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Born | 1939 Hanoi, Vietnam | (age 85)
Nguyễn Văn Bình (born December 1, 1939 [1]) is a Vietnamese former judoka. [2] He was a judo competitor for South Vietnam during the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. [3]
He started training in judo in 1953 and would become a national champ by the year 1956 under Cu Ton. [2]
He competed at the age of 24, and would place 19th in the Men's lightweight division. [3] He would become a 7th degree black belt in Judo. [2]
In 1962 he started to study Taekwon-do. This was under Nam Tae Hi who was a Korean military instructor as part of the initial group of officers in the South Vietnamese Army. [4] He was able to study under and work with Taekwon-do's founder General Choi Hong Hi starting 1967. He would establish 9 schools of martial arts in Vietnam and teach over 60,000 students before the Fall of Saigon in 1975. [2] He would later earn a 9th degree blackbelt in Taekwondo, [2] and operates a school with his family in Houston Texas teaching Taekwon-do, Judo, Aikido and Tai Chi. [5] He is the President of ITF-USA [6] and has supported the younger generation of Taekwon-do instructors in Texas and across the United States through seminars, [7] examinations, [8] administrative advice and continued leadership. [9]
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Born | 1939 Hanoi, Vietnam | (age 85)
Nguyễn Văn Bình (born December 1, 1939 [1]) is a Vietnamese former judoka. [2] He was a judo competitor for South Vietnam during the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. [3]
He started training in judo in 1953 and would become a national champ by the year 1956 under Cu Ton. [2]
He competed at the age of 24, and would place 19th in the Men's lightweight division. [3] He would become a 7th degree black belt in Judo. [2]
In 1962 he started to study Taekwon-do. This was under Nam Tae Hi who was a Korean military instructor as part of the initial group of officers in the South Vietnamese Army. [4] He was able to study under and work with Taekwon-do's founder General Choi Hong Hi starting 1967. He would establish 9 schools of martial arts in Vietnam and teach over 60,000 students before the Fall of Saigon in 1975. [2] He would later earn a 9th degree blackbelt in Taekwondo, [2] and operates a school with his family in Houston Texas teaching Taekwon-do, Judo, Aikido and Tai Chi. [5] He is the President of ITF-USA [6] and has supported the younger generation of Taekwon-do instructors in Texas and across the United States through seminars, [7] examinations, [8] administrative advice and continued leadership. [9]