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Cuong
Nhu Oriental Martial Arts was founded in 1965 by O'Sensei
Ngo Dong. Cuong Nhu Oriental Martial Arts
Association is a federally recognized non-profit
educational organization. Cuong Nhu is best characterized
by saying that the basic elements of
Shotokan Karate, Aikido, Judo, Wing Chun, Vovinam, Tai Chi Chuan, and Boxing make
up the basic elements of Cuong Nhu.
It is this blending of hard and soft styles from
which Cuong Nhu (pronounced Kung New) derives
its name, which is Vietnamese for Hard (Cuong)
- Soft (Nhu).
Cuong Nhu was brought to the
United States in 1971, when O'Sensei Ngo Dong
came to the University of Florida to earn his
Ph.D. While there he founded the Cuong Nhu Karate
Club. This club quickly grew into the largest
intramural club on campus, with over two hundred
students participating. Another school, the Center,
was then established in Gainesville to serve people
of all ages outside the university community.
Many of the early students from these schools
went on to establish their own Cuong Nhu dojos
after leaving Gainesville, thus spreading the
style all over the United States and around the
world. O'Sensei Ngo Dong was succeeded by his
son, Grandmaster Quynh Ngo
as the Head of Cuong Nhu Oriental Martial Arts.
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