ITBA

INTERNATIONAL THAING BANDO ASSOCIATION (ITBA)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION CREATED WITH THE INTENT OF GATHERING ALL THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF MARTIAL ARTS AND COMBAT SPORTS OF MYANMAR UNDER THE SAME FLAG AND WITH THE SAME VALUES:

Wisdom & Brotherhood

MANAGING AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL ALL FORMS OF TEACHINGS AND PROMOTION OF THAING, OF BANDO AND THE OVERALL MARTIAL AND COMBAT DISCIPLINES OF TODAY'S MYANMAR (EX-BURMA).

ENCOURAGING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRACTITIONERS, GROUPS AND FEDERATION MEMBERS.

CREATING A CULTURAL AND SPORTIVE LINK BETWEEN WORLDWIDE ORGANISATIONS

CONTRIBUTING TO TEACHING IMPROVEMENT AND TO THE PROMOTION OF THAING AND ITS COMPONENTS:

BANDO:

• PERSONAL DEFENS
• STANDARDISED UNDER
• ANIMAL FORMS

BANSHAY:

THE USE OF TRADITIONAL WEAPONS: SPEAR, SABRE, SPIKE, BOW, LONG AND SHORT STICK

NABAN:

BARE HANDS WRESTLING

LETHWEI:

TRADITIONAL BURMESE BOXING AND ITS DERIVATIVES: BANDO KICKBOXING, CONTROLLED LETHWEI

MIN ZIN: INTERNAL AND ENERGETIC FORMS:

• LETHA YOGA
• DANDHA YOGA
• LONGYI YOGA

ORGANISING TRAINING SESSIONS AND SEMINARS AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL AND SPORTIVE EXCHANGES.

ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING THE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF THAING-BANDO, ESPECIALLY THE ORGANISATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTIVE EVENTS IN THOSE LATTER DISCIPLINES.

“ITBA is a non-political organization, religiously neutral, and rejects all forms of discrimination.”