Lê Sáng develop Vovinam. In 1954, Le Sang accompanied Nguyễn Lộc to Saigon to open a Vovinam school. He opened additional Vovinam schools, and as of 2007, was still teaching the higher-ranked students. In 1960, Nguyễn Lộc passed the leadership of Vovinam to Le Sang. After the fall of Saigon he spent several periods in prison. Leadership passed to Trần Huy Phong (1938-1997). He was born in Hanoi, Vietnam and died in Saigon. Lê Sáng Lê Sáng (1920 – September 27, 2010) was the Chairman of the Vovinam Vietnamese Martial Arts World Federation, a position he held from 1960 until his death.
Martial temple Martial temple Martial temples, (), also translated as military temples or warrior temples, are Chinese temples dedicated to worshiping outstanding military leaders and strategists (excluding kings and emperors). They were often built by the governments as the counterpart of civil temples ("wenmiao") or Temple of Confucius. Temples that worshiped both civil and military gods are called Wenwu temple ("wenwumiao"). Martial temples originated from China in 731 BC, initially for worshiping 11 strategists, among whom Jiang Ziya was the dominant figure. The rest of the 10 strategists with comparatively inferior status were called "Shizhe" (十哲), which means "Ten Wise Men", among