The uniqueness of Khan Ran martial arts

Khan ran, a traditional checkered black and white shawl familiar to southern Vietnamese, could be used as a highly effective self-defense weapon in certain situations.

Khan ran martial arts is unique (Photo: VNP/VNA)

The Thanh Long (blue dragon) martial arts is famous for Nhung thuat (a technique using a shawl) (Photo: VNP/VNA)

The Tan Khanh Ba Tra martial arts has Dao vu thien can technique (Photo: VNP/VNA)

A practitioner practices the khan ran martial arts

A practitioner practices the khan ran martial arts (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Being a kind of soft weapon, the khan ran martial arts has specific techniques that require students to practice certain skills (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Khan ran is indeed a weapon in traditional martial arts (Photo: VNP?VNA)

Wrapping the opponent’s neck using khan ran and knock him down (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Locking the opponent’s arm (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Using khan ran to attack the opponent’s face (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Lock the opponent’s leg using khan ran and pull hard to make him fall (Photo: VNP/VNA)

Locking the opponent's wrist (Photo: VNP/VNA)

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