Nam Tae Hi
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Nam Tae Hi | |
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Born | 19 March 1929 Seoul, Korea |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Garden Grove, California, United States |
Style | Taekwondo |
Teacher(s) | Won Kuk Lee |
Rank | 9th dan taekwondo |
Notable students | Han Cha Kyo, Jhoon Goo Rhee |
Nam Tae Hi (남태희; 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 H. H. Choi, he co-founded the Oh Do Kwan and led the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association (KTA).[1][5]
Early life
Nam was born in March 1929 in Seoul, Korea,[1] during the period of Japanese occupation. He began training in the martial arts in 1946, training after school for five nights each week.[6] Nam's training continued in the Chung Do Kwan under Won Kuk Lee.[6] It has been claimed that Nam introduced Bok Man Kim (a pioneering master and one of the technical founders of taekwondo, working with Choi) to taekkyeon in 1948,[7] but other sources indicate Nam did not meet Bok Man Kim until 1954.[8]
Career
While a Captain in the South Korean military forces, Nam met Choi,[1] and acted as Choi's second-in-command in the early days of taekwondo. Nam was pivotal in the development of taekwondo, and was called Choi's "right hand man" in the latter's official biography.[9] In 1954, at the rank of 2nd dan, Nam participated in a military demonstration of martial arts for the President of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, and broke 13 roof tiles with a downward punch; Rhee was reportedly so impressed that he subsequently ordered all Korean military personnel to undergo training in martial arts.[3][6][10][11]
In March 1959, Nam was a member of the first Korean taekwondo demonstration team to travel overseas, demonstrating his martial art in Vietnam and Taiwan.[1] Around this time, he was appointed President of the Asia Taekwon-Do Federation, and was also one of the founding directors of the KTA.[9] In 1962, Nam was appointed as Chief Instructor of taekwondo for the Vietnamese army, and came to be known as the Father of Taekwondo in Vietnam.[1] Nam designed the Chang Hon taekwondo patterns Hwa-Rang hyung, Chung-Mu hyung, and UI-Ji hyung.[1]
Later life
Nam moved to the Chicago area in 1972, opened a dojang in 1973, and then later lived in Los Angeles.[1] He appears on Chang Keun Choi's list of taekwondo pioneers.[12] In 2007, he was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame.[13]
After being admitted to hospital due to pneumonia, Nam died on 7 November 2013 in Garden Grove, California, USA.[14][15][16]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 World Taekwon-Do Alliance: Grand Master Nam Tae Hi Retrieved on 22 February 2009.
- ↑ Grandmaster Van Binh Nguyen, IX degree Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Burdick, D. (1990): A history of Taekwondo Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
- ↑ Van Binh Self Defense Academy: History of Taekwon-Do Retrieved on 8 January 2010.
- ↑ A tribute to the original masters (c. 2007). Retrieved on 13 June 2007; link has expired, as at 1 July 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Weiss, E. (2000): Nam Tae Hi: Chung Do Kwan's quiet man Tae Kwon Do Times. Retrieved on 20 January 2010.
- ↑ Archer, P. (1973): "Three stages of Tae Kwon Do." Black Belt, 11(7):28–32.
- ↑ Anslow, Stuart: Supreme Master Kim, Bok Man Interview, Totally Tae Kwon Do, 27:11-23.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Park, S. H. (1993): "About the author." In H. H. Choi: Taekwon-Do: The Korean art of self-defence, 3rd ed. (Vol. 1, pp. 241–274). Mississauga: International Taekwon-Do Federation.
- ↑ History of Chang Moo Kwan Retrieved on 20 January 2010.
- ↑ Vitale, G. (2009): A history of Taekwon-Do demo's (sic) Totally Tae Kwon Do, 5:41–45.
- ↑ Choi, C. K. (2007): Tae Kwon Do Pioneers Retrieved on 15 March 2008.
- ↑ Taekwondo Hall of Fame: Awards ceremony and banquet (6 April 2007). Retrieved on 22 April 2010.
- ↑ Kido Kwan Martial Art International: Passing of Nam, Taej-hi (sic) (7 November 2013). Retrieved on 12 November 2013.
- ↑ Tae Kwon Do Times: Colonel Nam Tae-Hi (1929–2013) (8 November 2013). Retrieved on 12 November 2013.
- ↑ World Taekwondo Alliance (November 2013). Retrieved on 12 November 2013.