Nam Tae-hi

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
Other information
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 and is known as the "Father of Vietnamese Taekwondo". 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).