Ba Than (Gyi)

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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.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

• Bando, philosophy, principles et practice, M.Gyi, IST edition, 2000
• 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)