Master Hien V. Nguyen was born in the province of Gia Dinh in South Vietnam amidst the height of French colonization.  Master Hien’s extensive training in becoming a Spiritual Master first began in may of 1967 during the Vietnam War after he joined the 5th special force group airborne (commonly known as the green beret) as a combat interpreter. 

 

​After seven years of training in both Indian and Cambodian Spiritual practice, Master Hien was bestowed his Spiritual Master status in a 1974 promotion ceremony, where he was presented with a cloth system seal and permitted to train others. Although he would only train his disciples who are completely devoted to spiritual. 

 

His martial art studies in Vietnam Original Kung Fu, Hung Gar, Southern Praying Mantis, Five Animal System, Tai Chi, Baqua, Kuk Sool Won, Hapkido, Aikido and Tae Kwon Do led him to form Dragon Club International Martial Arts Association in 1984 and Vietnam Kung Fu Lohan System in 1994. In 2009 he completely gave up his passion for martial arts to focus and dedicate the rest of his life for spiritual.

 

In September 1993, after committing an oath to abide by the tenets of Buddhism, Master Hien was ordained a lay monk by the high-ranking Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Thien Nguyen at the Buddhist mountain temple in AN GIANG PROVINCE as well as SONG BE, BINH DUONG PROVINCE.

 

Knowledgeable in the spiritual practice for fifty-nine years, Master Hien practices many systems including Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese. During his residence in the United States, Master Hien has also received his doctorate degree in education from Southwest University in 1996 to understand more about American society but has never used it for his daily life because he was only focused on martial arts and spiritual works.