Maung_Gyi
Maung Gyi
Burmese martial artist
Maung Gyi (Burmese: မောင်ကြီး) is a Burmese martial artist that introduced Bando into the United States.[1][2][3] He is the chief instructor for the American Bando Association.[4][5]
Maung Gyi | |
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Born | 1936 (age 87–88) Burma |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Style | Bando |
Spouse | Patricia Gyi |
Children | Serena Gyi and Melinda White |
Maung Gyi was born in 1936. He father was Ba Than (Gyi). He was the Director of Physical Education and Sports in the Ministry of Education in Burma.
In the early 1960s, Maung Gyi formally began teaching Burmese Bando at American University in Washington D.C.[6] He coached the American Eagles men's soccer team in 1965.[7]
In 1966, Gyi established the American Bando Association (ABA) in Athens, Ohio. In recent years, Gyi has worked to promote modern Burmese Bando and to be accepted into the expanding community of Asian martial arts in the United States.
Gyi is a scholar of international law, psycholinguistics, and communications. Gyi was a professor at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.[citation needed] While at Ohio University, he taught Cross Cultural Communications, was interim Soccer Coach and served as boxing coach for the OU Boxing Club.[8]
- "ကမ္ဘာကသိအောင်ချပြနိုင်ခဲ့တဲ့ မြန်မာ့သိုင်းဆရာကြီး ဒေါက်တာမောင်ကြီး (Dr. Maung Gyi, the master of Burmese martial arts who was able to show it to the world)". Myanmarload (in Burmese). September 28, 2018.
- Inc, Active Interest Media (January 1975). Black Belt. Active Interest Media, Inc.
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has generic name (help) - "Burmese Bando Fighting Reduced To Its Functional Essence!". Secrets of the Masters. No. December 1995.
- Bando, philosophy, principles et practice, Maung Gyi, IST edition, 2000
- Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts, D.F.Draeger, R.W.Smith, Kodansha, 1969
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