Volam Vietnam
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Vo Lam Vietnam--Budhist Cultural Art of Vietnam--Martial Art of Vietnam
Vo Lam Vietnam Original Kung Fu is an ancient art of self preservation. It was developed by three bhiksus--fully ordained Buddhist monks--from the land of snow, modern day Tibet, over 3,000 years ago. The teachings had been considered a secret martial arts system that was propagated only among priests, monks and kings for centuries within monasteries in what are now the countries of Tibet, Siberia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.
It first went public in AD 1460 under the leadership of King Le-Thanh-Ton of the Le Dynasty. Dissemination of the art was tremendously increased in 1820 when King Gia Long Nguyen Anh established two massive martial arts training halls named Anh Doanh and Giao Doung in Hue, Central Vietnam in Thua Thien province which served as the new capitol city of Vietnam. Since then, the system has produced thousands of Kung Fu experts, many of them being high ranking officers in the ancient armed forces charged with the duty of defending the territories of modern day Vietnam.
The system's intent is to train people to use human physical force in the most efficient manner and is the only school that is still teaching the Black Gate techniques known as Huyen Mon. The three main aspects of the Black Gate techniques integrate breathing techniques known as Qui Cong with Internal Power known as Noi Cong and vital points striking. Besides being rated as one of the most efficient fighting system in the world, the system holds the record of being one of the safest to train in while still providing dynamic progress. This unique aspect of Vo Lam Vietnam was a direct result of the learning objectives established by the monks that created the system. These objectives included: giving, virtue, renunciation, wisdom, determination, energy, patience, truthfulness, friendliness and equanamity.
Outside of the western world, Vo Lam Vietnam is often referred to as the "Eighteen Fist Form of the Arhats". According to texts compiled by the Mahayana Buddhist community, the original 16 disciples of the Shakyamuni Buddha vowed that as long time remains and as long as space remained, they too would remain to dispel the miseries of the world. The spirit of the original arhats are invoked each time a practitioner repeats one of the eighteen physical form mandalas of Vo Lam Vietnam original kung-fu.
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