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Also known as | Bando thaing |
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Focus | Combat |
Country of origin | Myanmar |
Olympic sport | No |
Bando (Burmese: ဗန်တို, pronounced [bàɰ̃dò]) is a defensive unarmed martial art from Myanmar.[1] 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 referred to as thaing.[2]