Biography of the Grand Master Trần Huy Quyền (1945-2001)
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Biography of the Grand Master Trần Huy Quyền
(1945-2001)
- Supreme White Belt (2008)
- Red Belt I Stripe (1989)
- The Founder of Vovinam- Việt Võ Đạo in Australia
- The Vice President of The Vovinam- Việt Võ Đạo World Federation
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Melbourne, Australia, 1986 Grandmaster Trần Huy Quyền
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Grandmaster Trần Huy Quyền, whose birth name is Trần Ích Quyền, born December 24, 1945, in Quan Phuong Trung, Hai Hau district, Nam Dinh province (Ha Nam Ninh), North Vietnam, was the fifth of a family of seven children (annex 1).
He grew up in a country torn by wars: between revolutionaries and the French colonialist government (1884-1945), then the fight against Japanese domination (1940-1945), the war between the Việt Minh and the French (1946- 1954) [[1]], and finally the war between North and South Vietnam (1954-1975).
He didn't have much of a chance in his youth. Her mother gave birth to him on the way to the maternity ward, at the foot of the banyan tree [[2]] at the entrance to the village. While her father was away, her mother cut the umbilical cord on her own and brought him home.
By the age of 8, Master Trần Huy Quyền only owned one brown shirt. His birthday wish that year was to eat an orange, to grant him his wish, his beloved sister sold her blouse and his family did not eat for a day to raise enough money to buy him an orange.
At the age of 9 (1954), he and his family migrated to Central Vietnam, Da Nang, and sometime later his father was transferred to Ban Me Thuot for professional reasons. As a result, he followed his brothers to Saigon where they stayed with acquaintances of the family. From that moment he lost the happiness of living in the family cocoon and was forced to fend for himself until he was an adult.
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Hoa Lu Center, Saigon 1964. Left, master Trần Huy Quyền (10th Flying Scissor Tech) Right, master Lê Công Danh (7th Flying Scissor Tech)
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In 1960, Master Trần Huy Quyền started Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo at the training center located on Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Saigon [[3]], and the teaching was provided by Masters Lê Sáng and Trần Huy Phong.
He was very talented at martial arts, a year later (December 1961) he was selected to be part of the demonstration team [[4]] at the Olympic Hall, Saigon, on the occasion of a fundraiser in favor of flood victims in Southeast Vietnam.
In 1963 Master Trần Huy Quyền went to Ban Me Thuot to visit his family and while he was there a request was made for him to help the youth at Tao Tac army base to train in the skills of self-defense and intensity. Hence, he started his first martial arts class. One of the disciples from this class later progressed to become Master Trần Nguyên Đạo.
In 1965, he was one of the first disciples of Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo to be promoted by Master Trần Huy Phong to the title of instructor at the Vinh Vien Street training center, which was also the headquarters of Vovinam at the time. Among the classmates promoted as instructors, there were also other masters: Nguyễn Văn Thái (Thái Đen), Lê Công Danh, Trần Văn Bé, Trần Văn Trung, Nguyễn Văn Thông.
Between 1965 and 1975 he taught in the following centers: Cai Von Training Center, Vinh Long Province club, 81st Parachute Commando Battalion. He also created the Hieu Nghia High School training center in Saigon where he holds the position of Mathematics teacher and director of the Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo training center.
Graduated from Saigon Education University major in Mathematics and worked as a teacher until 1975. However, due to the war situation in Vietnam, he had to serve in the army rangers for many years.
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1972 - The Cai Von Training Center - 4th Army From left to right: standing with arms crossed in the first row: Masters: Nguyễn Văn Lộc (1), Hồ Tuấn Anh (2), Trần Huy Quyền (3), Trần Huy Phong (4), Phan Quỳnh (5), Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh (6). |
In 1974, he married Mrs. Trần Thị Ân; from this union born: Trần Thị Quỳnh Anh (1975) and Trần Huy Quang (1986).
In 1975, like all masters, he was imprisoned in re-education camps for six long years (1975-1981). At first, he was locked up for three years in Chi Hoa Prison (Saigon) with Patriarch Master Lê Sáng, and then he was transferred to another location. Seeing no hope of being released, he escaped in 1981 and lived in hiding.
In 1982, thanks to the organization of his brother, Master Trần Huy Phong, his family and a group of fellow masters [[5]], they managed to leave the country. In October 1984, he and his family moved to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
As soon as he arrived in Australia, he began to develop Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo and actively participated in the activities with the Vietnamese community in all fields: cultural, media, charitable, artistic, etc.
Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo’s first training hall in Australia was at his home. He gave lessons to about ten disciples. Then the number of students and classes grew throughout the territory of the state of Victoria.
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Australia 1986 Grand Master Trần Huy Quyền (1945-2001) Founder of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in Australia |
He brings together the other masters to form the direction of Vovinam Viet Vo Dao in Australia, in Melbourne, masters Nguyễn Văn Thông, Lê Thành Nhân, Diệp Khôi, in Adelaide master Phạm Thị Loan, in Sydney master Lê Công Danh, etc., in order to manage thousands of practitioners across Australia, similar to what they did during their youth back in Saigon, Vietnam.
In 1986, he created the Australian Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao. Ten years later the Australian federation is one of the six founding federations of the World Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, in 1996 in Paris, of which he was elected vice-president.
Beside the Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, he also participated in the activities of the Vietnamese community such as the ceremonies of King Hung Vuong, the two Trưng Sisters, the celebrations of the festivals of different peoples (Momba).
He was also editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Vietnam Today" [[6]] under different literary pseudonyms like Bao Bất Đồng, Chu Văn, Vương Ngọc Yến, etc., responsible for FM 97.4 radio programs under the names of Đông A Cư Sĩ, Mộ Dung Tiên Sinh, Trần Huy and Trần Văn etc…
Through his cultural activities, he energized the forums on Vietnamese democracy, thus gaining the respect of many Australian politicians who often asked him for his opinion on the problems concerning Vietnam.
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Master Trần Huy Quyền, Mr. Gareth John Evans, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia and Mrs. Trần Thị Ân, wife of Master Quyền |
On January 12, 2001, Master Trần Huy Quyền died at his home in Springvale, Victoria State, Australia, at the age of 56.
The passing of the master left strong mourning emotions, leaving behind the image of a joyful master, full of life, simple and dynamic.
Master Trần huy Quyền was a shining star of Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo. He went down in history and became one of the models of Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo martial culture.
In 2008, during the 6th World Congress of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in Paris from May 5 to 8, on the proposal of the Secretary General of the World Council of Masters, Master Trần Nguyên Đạo, he was honored and posthumously promoted to Grand Master, Supreme White Belt, by the World Council of Masters.
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Annex 1: Master Tran Huy Quyen's family
Master Trần huy Quyền was the fifth of seven children in a family with a long history of martial arts tradition. He was the younger brother of Patriarch Master Trần Huy Phong. Below are the names of his brother and sisters in order from eldest to youngest:
1- Tran Thi Nguyet (1931-2015).
2- Tran Ban Que (Supreme White Belt).
3- Tran The Tung (Yellow Belt- 1965).
4- Tran Huy Phong (1938-1997) (Patriarch Master).
5- Tran Huy Quyen (Supreme White Belt).
6- Tran Thien Co (Yellow Belt- 1971).
7- Tran Nguyen Dao (Supreme White Belt).
Most of his brothers are disciples of Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo, starting with Master Trần Huy Phong. Everyone has contributed to the discipline according to their abilities. Having a brother in important positions is not of benefit to other family members. The rule of impartiality is in order according to tradition and family education. The descendants of the Trần family must respect the following 5 moral behaviors:
- Self-reliance
- Self-education
- Self-defense
- Self-improvement
- Self-control
[1] : Also called the Indochina War, it is an armed conflict that took place from 1946 to 1954, between France and Viêt Minh. The conflict ends after the defeat of the French army in Dien Bien Phu, ends, following the Geneva agreements. France (George Bidaut, foreign ministers) signs the Geneva Agreements (July 20, 1954) with Vietnam (Tạ Quang Bửu) and the foreign ministers: John Foster Dulles (United States), Molotov (Soviet Union) , Anthony Eden (United Kingdom), Chu En-lai (Popular China). Dividing Vietnam into two rival states, having as a border the 17th parallel. The North is ruled by Hồ Chí Minh who establishes the communist regime; the South is ruled by Bảo Đại under the monarchical Republican regime. France renounces its colonialist intentions and withdraws from Indochina. The Indochina war claimed more than 500,000 victims.
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Biography of the Grand Master Trịnh Ngọc Minh (1939-1998)
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Biography of the Grand Master Trịnh Ngọc Minh
(1939-1998)
- Supreme White Belt – 2008.
- Red belt II (1973)
- Technical Director of the Central Vietnam region (1967-1975).
Grandmaster Trịnh Ngọc Minh was born as Trịnh Văn Mão, on August 5, 1939, in Hanoi, Vietnam, and passed away on December 30th, 1998, in Saigon, Vietnam.
Master Trịnh Ngọc Minh is the pioneer of Vovinam-Việt Võ Đạo in the Central region of Việt Nam.
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Biography of the Grand Master Ngo Huu Lien
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Biography of the Grand Master Ngo Huu Lien
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Master Ngo Huu Lien - 2004 |
- Supreme white belt.
- Direct disciple of the Master Founder Nguyen Loc.
- Founding member of the 1st Council of Masters of Vovinam-VVD in 1964.
- President of the World Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao (1996-2000).
- Member of the World Council of Masters (2000- 2012)
- President of the Supreme Council of Masters (2012-2016, 2016-2022).
- Founding member of Vovinam-VVD Texas, USA
Master Ngo Huu Lien was born in 1937 in My Do, Bac Giang, North Vietnam. He started Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in 1955, at the age of 18, with the Founding Master at the “Thu Khoa Huan” Training Center in Saigon, the first Vovinam center in southern Vietnam.
Currently, he is one of the highest-ranking masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, a founding member of the 1st Council of Masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in Vietnam in 1964, after the death of Founding Master Nguyen Loc.
At the beginning of the year 1964, master Ngo Huu Lien and the masters at the time: Le Sang, Tran Huy Phong, Manh Hoang, Nguyen Van Thu, Phan Quynh, Tran Ban Que, Nguyen Van Cuong, Nguyen Van Thong… had developed a proposal and created a program in order to institutionalize Vovinam Viet Vo Dao. They had founded the first Council of Masters as the central organization of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao. Master Le Sang had been elected to the position of Patriarch, Master Tran Huy Phong was the second important figure of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao and Master Ngo Huu Lien was the president of the Legal Commission.
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In the years 1964-1975, Master Ngo Huu Lien successively held the positions: Coordinator, Secretary General of the Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao Federation, member of the Viet Vo Dao Youth Federation... and participated in teaching at the Vovinam training centers in Saigon – Cho Lon. He provided training at the school for National Police officers with Master Nguyen Van Vang as his assistant. He led the courses at the 8th District Police Center with Master Vu Kim Trọng as his assistant. In addition, he actively participated in the training sessions of the masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao organized every year.
Apart from the activities of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, Master Ngo Huu Lien was very active in charitable activities through the creation of educational centers for the general public which aimed to provide free or low-cost courses to prepare high school students to pass their matriculation exams and at the same time to teach the techniques of self-defense of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao with colleges: Manh Hoang, Tran Huy Phong, Hoang Quan, Dinh Duc Mau, Nguyen Van Cuong, Phan Quynh, Nguyen Xuan Thieu, Mai Trung Hoa....
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Lawyer - 1962 |
As a law graduate, he joined the Saigon Barrister in 1962. A few years later, because of the Vietnam war, he was called up for services. Coming from the 17th cohort of the School of Reserve Officers of Thu Duc and the 10th cohort of the Higher School of Administration and Finance Officers of the Armies of the Republic of Vietnam, he held the position of Lecturer in finance and administration at this military school.
At the end of 1968, he was seconded to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Youth, first as an inspector and then chief inspector of the Youth Administration of the Republic of South Vietnam until 1975.
In 1975, when the Vietnam war ended, he migrated to the United States of America with his family and settled in Texas to this day.
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Shortly after his arrival in the United States, he immediately began to promote Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao with masters Nguyen The Hung, Vo Trung, Vo Thanh Long, Nguyễn Văn Do, Nguyễn Chinh, Bui Khac Hung, Le Huy Chuong, Nguyen Van Luong ... to establish the Vovinam-VVD Texas in 1980. Initially, he held the position of President of the Board then President of the Council of Masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao Texas for many years then he left this position to young masters to continue to promote Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in Texas in particular and in the world in general.
In 1995, in response to the appeal of master patriarch Tran Huy Phong, master Ngo Huu Lien and the masters of the former Council of Masters in 1964, issued on September 16, 1995, the declaration of the official establishment of the Provisional Council of Masters abroad. This council was the precursor of the World Council of Masters and the World Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, created during the 2nd World Congress in 1996 in Paris. He was elected to the position of President of the World Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao (the first president for the term 1996-2000), and was elected for several consecutive terms as a member of the permanent bureau of the World Council of Masters, of the Supreme Council of Masters. In 2012, he was elected President of the Supreme Council of Masters, term 2012-2016 and 2016-2022.
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Biography of the Grand Master Nguyen Van Cuong
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Biography of the Grand Master Nguyen Van Cuong
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Picture 1964 Master. Nguyen Van Cuong (bottom) Master. Tran Ban Que (top)
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- White Belt of President of the World Council of Masters.
- Direct disciple of the founding master Nguyen Loc.
- Founding member of the 1st Council of Vovinam-VVD Masters in 1964.
- Secretary General of the World Council of Masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, 2 terms: 1996-2000 and 2000-2004.
- Member of the World Council of Masters (2004-2008, 2012-2016).
- President of the Supreme Council of Masters (2008-2012).
- President of the World Council of Masters (2016-2022)
Grandmaster Nguyen Van Cuong is one of the highest-ranking masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, founding member of the Central Direction and of the 1st Council of Masters Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in 1964, Secretary General of the World Council of Masters for two terms (1996-2004), President of the Supreme Council of Masters for the term 2008-2012 and in 2016 he held the position of President of the World Council of Masters Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao until this day.
Grandmaster Nguyen Van Cuong was born in 1938 in Hanoi, northern Vietnam, to a modest family with a tradition of Western medication for many generations.
In 1954, his family migrated to the South of Vietnam. He attended LaSan Taberd, Ho Ngoc Can (baccalaureate I) and Chu Van An (baccalaureate 2) high schools, then graduated in law and arts from the University of Saigon.
In 1966, he graduated from the National School of Administration, 11th cohort. A few months later, because of the war, he was called up for services. Coming from the 23rd cohort of the School of Reserve Officers of Thu Duc. In 1967/1968, he was appointed deputy prefect of Di Linh district, then in 1972, he became deputy governor of Lam Dong province until April 1975.
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3rd World Cup – Germany 2010 Master Nguyen Van Cuong (center) |
After two years in prison (brainwashing center) due to political regime change in Vietnam, he escaped from prison in 1976 and crossed the Thailand border then moved to the United States (Oklahoma) in 1977 until this day.
Grandmaster Nguyen Van Cuong started Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in 1956 through his friend, Master Tran Huy Phong. He trained with the founding master Nguyen Loc at the "Thu Khoa Huan" club, Aviateur Garros street in Saigon, and since then he has become one of the pillars of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao. In 1964, with the great masters at the time, he created the 1st Council of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao Masters and legalized Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in the form of a national federation. He holds the position of Treasurer of the Central Directorate with the rank of Red Belt 4th Dang.
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8th World Congress – California - 2016
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In 1990, on the occasion of the first world congress of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao in California in the United States, he became a founding member of the International Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao and chaired the Consultative Commission of this federation
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In 1995, in response to the appeal of master patriarch Tran Huy Phong, master Nguyen Van Cuong and the masters of the former Council of Masters in 1964, published on September 16, 1995, the declaration of the official establishment of the Provisional Council of Masters abroad. This council was the precursor of the World Council of Masters and the World Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, created during the 2nd World Congress in 1996 in Paris.
During this 2nd World Congress, having obtained the confidence of the masters present, he was elected to the position of Secretary General of the World Council of Masters of Vovinam-VVD for two consecutive terms (1996-2004). Subsequently, he continued to hold many key positions and especially in 2016, on the occasion of the 8th World Congress in California-USA, the congress entrusted him with the highest responsibility of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao: Chairman of the Council Mondial des Maîtres, a position that replaced that of Patriarch in our school.
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8th World Congress – California - 2016 Master Nguyen Van Cuong and Master Ngo Huu Lien
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From the function of Patriarch to the
Function of President of the World Council of Masters
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(1) Founder Nguyen Loc (1912-1960) |
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(2) Patriarch 2nd Generation (1964-1986, 1990-2010) Master Le Sang (1920-2010) |
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(3) Patriarch 3rd Generation (1986-1990) Master Tran Huy Phong (1938-1997) |
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(4) President of the World Council of Masters (2002-2004) Master Le Sang (1920-2010) |
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(5) President of the World Council of Masters (2004-2016) Master Nguyen Dan (1928-2016) |
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(6) President of the World Council of Masters (2016) Master Nguyen Van Cuong
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(1) From the time when Master Founder Nguyen Loc established Vovinam in 1938 until his death in 1960, the post of Patriarch did not exist and his title is simply Founder of Vovinam
(2) 4 years after the death of the Founding Master Nguyen Loc, in 1964, the first Council of Masters of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao created the function of Patriarch and master Le Sang was elected to this post.
(3) In 1986, Master Le Sang passed on the title of Patriarch to Master Tran Huy Phong. But in 1990, master Tran Huy Phong retransmitted it to master Le Sang.
(4) In 1996, on the occasion of the 2nd World Congress, which was held in Paris for the creation of the World Council of Masters and the World Federation of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao, the congress voted to repeal the function of Patriarch to replace him with the function of President of the World Council of Masters. But this position is left vacant because the Congress still recognizes the title of Patriarch to Master Le Sang until the day of his death. In 2002, during Master Le Sang visit to the United States, during an extraordinary meeting of the World Council of Masters, Master Le Sang was officially installed as President of the World Council of Masters (see photo below).
(5) In 2004, Master Le Sang resigned from the position of President of the World Council of Masters due to the exceptional circumstances in Vietnam. The World Council of Masters has elected master Nguyen Dan (brother of Founding Master Nguyen Loc) to temporarily replace him as acting President, as Grandmaster Le Sang is still alive. In 2010, after the death of master Le Sang, master Nguyen Dan officially assumed the position of President of the World Council of Masters and since that date, this function has officially replaced the function of Patriarch of Vovinam-Viet Vo Dao.
(6) In 2016, after the death of Master Nguyen Dan, on the occasion of the 8th World Congress, held in California, United States, the Congress elected Master Nguyen Van Cuong as President of the World Council of Masters and he has always assumed this high responsibility to this day
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