Maung Gyi ( my, မောင်ကြီး) is a Burmese

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that introduced

Bando Bando ( my, ဗန်တို, ) is a defensive unarmed martial art from Myanmar. Bando is sometimes mistakenly used as a generic word for all Burmese martial arts, but it is only one martial art; Burmese fighting systems collectively are refe ...

into the

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. He is the chief instructor for the American Bando Association.

Biography

Maung Gyi was born in 1936. He father was Ba Than (Gyi). He was the Director of

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and Sports in the Ministry of Education in Burma. In the early 1960s, Maung Gyi formally began teaching Burmese

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in Washington D.C. He coached the

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team in 1965. In 1966, Maung Gyi established the American Bando Association (ABA) in

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. In recent years, Maung Gyi has worked to promote modern Burmese Bando and to be accepted into the expanding community of Asian martial arts in the United States. Maung Gyi is a scholar of

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, and communications. Dr. Gyi was a professor at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. While at Ohio University, he taught Cross Cultural Communications, was interim Soccer Coach and served as boxing coach for the OU Boxing Club.

References

*''Bando, philosophy, principles et practice'', Maung Gyi, IST edition, 2000 *''Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts'', D.F.Draeger, R.W.Smith, Kodansha, 1969 Martial arts school founders Bandoists Living people 1936 births Burmese expatriates in the United States American University people American Eagles men's soccer coaches Burmese football managers Burmese male martial artists {{Burma-sport-bio-stub

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