Person
Nam Tae-hi
Nam Tae-hi (1929 to 2013) co-founded the Oh Do Kwan with Choi Hong-hi and helped popularize Taekwondo through demonstrations.
Nam Tae-hi was born on 19 March and died on 7 November 2013 in Garden Grove, California.[1][2] Sources give his birth year as 1929 or 1923.[1][2] With Choi Hong-hi he co-founded the Oh Do Kwan.[1][3]
Around 1959 he was appointed president of the Asia Taekwon-Do Federation and that he was a founding director of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association.[1]
See Oh Do Kwan for the kwan's founding date.
Lineage links
- Founded
- Oh Do Kwan
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Nam Tae-hi" en.wikipedia.org
- Kido Kwan, "Passing of Nam, Tae-hi" kidokwan.org
- International Taekwon-Do Federation, "Pioneers" itftkd.sport
Online sources last checked 31 October 2026.