Taiwan Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Academy (by G. Brundage)
Q:Does your club have any MMA fighters training there?
W.W. Yes. Taiwan BJJ Academy also has a MT program. Our MMA team training is by invitation only and they have their own training sessions. We have about 5 fighters that have been competing in Asia.
There are two other schools that train MMA, Evolution Combat and Tough MMA. Recently the guys from these schools have come together to train together. They take turns visiting each other’s schools to train.
Q: Can you give me some idea of this history of MMA in Taiwan?
W.W: Taiwan MMA started about 9 years back. In its’ infancy, a group call TFKC started UFC 1 style fights outdoors in shopping malls... that's when we started introducing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to the MA community by fighting in these events. The fights were matched and run poorly and the standard of the fighters were really low. But it was a start. This group had a couple more events, but eventually faded out because of the low caliber of fighters and budget. Later Taiwan BJJ Academy held a few smoker events that were quite successful, but stopped after Andy Wang (the head instructor of Taiwan BJJ at the time) decided to pursue his UFC dreams and returned to the states. Later another group started doing MMA shows. This time the fighter caliber was better, they had 4-5 shows before running out of money. The last two years, a group called Pro Fighting MMA has been doing well in their last 5 shows.
Thailand 泰国
Anyone who’s watched much UFC knows that Muay Thai is second only to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu when it comes to the Asian martial art background of MMA fighters. With its; emphasis on full-contact ring fighting that includes strikes with elbows and knees Muay Thai readily adapts to the needs of stand-up fighting in MMA.
The first official MMA event in Thailand was called TVT1 (Thailand Vale Tudo 1). It was in Bangkok on February 2002 and
organized by Jon (Gionata Belagamba Jon), Sal Garcia (Tito Ortiz ex-Manager) and Todd Barlow.
Today in Thailand hundreds of Muay Thai clubs have added MMA as part of their curriculum. So the following are just a few of
the many, many MMA programs there.
MMA/Muay Thai Clubs in Thailand
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Thailand (Bangkok) http://bjjthailand.com/
International Jeet Kune Do (Bangkok) http://www.ijkd.com/
(Also has branch schools in Singapore, Australia, Sri Lanka and other locations.)
Bangkok Fight Club (Bangkok) http://www.bangkokfightclub.com/
EMAC Fitness Martial Arts (Bangkok) http://www.emacthailand.com/index.php
Bangkok Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club (Bangkok) http://bkkbjj.com/
Tiger Muay Thai (Phuket) http://www.tigermuaythai.com/
Phuket Top Team' (Phuket) http://www.phukettopteam.com (New!)
Legacy gym (Ubon Ratchathani) http://www.legacygym.com/
Pra Si Pra Military Muay Thai Academy (Korat) http://www.pspmuaythai.com/
OTHERS:
http://www.khaosanroad.com/directory/listing_list.php?cat_id=25&city_id=all&country_id=1
Promoters in Thailand are many, though Tiger Muay Thai is considered by locals to be the most active. Also, Thai Thohsaphol Sitiwatjana, world famous Muay Thai trainer and coach, commonly known as “Master Toddy” is certainly one of the more flamboyant and experienced in Europe and the U.S.
Vietnam 越南
“The various forms of Viet Vo Dao or Vo Thuat (Việt Võ Đạo) evolved into styles such as Vo Binh Dinh, Hung Ke Quyen as well as Vivodo, Nhan Da and Kieu Dung. These styles are known for their aerial and two legged flying kicks.”
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/5101939
CLUBS
VietFighter Gym
http://newhanoian.xemzi.com/en/venue/show/5428/VietFighter-Gym
Mr. Long @ 01638923378
Address: Ngõ 31 duòng Xuân Diêu, Tây Ho, Hanoi
Directions: Turn down the Ngõ at 31 Xuân Diêu, Tây Hõ
Phone: 0163 892 3378
vietfighter@hotmail.zxq.net
Saigon Jiu Jitsu
Trains at the Star Fitness Gym within the Manor apartments located at the following address - 91 Nguyen Huu Canh, District Binh Thanh (Located on level 1, above ground floor)
www.starfitnessvn.com
Unity Martial Arts
Cuong Nhu is a Vietnamese martial art founded in 1965 by Grandmaster Ngo Dong in Vietnam. It is a hard/soft style with roots in Shotokan Karate and combines aspects of Aikido, Judo, Wing Chun, Vovinam, Tai Chi Chuan and Boxing. (This is not mixed martial arts in the American sense.)
http://www.unitymartialarts.com/cn.html
Vietnamese MMA FIGHTERS
The most internationally famous Vietnamese MMA fighter is Cung Le (Vietnamese: Lê Cung, born May 25, 1972) a
Vietnamese American Sanshoukickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor from San Jose, California currently competing in Strikeforce. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San ShouWorld Champion and has a professional San Shou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts. He defeated Frank Shamrockto become the second Strikeforce Middleweight Champion
before vacating the title to further pursue his acting career. (Source: wikipedia) Cung Le’s website: http://cungle.com/
Editor's NOTE: Please! Help me make this list more complete by e-mailing me other martial clubs in Asia!
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