Nguyễn Lộc, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nguyễn Lộc

Vietnamese martial artist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1912

Place of Birth: Hanoi, Vietnam

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1960

Profession: martial artist

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Aries

The founder of Vovinam was grandmaster Nguy?n L?c (Th?ch Th?t district, 8 April 1912 – 4 April 1960) was a Vietnamese martial arts teacher.
He was the founder of Vovinam Vi?t Võ Ð?o. Grandmaster L?c was born in H?u B?ng village, Th?ch Th?t district, then part of Son Tây province, now a district of Hanoi.
He was the eldest of five children of Nguy?n Dinh Xuyen and Nguy?n Th? Hoa. In his younger years he trained in traditional Vietnamese martial arts.
In 1938, grandmaster Nguy?n introduced his style "Vovinam" to the public.
After a demonstration in 1939 in Hanoi, Vovinam quickly spread across the country, and internationally to the Vietnamese diaspora via France.
However the French banned the movement in 1942. In 1946 when Vietnam became officially at war with the French L?c 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 Nguy?n's death in 1960, His senior student, Grandmaster Lê Sáng continued the development and international promotion of Vovinam until his own death on September 27, 2010.