Nam Tae-hi

For the football player, see Nam Tae-hee.
In this Korean name, the family name is Nam.
Nam Tae-hi
Born19 March 1929
Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Died7 November 2013(2013-11-07) (aged 84)
Garden Grove, California, United States
StyleTaekwondo
Teacher(s)Won-kuk Lee
Rank9th dan taekwondo
Notable studentsHan Cha-kyo, Jhoon-goo Rhee

Nam Tae-hi (Korean: 남태희; Hanja: 南太熙; 19 March 1929 – 7 November 2013) was a pioneering South Korean master of taekwondo[1][2][3][4] and is known as the "Father of Vietnamese Taekwondo".[1] With Choi Hong-hi, he co-founded the "Oh Do Kwan" and led the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association (KTA).[1][5]

  1. ^ a b c World Taekwon-Do Alliance: Grand Master Nam Tae-hi Archived 2010-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 22 February 2009.
  2. ^ Grandmaster Van Binh Nguyen, IX degree Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
  3. ^ Burdick, D. (1990): A history of Taekwondo Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
  4. ^ Van Binh Self Defense Academy: History of Taekwon-Do Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
  5. ^ A tribute to the original masters Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (c. 2007). Retrieved on 13 June 2007; link has expired, as at 1 July 2011.