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  • Nam Tae-hi

    남태희
    South Korea
    b. 1929Born 1929
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    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)

    • person
      Lee Won-kuk
      swordsTang Soo Do Probable
      Probable
      One academic history.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
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      fact_check
      One academic history.
      “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 link info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6CA6NTTKZDJJYD6BC
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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.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M6BQSYG6CA6NTTKZDJJYD6BC, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Nam Tae-hi}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6BQSYG6CA6NTTKZDJJYD6BC}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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