Vietnamese students learn martial performance from scratch
Vietnamese students learn martial performance from scratch
2026-03-17
The annual Songjiang Battle Array event in Kaohsiung’s Neimen District is about to begin later this month. For the first time, Shih Chien University’s Kaohsiung campus—which has previously won three championships in the Creative Battle Array Competition—is forming a team of all Vietnamese international students. As most masters of this martial performance speak Taiwanese, the students had to overcome the language barrier while also learning a new skill from scratch. They’re sure to be a highlight of this year’s event!
Students wield their weapons to the swell of drums and gongs, aiming to perfect the powerful movements typical to the Songjiang Battle Array.
At the center of a circle, three people strike a battle formation as another leaps through the air above them. Everyone here is a Vietnamese international student from Shih Chien University in Kaohsiung’s Neimen District. They formed a team to compete in this year’s national Creative Battle Array Competition, and are practicing intensively for the preliminaries starting on March 28.
Student
Shih Chien University
It makes me happy to study the Songjiang Array with my friends, and it’s good exercise.
Student
Shih Chien University
I only learned about the Songjiang Battle Array when I came to Taiwan for the first time. Vietnamese culture is pretty different from Taiwanese culture.
Some of the female students admit it was difficult to train with weapons at first.
Student
Shih Chien University
I was a little afraid at first. But I practiced, and with my teacher’s instruction and more practice, I feel like they’re my friends. I’m not afraid at all.
Lee Wen-jui
School Songjiang Battle Array coach
A Vietnamese translator came to help. But there are some names for Songjiang Battle Array movements that she couldn’t directly translate. For certain movements, our coaches had to demonstrate repeatedly for them to learn it.
Most battle array coaches speak Taigi. But for these Vietnamese students who just started studying Mandarin, learning the terminology is another challenge altogether.
Wang Shu-yu
School section chief
At first, there was a lot of frustration when we were practicing certain movements. I even considered giving up. But after a period of adjustment, they began to understand what the instructors were teaching through the movements themselves.
Shih Chien University’s Kaohsiung campus has already won three consecutive championships in the Creative Battle Array Competition. Now, the school is sending a team of international students to express themselves on this exotic stage.
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從零學習! 越南學生挑戰宋江陣 拿武器訓練.克服語言困難
2026-03-17
2026高雄內門宋江陣活動月底起跑，獲在創意宋江陣大賽拿下三霸王的實踐大學高雄校區，今年首次由國際專修部的越南學生，組隊參賽，由於宋江陣師傅們大多都講台語，這群越南籍學生，不僅要克服語言困難，還得從零學習跳宋江陣，就盼在今年舞台大放異彩！
隨著鑼鼓聲響起，學生們手持兵器，大跳宋江陣，動作力求扎實有力。
所有人圍成一圈，正中央，三個人擺出陣頭隊形，另一人從上空飛過，他們都是高雄內門實踐大學國際專修部的越南學生，今年組隊參加全國創意宋江陣頭大賽，為28日的初賽，緊鑼密鼓練習。
[[學生]]
“我跟朋友學(宋江陣)，我覺得很開心，身體健康比較好”
[[學生]]
第一次我來台灣才知道宋江陣，越南的文化跟台灣的文化不太一樣
對於必須拿著武器做訓練，女學員坦言，起初的確有困難。
[[學生]]
一開始我覺得有點害怕，但是練習，老師教過後，多練習之後，就覺得，兵器就像我一個朋友一樣，就沒有這麼害怕了”
[[學校宋江陣代表隊教練 李文瑞]]
“越南的(翻譯師)直接來翻譯，有一些宋江的動作名詞，她沒辦法直接翻譯，一些動作還是什麼的，我們教練不斷重複演練，才把他們教起來”
宋江陣教練大多講台語，原本中文就不熟練的越南學生，在學習宋江陣的文化語言，又是一大挑戰。
[[學校組長 王淑玉]]
“他們一開始在練習很多動作上，遇到很多的挫折，甚至會覺得還是我放棄好了，但慢慢磨合了一段時間之後，他們也可以從一些動作上，了解教練想要的東西”
實踐大學高雄校區，在過去的全國創意宋江陣頭大賽，曾拿下三連霸，這回派出越南學生參賽，讓他們在異鄉找到伸展舞台，也盼在舞台上大放異彩。
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