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Bando

Burma’s family of arts.

A family of Burmese martial arts with empty-hand techniques, animal styles and weapons.

Fact file

Country
Myanmar
Type
Complete arts
Main federation
World Bando Thaing Lethwei Federation — WBTLF
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica

History

Bando is a name for the traditional martial arts of Myanmar (Burma), including unarmed fighting, weapons (banshay) and the bare-knuckle boxing lethwei. Many styles imitate animals.

In the 20th century Dr. Maung Gyi brought a modern form, American Bando, to the United States from the 1960s.