Chapter 4: Southeast Asia Flashcards
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
Eclecticism is the hallmark of the fighting systems in the _____.
Philippines
In 1521, Ferdinand _____ was killed by Filipinos wielding rattan and hardwood sticks. His crew, in part, escaped and went on to complete the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Magellan
_____ is considered the oldest form of fighting in the Philippines and utilizes sticks, blades, and empty-hand combat.
Kali
With Spanish rule intact about 1600, and weaponry outlawed in general, Filipino martial arts were being practiced clandestinely, similar to karate in the _____ Islands, curiously about the same time, in the early seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Out of this period of Spanish conquest came the term _____.
Ryukyu
eskrima
Another term for eskrima is _____. These two are essentially the same thing, though followers of the two forms might argue otherwise.
arnis
One of the notable features in arnis combat is the continuous striking patterns in a _____-_____ form.
figure-eight
After World War II, arnis changed. The influence of judo, karate, and aikido led to _____ in the mainstream Filipino martial arts, and some older styles were abandoned.
modifications
Now arnis is the national _____ of the Philippines.
sport
