Ba Than (Gyi)

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Ba Than (Gyi)

After WWII, the Director of Physical Education and Sports in the Ministry of Education Ba Than (Maung Gyi's father) tried to unite the techniques from the different bando styles and modernize them by founding a new Hanthawaddy bando system, but death interrupted his work.

Hanthawaddy bando system’s logo

[edit] Internal links

• Burmese martial arts or Thaing (burmese)
• Bando
• Naban
• Banshay
• Lethwei
• Min Zin
• Pongyi thaing
• Bando kickboxing

[edit] References

• Bando, philosophy, principles et practice, M.Gyi, IST edition, 2000 : ABA online store
• Traditional Burmese Boxing, Zoran Rebac, Ed. Paladin Press, 2003
• Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts, D.F.Draeger, R.W.Smith, Kodansha, 1969

[edit] External links

• French Bando & Lethwei Federation
• American Bando Association & More Info (Greater Hartford Bando Association page)

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