Vacón

Bakom, also known as Vacón, is a Peruvian martial art created during the early 1980s by former commando and street fighter Roberto León Puch Bezada.

==History== The art was created by Roberto Puch ( in Martinete), a resident of the third block of Caylloma street, in the historic centre of Lima, a once-dangerous part of the city. The oldest of eight children, Puch was born in Barrios Altos, growing up in the neighbourhood's then crime-ridden areas, such as Cinco esquinas, where he saw kicking duels as a child, eventually learning self-defence techniques from a Chinese mentor at the city's Chinatown. A troubled relationship with his father () due to his behaviour led him to be sent to a boarding school. He eventually graduated from the COEDE School of the Peruvian Army, serving as a commando and later working as a member of the intelligence service.