Vietnam topped the world championship medal table with 30 golds and one silver at the 2026 World and Youth Traditional Vietnamese Martial Arts Championships in Italy, while France led the youth standings.
After more than half a century devoted to traditional martial arts, International Grandmaster Lê Ngọc Quang has played a prominent role in teaching, promoting and developing the discipline in Vietnam and overseas.
As the successor to the late Grandmaster Nguyễn Đức Mộc and the second-generation head of the Sơn Long Quyền Thuật school, Swiss Grandmaster Oliver Barbey has spent decades promoting Vietnamese traditional martial arts internationally.
Gia Lai authorities are stepping up preparations for the 9th International Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts Festival - Gia Lai 2026, which is set to bring together hundreds of martial artists from Vietnam and abroad.
