Vovinam Beaverton celebrates Founder Loc Nguyen – May 7th 2022
May 7th, 2022
On the beautiful day of Saturday, May 7th, the Vovinam team in the city of Beaverton led by chief trainer Mr. Long Le at Phat Quang Temple celebrated the anniversary of Vovinam founder, Loc Nguyen. The Vovinam master, Phong Nguyen, as well as other trainers Dr. Anthony Pham, Patrick Huynh, Tam Nguyen, and De Tran also came to celebrate. Seventeen students and many parents also joined the celebration.
Mr. Long Le began the ceremony with the introduction of Master Phong Nguyen and trainers, and then stated the purpose of the ceremony. The song “VVN Tâm Ca” played. Next was the reading of the Founder’s history in both Vietnamese and English. This was the time that all audiences could learn about the founder Loc Nguyen. After the reading, another song “Theo Dấu Chân Người” (Follow his footsteps) was played. To end the ceremony, everyone bowed and saluted the founder. The last step was to enjoy the snacks and pizza while socializing with each other.
HISTORY OF THE FOUNDER MASTER NGUYEN LOC
The late Founding Master NGUYEN Loc, founder of Vovinam Viet Vo Dao, was born on May 24 (the 8th day of the 4th month (lunar calendar)) of the year 1912 in Huu Bang Village, Thach That District, Son Tay Province, now belongs to the suburb of Hanoi.
Founding Master NGUYEN Loc was born and raised at a time when Vietnam was under French colonialism. In his early days he started seeking for ways to help his country and his fellow citizens out of foreign domination.
Founding Master NGUYEN Loc has intensively researched the traditional Vietnamese martial arts and wrestling techniques, as well as Oriental philosophies. These became the foundations for a martial arts style focusing primarily on practical and effective applications.
Thus, the Martial Arts Discipline of Vovinam Viet Vo Dao was founded in 1938. After a successful debut demonstration at the Hanoi Auditorium in the Fall of 1939, Vovinam officially began operation at University of Educations in Hanoi in the Spring of 1940.
1954, Master Nguyen Loc, with his close disciples, opened a very first Vovinam school in Saigon.
Founding Grand Master NGUYEN Loc passed away on the 4th day of the 4th month (lunar calendar) of the year 1960 in Saigon. His successor, Grand Master Le Sang continued Grand Master Nguyen Loc’s mission and had transformed and developed Vovinam to be substantially recognized not only nationally but internationally.
