Nam Tae-hi

남태희
South Korea
Born 1929

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)

  • 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.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    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.
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@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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