Aka are pre-arranged sets of movement or forms in Burmese martial arts. They serve as a straightforward way of passing down all of a style's techniques...
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Bando (category Burmese martial arts)
Bando (Burmese: ဗန်တို, pronounced [bàɰ̃dò]) is a defensive unarmed martial art from Myanmar. Bando is sometimes mistakenly used as a generic word for...
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Kata (redirect from Kata (martial arts))
needed] Other Asian martial arts refer to forms by various terms specific to their respective languages, such as the Burmese word aka, the Vietnamese quyen...
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The culture of Myanmar (Burma) (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ယဉ်ကျေးမှု; MLCTS: /mranma yanykye:hmu/ ) has been heavily influenced by Buddhism. Burmese culture has also...
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Robin Black (category Mixed martial arts broadcasters)
Canadian combat analyst and sports commentator. He formerly competed in mixed martial arts, and previously had a career as a glam rock musician. Robin Black...
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died on May 1760 on his way from Siam back to Burma. Burmese invasion of Siam in 1760, in which the Burmese, particularly Prince Myedu, had an opportunity...
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main pillars of Shaolin culture are Chan Buddhism (禅; chán), martial arts (武; wǔ), Buddhist art (艺; yì), and traditional Chinese medicine (医; yī). This cultural...
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Washington 2". The Bodylock MMA. AFP (30 December 2015). "Lethwei, Myanmar's brutal Martial Art, attracting all-comers while fighting for recognition". The National...
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Art music Afghan classical music—Klasik Andalusi classical music Arabic music Azerbaijani Mugham Burmese classical music—Mahāgīta Cambodian ceremonial...
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Monkey King (category Articles containing Burmese-language text)
Ghokong or Sung Gokhong in Javanese, Sun Ngokong in Thai, Wu Khone in Burmese, and Sun Gokong in Malay. Listed in the order that they were acquired:...
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List of British Chinese people (section Art and design)
Louise Duan (born 1993), actress Jon Foo (born 1982), actor and wushu martial artist Mona Hammond (born 1931), actress Jessica Henwick (born 1992), actress...
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versa. Tsung Hi was a master in martial art as well as a very intelligent individual. He knew a very lesser known art of deceiving bullets from a very...
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Meitei culture (redirect from Art forms of Manipur)
'sword') and ta (Meitei for 'spear') in the traditional Meitei dance-cum-martial art form of Thang-Ta form the basic foundation of the classical choreographic...
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husband Gregg dies aged 66 after cancer battle". The Mirror. Retrieved 5 August 2023. "Norman Selby, aka Kid McCoy or - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com....
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is the largest international governing body of competitive pencak silat (aka sport silat) with 66 member countries. IPSF is the only pencak silat organization...
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Italian Campaign 1956 Japan The Burmese Harp Biruma no tategoto (ビルマの竪琴) Kon Ichikawa Japanese soldiers fighting in the Burma campaign 1956 United States...
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Scott Shaw (category Martial arts writers)
author, martial artist, and filmmaker. Scott Shaw is an advanced martial artist. He has written a number of articles and books on the martial arts and...
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Expos). John Nesselroade, 88, American psychologist. Naw Zipporah Sein, 69, Burmese political activist, cancer. Patrick Stoddart, 79, British journalist and...
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List of Filipino Americans (section Visual art)
Matiko – actress (The Art of War) Caitlin McHugh – actress and model (The Vampire Diaries) Chad McQueen – actor, producer, martial artist, race car driver...
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the late 1970s and early 1980s the series follows Raja Krishnappa Bairya aka Rocky (Yash), a Mumbai-based high ranking mercenary born in poverty, to his...
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List of Korean Americans (section Art and design)
actor, martial artist, stuntman (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight) Leonardo Nam, actor Ricky Lee Neely, actor Soon Hee Newbold, filmmaker, actress, martial artist...
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sell a couple one of the shop's most prized items, a $10,000 Ormolu clock, a.k.a. "The Death Clock". Another customer who collects cufflinks displays a surprising...
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List of Mexican Americans (section Mixed martial arts)
champion, mixed martial arts Nate Diaz – UFC, mixed martial arts TUF Winner Nick Diaz – UFC, mixed martial arts Efrain Escudero – mixed martial arts TUF Winner...
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UFC, Mixed martial arts Carlos Condit - UFC / Mixed martial arts fighter Nathan Diaz - Mixed martial artist Nick Diaz - UFC / mixed martial arts Efrain...
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Staff (various staffs of various lengths from various martial arts) Arnis stick twirling (aka Escrima or Kali, stick is held at one end and not in the...
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Martial arts films — including Hong Kong martial arts films (such as period kung fu films, chopsocky, Bruceploitation and Wuxia) and Japanese martial...
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currency code) my – (s) Burmese language (ISO 639-1 code) MY – (s) Malaysia (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) mya – (s) Burmese language (ISO 639-2...
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Deaths in January 2023 (category Articles with Burmese-language sources (my))
(Karlsruher SC) and coach (SSV Ulm, VfR Mannheim). Uyen Sinwa Nhpan Ja Ra, 91, Burmese Kachin singer. Norma Whiteman, 95, Australian cricketer (New South Wales...
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father. Abraham Sofaer (October 1, 1896 – January 21, 1988), stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television...
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Ocean's punishing waters as he chases the lost treasure of Olivier Levasseur, AKA "The Buzzard," rumored to be worth more than a billion dollars. 8.7 "Mysteries...
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