Nguyễn Lộc ( Thạch Thất district, 8 April 1912 – 4 April 1960) was a Vietnamese martial arts teacher. He was the founder of

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(Việt Võ Đạo). Grandmaster Lộc was born in Hữu Bằng village, Thạch Thất district, then part of Sơn Tây province, now a district of Hanoi. He was the eldest of five children of Nguyễn Dinh Xuyen and Nguyễn Thị Hoa. In his younger years he trained in traditional Vietnamese martial arts. In 1938, grandmaster Nguyễn introduced his style "Vovinam" to the public. After a demonstration in 1939 in Hanoi, Vovinam quickly spread across the country, and internationally to the

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via France. However the French banned the movement in 1942. In 1946 when Vietnam became officially at war with the French Lộc organised his students in resistance in the Hanoi area, but a disagreement with the Viet Minh led to him disbanding his group and retreating to his home village. He emigrated to South Vietnam in the 1950s. After grandmaster Nguyễn's death in 1960, His senior student, Grandmaster

Lê Sáng Lê Sáng ( vi-hantu, , 1920 – September 27, 2010) was the Chairman of the Vovinam Vietnamese Martial Arts World Federation, a position he held from 1960 until his death. Biography Le Sang was born to Le Van Hien (also known as Duc Quang) (188 ...

continued the development and international promotion of Vovinam until his own death on September 27, 2010.Martial Arts of the World : A-Q - Page 654 Thomas A. Green - 2001 "In 1960, grandmaster Nguyen Loc passed away at the age of 47 because of an illness. Before his death, his senior student, Le Sang, was appointed to lead and further advance Vovinam. "

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