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In Myanmar, Buddhism was introduced at the very beginning of the Common Era, leading to the establishment of numerous monastic temples where Bando likely emerged as early as the 3rd century. The temple was a central hub of social life, where people gathered for various celebrations. It was among the monks—often from the military elite—that men studied the art of combat.
Bando, beyond simple physical exercise, also served social advancement purposes. This combat style refers to a system of unarmed self-defense whose techniques are inspired by animal behavior. Bando encompasses several related disciplines: martial practices (self-defense, animal forms, weapons handling), combat arts (boxing, striking, wrestling), and personal development practices (Burmese yoga, energy forms, body care).
Primarily focused on pure effectiveness, Bando is rich in philosophical elements that give it a deeper dimension: the ultimate goal is to improve health and balance while achieving physical and mental discipline.
Bando, beyond simple physical exercise, also served social advancement purposes. This combat style refers to a system of unarmed self-defense whose techniques are inspired by animal behavior. Bando encompasses several related disciplines: martial practices (self-defense, animal forms, weapons handling), combat arts (boxing, striking, wrestling), and personal development practices (Burmese yoga, energy forms, body care).
Primarily focused on pure effectiveness, Bando is rich in philosophical elements that give it a deeper dimension: the ultimate goal is to improve health and balance while achieving physical and mental discipline.
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00:00I love you, too.
01:00Burma's official name is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
01:06This Southeast Asian country has a common border with Bangladesh, India, China, Laos, and Thailand.
01:15Myanmar is also known for its ancient royal cities and pagodas.
01:21Myanmar has a very rich cultural heritage, a legacy of its glorious past.
01:27It is a multicultural country where several ethnic and religious groups live together.
01:33Umbrella is a natural machine to protect every disaster.
01:45So that's why I buy the umbrella.
01:48White means purified.
01:50So I like white color.
01:52And then I buy white color.
01:55And red color is bravely, brave, I mean brave.
02:00And then so I struggle my life, I stand my life brave.
02:04The others are the different color.
02:06It depends on their astrology.
02:09Mostly Myanmar people buy gold and silver.
02:12So gold is, we want gold and then we need money.
02:16So money in our language we call it the same pronunciation of silver.
02:24It is in Yangon, the economic capital and largest city in the country, with 4.5 million inhabitants,
02:44where you can find the Sule Pagoda in the heart of the city.
02:47After the mandatory removal of shoes and socks, you enter the sanctuary, which you must travel
02:57in a clockwise direction.
02:59This is where the faithful come to worship Buddha, who is not considered a god, but a wise man.
03:06One of the rituals that you can discover at the Sule Pagoda is to put water on the heads
03:12of statues to purify.
03:21Buddhism is the most practiced religion.
03:24It is predominantly the Theravada tradition mixed with local beliefs.
03:30According to the military government, it is practiced by 89% of the population, especially
03:37among the Bamar, Rakhine, Shan, Man, and Chinese.
03:46Theravada Buddhism was introduced to Burma by envoys of King Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE.
03:55Mahayana appeared only 10 centuries later, close to the Chinese border regions, followed by Vajrayana.
04:03The three schools co-existed until the reign of King Anurata in the 11th century, who opted
04:16for Theravada Buddhism and tried to restore it to its original purity.
04:22Buddhism attracted and intrigued its western populations for the characteristics of self-control.
04:29The originality of Burmese Buddhism lies in the way it understands popular beliefs about spirits.
04:43The Saka Buya demonstrates the strength of the spirituality of Buddhism.
04:49This art is often used as a demonstration, and what might seem like hocus, is to demonstrate
04:57the strength of their belief.
04:59The Saka Buya is in the 11th century in the 11th century BCE.
05:10They have to demonstrate the faith and the belief that the human being is made to meet the
05:12truth, and the makes it difficult for the world.
05:13The Saka Buya is in the 11th century BCE.
05:17The Saka Buya is in the 11th century BCE.
05:24Moreover, all safety measures are taken to prevent accidents.
05:53These demonstrations are rather spectacular and dangerous,
05:57happen in the best conditions for the students.
06:12Before anyone making a demonstration,
06:15the player or the demonstrator has to take a meditation.
06:20And also, pay the bow dogs, pay the lights,
06:27respect to the lights, to the bow dogs also.
06:30Because the bow dogs prestand everything.
06:33As long as the student has trained a lot,
06:37the second master knows what to do and what to prevent,
06:41what to show the demonstration,
06:43what demonstration suits for the player.
06:46When a student gets up,
06:49then the lounge gets closer.
06:51Now, each one of our sessions
06:52is closest,
06:53which is the length of the session,
06:54and anyone is able to send them out to the village
06:59who used to dress up to other people.
07:05This is the meal that we have to be able to eat.
07:12The meal that we have to eat are all the things that we eat.
07:16They eat well.
07:19We have to eat well.
07:22They eat well.
07:25They eat well.
07:28If I eat well, the meal is all about it.
07:33Before each exercise or demonstration, students go for a ritual worship in front of Buddha.
07:48Their practice and their art is very closely related to religion.
07:54These schools are often secret and therefore not open to everyone.
07:59You have to be sponsored to gain access.
08:29Like most Burmese, Rupa Thine is a practicing Buddhist and a practitioner of martial arts recognized throughout Myanmar as a master.
08:41Today, she is involved with many clubs. As a consultant, she brings her valuable advice.
08:47She is also preparing some athletes for the upcoming Asian Games.
08:53I am coming to the Zakkabuwa, the super power plays. They are different from my technique.
08:59Because of my physical fighting, how to attack the opponents, the enemies,
09:03it's a normal traditional martial arts.
09:06They are also trying to attack the enemies.
09:08As a consultant, she brings her valuable advice.
09:11She is also preparing some athletes for the upcoming Asian Games.
09:15So, they train meditation every day, every night.
09:18It's different from my technique.
09:19Because of physical fighting, how to attack the opponents, the enemies.
09:24It's a Nama Thai, Nama traditional Thai martial arts.
09:28They are also including our martial arts.
09:31But they get to depend on our Buddha, especially the Buddhist speech, Buddha's speech.
09:38So, they train meditation every day, every night.
09:44So, it's becoming a supreme power.
10:08It's becoming a supreme power.
10:12Since Myanmar is open to tourism, more and more Westerners come to visit the country.
10:18They immerse themselves in the Burmese culture, like Morgan,
10:22a young French woman that we joined for breakfast.
10:38In the morning, they bring the dishes and it is up to you to decide if you want to eat or not.
10:51They can fill a table with different dishes.
10:54It's salty, it's sweet.
11:01In general, all the dishes are fried, high fat, with the exception of their soup.
11:07Everything is very tasty.
11:22Burmese food is a mixture of Asian and Indian influence.
11:26Don't forget that we are on the border between India, Thailand and China.
11:37We love Stockholm, Titan
11:51The crossing the street in Myanmar is an experience in and of itself.
11:57The morning papers are there.
12:18The Burmese press has always been heavily censored by the military dictatorship,
12:24but over the last three years, new daily papers have appeared in the Burmese kiosks.
12:32These newspapers are published by private companies and are free to talk about anything.
12:39Now there is no more government control.
12:42This has not occurred in Burma since 1964.
12:54Nevertheless, this new field of freedom for the press, this road appears bumpy.
13:14The publication of newspapers have problems of certification and printers are under-equipped.
13:21Journalists are poorly trained and shaped by years of censorship.
13:28The lessons I've seen in Burma and subjected to,
13:33the
13:47the
13:49Today, many Westerners come to Myanmar to explore the rich culture of this country.
14:09Like Morgan, they attract the attention of local journalists who would like to meet them
14:15and know more about them and understand what brings them to Burma.
14:45So now, you can write what you want, or nearly what you want.
14:50I love you, I love you.
14:52I love you.
14:53Bye-bye.
14:54Bye-bye.
15:15Bye-bye.
15:21Located on the banks of the Irrawaddy, Mandalay is the second largest city in Burma, with
15:28about one million inhabitants, 2.5 million in the metropolitan area.
15:39It was the last royal capital between 1860 and 1885 under the Kongmang dynasty.
15:50It is nicknamed the City of Jewels.
15:53Today, it is the administrative capital of the Mandalay region.
15:59In 2011, the city was 30 to 40 percent Chinese.
16:05For most, they are immigrants who, in the 90s, began to surge from the neighboring region
16:12of Yunnan in China.
16:17After its renovation, due to the 1945 bombings, the former royal palace is one of the most beautiful
16:25monuments of Mandalay.
16:27The site is still under influence by the army.
16:34The walls, the towers, the twelve gates, and thirty-three towers are all that remain from
16:41the royal palace, a key building in the country.
16:45In Myanmar, martial arts are called bando, which means the art of unarmed combat.
17:12Today, taing bando refers to techniques of Burmese combat origins dating back more than 4,500
17:24years ago.
17:26They come from warfare techniques used on the battlefield.
17:32This is the result of a long historical evolution where they have preserved the rules and principles
17:38of training.
17:40It is the result of a reflection of monks who needed to find a way to defend themselves and
17:47physically maintain themselves.
17:50The term bando has has a Chinese origin for some, others Indian or Tibetan.
17:58It was used by the monk Amapura Sayadaw in 1911 from the monastery in the city of monks from
18:06north Burma.
18:09Here we find Morgan who is going to meet the old master Rupa to learn more about the bando
18:15techniques.
18:16a friend, a man who has called the Ō plape, which is the knowledge in the
18:21world where he has lived, the parents, and the children who have had been accepted,
18:24to look at the parents' and the handicapped.
18:26It has been a bit serious, and the children who have lived in the town, but they are
18:29well-known.
18:29The teacher on theAdju.
18:30The teacher on the Adju.
18:30The teacher on the Adju.
18:33What a child for a child.
18:34I do know.
18:37The teacher on the Adju.
18:40And the leader here.
18:41Here.
18:42The teacher on the Adju.
18:44The teacher on the Adju.
18:44What a child.
18:45Despite his age, one might have thought Rupa is no longer as strong, well, think again.
19:05Just look at the things she taught Morgan to understand, that she is a master and as effective
19:11and powerful.
19:15And both of your head, I like this dance.
19:21Aka, aka.
19:22Training there.
19:31Good guys.
19:34No.
19:35Good.
19:36What's up?
19:37Good.
19:38Good.
19:39Good.
19:40Good.
19:41Good.
19:42Good.
19:43Good.
19:44Good.
19:45Rupa also provides knowledge to children.
19:49Children are interested more in this art
19:52and are delighted to enjoy the instruction given by such a master.
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20:52It is not unusual, out of the training and despite their respect for their elders, the children have fun teasing their master.
21:00The
21:20The Siam Burma Railway, also known as the Railway of Death,
21:24is a rail track of 415 kilometers from Bangkok and Rangoon.
21:30It was built by the Japanese Empire during World War II in order to strengthen the prosperity of Japan in Southeast Asia.
21:39The
21:58The train in Yangon is also used to go around the city, allowing residents to go to work.
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22:29It is customary to have breakfast outside, near the railway station, and there are also
22:51small shops along the tracks.
23:18Approximately 180,000 civilians and 60,000 war prisoners were forced to work on the construction
23:26of the railway.
23:28Approximately 90,000 civilians and 16,000 war prisoners died during this work.
23:48In Burmese society, there are many martial arts, among them the Burmese boxing is called
24:11Bama Litwi in Burmese, many find it a resemblance to the Muay Thai.
24:18The Bama Litwi is a boxing of fists and feet, said Marshall, which borrows from the technical
24:31heritage of Burmese warriors and its whole range of strategies.
24:38It became popular from the 11th century under King Anaratha with ethnic fighting without
24:45rules and extreme violence.
24:48The way of fighting is very specific.
24:51Often the fighters are taking on animal behavior and is not similar to other Far Eastern martial
24:58art practices.
25:00In Burmese boxing, the whole body is a weapon.
25:06Traditionally the fights took place in a circle, but now the Western ring and divisions have
25:11made their appearance, turning a page to modern times for this martial art.
25:17That's not fair, but now the Fulce once occurred.
25:24The Fulce is also discussed with the fighters' arcs, and there are many other fights.
25:29That's not fair!
25:33I have to dare you to teach you how the完了.
25:36I'll be able to take on a two-way.
25:41Of course, I'll reach your feet, serve you!
25:45I don't know.
26:15Power.
26:17One second.
26:30Give me one minute.
26:40Drop.
26:45One second.
26:47Five minutes.
26:49Eight minutes.
26:50Five minutes.
26:52Leave the eggs.
26:55Two, five minutes.
27:00One second.
27:01Two.
27:02Two.
27:03Five minutes.
27:04Eight minutes.
27:05Five.
27:06Five.
27:07Five.
27:08Five.
27:13Five.
27:13We'll see you next time.
27:43The fights are organized
28:12in anarchaic ways.
28:14They focus heavily on tradition.
28:16It is only at the last moment
28:18that the medical examination
28:20is passed.
28:22Some boxers wear amulets
28:24around their arms or legs
28:26to give confidence, strength,
28:28and bravery.
28:30Many Burmese boxers
28:32tattoo their torso and legs.
28:34For some,
28:36they tattoo their victories,
28:38and others
28:40tattoo animals.
28:42Eagles, cobras,
28:44panthers, tigers,
28:46and many others,
28:48symbolizing strength and courage.
28:52The meeting is led
28:54by two referees
28:56and evaluated by six judges.
28:58Almost all techniques
29:00are allowed.
29:02They can't even knock a man down.
29:18It started maybe 1,000 years ago
29:20since Began dynasty.
29:22You see the dancing?
29:24Dancing is sort of...
29:26showing respect to the audience
29:28and the referee
29:30on one hand.
29:32On the other hand,
29:34a sort of challenge
29:36to the opponent.
29:38But you see the sporting spirit
29:40is very high.
29:42After the fight,
29:44whoever knocks out,
29:46they hurt each other,
29:48they control each other.
29:50being hand bound
29:51with bandages,
29:52surgeon bandages.
29:53And the rule is
29:54three minutes fight,
29:56two minutes rest,
29:57for five rounds.
29:58That's for professional level.
29:59They can use every weapon.
30:00Punches,
30:01elbows,
30:02knee strike,
30:03throwing,
30:04headbutts,
30:05and clinching.
30:06Everything is allowed.
30:07Except eye gouging,
30:10biting,
30:11and intentional kick
30:12into the groin.
30:13Those are foul techniques.
30:14It is martial art.
30:15It is sport.
30:16It is culture.
30:17And it is the value.
30:23Through our eyes,
30:25these fights may seem very violent.
30:27But for the Burmese,
30:29these battles are a lifestyle
30:31which is part of their culture.
30:47없이 Navi's Tanarsa
30:49多少 times.
30:50Autumn more generalako.
30:51Under the dislodge
30:53of Thailand.
30:53It's a very stimmt.
30:54Hot Obama.
30:55It must be an important part
30:56called Jets.
30:58We've learned it too.
30:58This went very often.
30:59This has been kesenRI.
31:00It took me,
31:01a good Phoenix.
31:02a reasonable hunt for it.
31:03This has been made up.
31:04A notebooks.
31:05If my enemies were laid
31:06a待end,
31:07a bisa stabage.
31:08You want some opportunity.
31:09To be called in Nike.
31:11The male elite court of ejecu created
31:12is健 cuộc.
31:13I'm going to win.
33:14I'm 42 years old.
33:17I've been in the MINAP for four years, boxing for nearly three years.
33:20Before here, I was in Hong Kong, involved in Kung Fu for more than 20 years, 15 years in Hong Kong.
33:27Between engineering jobs, I've done a lot of work in security, as bounce, dormant, post-protection work.
33:33And I like the realistic training here.
33:36I like the fact that there's no gloves.
33:39It's more realistic.
33:42Yeah, it's just a realistic martial art.
33:43The first fight was very nerve-wracking.
33:46I've had a couple of warm-ups in Thailand first, only three-rounders.
33:51My first fight in Thailand ended up with me breaking my arm in the first round.
33:54The second fight, I managed to win by knockout in the third round.
34:00My first fight here under Myanmar rules was quite scary.
34:03Obviously, I was worried about using the headbutt, no gloves, and in front of a crowd of 5,000 people and being the only sort of westerner there.
34:10But it was good.
34:14I got a lot of experience from it.
34:15My opponent, although, was a lot shorter than me.
34:17He threw some very painful body shots, cracked three of my ribs.
34:20But I got a lot of experience from it, and we won the crowd.
34:24So we've got a crowd on my side.
34:25And since then, we've had more and more promoters approaching me for more fights.
34:40According to the government census, Islam, mainly Sunni, is practiced by 4% of the population.
34:53But Muslim leaders estimate that 20% of the population may be Muslim.
35:00Muslims are divided between Indians, Indo-Burmese, Persians, Arabs, and Panthes, Ranginyas.
35:10Muslims are divided by 3% of the population.
35:41As surprising as it may seem, there is a synagogue in Yen Gun, now almost vacant because there are virtually no Jews living there.
35:52According to some estimations, there are more than 20 families still present in the city.
35:59The synagogue is more like a museum open during Jewish holidays.
36:04The Sikh arrived with the British Army during the colonization of Mayan.
36:27The Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the Sikhs, the
36:57Christianity is practiced by 4% of the population, mainly among the Kashin, Chin, and Kayin, and Eurasians.
37:27Note that Chinese religions in Hinduism are also present in Myanmar, and other religions that may represent only 2% of worshippers.
37:57Music playing.
39:12Here we are at the Scott Market, the Market Jacpeau, the former Scott Market from the time
39:38of British domination.
39:39It is a market with stones and famous clothes in Yangon and one of the most known in Burma.
39:48People think that these shops are tourist shops, but in fact it is a market for the Burmese.
39:54We go upstairs to see the collector's shops.
40:01We're going to see blue topaz.
40:02Here we put everything that is conventionally done in Myanmar.
40:11We're going to see blue topaz.
40:18Here we put everything that is conventionally done in Myanmar.
40:29This is Burmese type stone jewelry, including this beautiful blue topaz wish was irradié.
40:41These are natural stones, but the color is not at all.
40:52These are the typical Burmese wedding jewelry made with jade, citrine, ruby, which is very
41:00common in Burma.
41:01These stones are presented in individual boxes.
41:07We can raise these stones after we buy them.
41:13Here you can see a typical store with Burmese design.
41:22The Burmese wear a lot of jewelry, especially in weddings, where you'll see rivers of ruby.
41:29In Europe, we find it a bit overwhelming, but it is typical of the local jewelry culture.
41:38There is going to be like a field of jade and pearls.
42:02Here, they have beautiful stones.
42:05These are the stones we were talking about before, but they are much more beautiful.
42:10Peridot stone with beautiful green and very beautiful spinals.
42:14This size in ruby would cost more than one million in spinals, is already more reasonable.
42:21That is a real Peridot diamond of Mongok.
42:24They are beautiful, there are no synthetics.
42:28A very large stone here, obviously a symbolic level as jade for the Chinese as Burmese.
42:44There was a lot of jade sold here throughout Myanmar.
42:47The majority of low-end jade is the synthesis of quartz or stone that has been bleached with chlorine and re-dying thereafter.
42:56We are going to see both real and fake jade from a specialist, who will show us beautiful and varied things.
43:06That is a jade for both of them.
43:13It has two dollars.
43:15Two dollars.
43:16It is a jade.
43:17Yes.
43:18It is a jade.
43:1930 dollars.
43:29It's already more homogeneous, more transparent.
43:32The holes are very large.
43:34They are not in the middle, they are a little bit off center.
43:39How do you mean the holes?
43:41The holes.
43:43The holes.
43:45And this one, totally different.
43:47It's completely round.
43:51The holes are very small.
43:53The holes are very small.
43:55The holes are very small.
43:57The holes are very small.
43:59I'm talking about my necklace.
44:01And you know, straight.
44:03And 2,000 dollars.
44:05And it's still not cheap.
44:07You can still have another one with a 0 of plus.
44:09You can have a 20,000 dollars without any problem.
44:11I normally say this to the tourists,
44:13this to the Westerners, and this to the Chinese.
44:15I know here.
44:17I have a nice ruby.
44:19Here, I have a nice ruby from a crystallographic point of view.
44:23Except that it is Sintere.
44:25It was part of fake stone.
44:27So in Burmese, it is called pietinchok, which means stone of the French,
44:31because it is the French who invented the synthetic rubies.
44:33This is Mr. Verneuil who invented it.
44:35It is in a corner of the garage with aluminum powder and a torch.
44:39So when you buy a ruby, it takes a minimum of common sense when you see a large stone worth 1 million dollars.
44:45Well, here it is a fake.
44:47If we buy for 2 dollars, it is fun.
44:49If you buy it at 100 dollars, it is quite expensive.
44:51So keep a good sense about it.
44:53So keep a good sense about it.
45:15150.
45:17Yes.
45:19Please, I give my 100 because of 200.
45:23No, it is not a ruby, it is garnet.
45:25It is garnet.
45:271 at 100.
45:37Equal idiots.
45:391 at 100.
45:431 at 100.
45:50SCP.
45:522 at 100.
45:54Don't give back. Always give face to face. So this is one technique. Never give back to your opponent. One thing is look at the opponent's weakness point.
46:10So that is Nyamatain. Nyamatain is depend on the intelligence. This is in my thoughts. Depends on our intelligence. Different masters have different ideas, different thoughts.
46:27Before you saw the Uncle Wayne, Uncle Wayne is a junior and then senior selection time athlete coach. And inside the group is the training of Nyamatain with long stick.
46:43Burma is preparing to host the biggest sports event ever held there for nearly half a century.
47:02The Southeast Asian Games will be held in Naipida.
47:08For this occasion, the government has set up a training camp where the best Burmese athletes in different disciplines are practiced in the territory.
47:18But also other athletes and disciplines from other countries will be the best for the big day.
47:38After a hard day of training, everyone eats a meal together prepared on site,
47:54and all the athletes will eat, sleep and train together until the games start.
48:13The Southeast Asian Games will be the best.
48:41Due to a turbulent past, which is still very present in people's minds,
48:47Myanmar is not a tourist destination by excellence,
48:51but for the last three years things seem to have changed.
48:56Myanmar multiplies gestures towards political openness and democracy since March 2011.
49:04Landscapes, cultural riches of the ethnic patchwork of Myanmar make it a country wanting to be discovered.
49:34There is no doubt about it.
49:44There is no doubt about it.
49:49There is no doubt about it.
49:55There is no doubt about it.
50:10There is no doubt about it.
50:14There is no doubt about it.
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