Also known as
Nam T’ae Hi · Nam Tae Hi
Description
Korean taekwondo teacher and army officer. A Chung Do Kwan member and student
of Lee Won-kuk, he taught tangsu-do in the army from 1947 and co-founded the Oh
Do Kwan with Choi Hong-hi in 1954. In 1959 he was sent to Saigon to teach the
army's Chung Do Kwan system to South Vietnamese soldiers and police.
Teachers (1)
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person
Lee Won-kuk
swordsTang Soo Do
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“Nam was originally a member of Ch’ŏng-Do Kwan and learned tangsu-do from Yi
Wŏn’Guk, having taught it in the military since 1947”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
info
Sources
“He established his O-Do Kwan together with Nam T’ae Hi in 1954 in the
military.”
— Mönig, Udo. (2012-06). The Incomplete
Transformation of Taekwondo from a 'Martial Art' to a 'Martial
Sport'link
info
“in 1959, Major Nam Tae Hi (1929–) was sent to Saigon (present-day Ho Chi Minh
City) to teach the military version of Chungdokwan to South Vietnamese soldiers
and police.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Nam Tae-hi. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6CA6NTTKZDJJYD6BC - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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title = {Nam Tae-hi}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6CA6NTTKZDJJYD6BC}, urldate =
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