Võ thuật Bình Định

According to Phạm Đình Phong's research, traditional Vietnamese martial arts was mainly developed to defend against larger neighboring countries.

One particular style of traditional Vietnamese martial arts in Binh Dinh province that is popular is called Võ Tây Sơn.

[1] According to the villagers of An Vinh, Nguyễn Ngạc is a descendant of Bùi Thị Xuân a talented martial artist and famous general during the Tây Sơn rebellion.

An Thái is a neighboring Village to An Vinh located in An Nhơn County across a river known as the Côn River and is the birthplace of Tây Sơn Martial Arts as the Tây Sơn Brothers first Master Trương Văn Hiến opened his martial arts school in this village around 1765 in order to escape persecution.

Born in 1896 in An Thái village Bình Định province with his ethnic origins being Chinese as his parents are from Ming Xiang, China.

[2] At the age of thirteen Diệp Trường Phát was sent to China to study martial arts which he later brought back to the An Thái Village after many years of intensive training.

After returning home to An Thái Village from his training Grand Master Diệp Trường Phát continued to practice and develop his own style of martial arts.