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Nguyễn Văn Bình (judoka)

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Nguyễn Văn Bình
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Born1939 (1939) (age 85)
Hanoi, Vietnam

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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References

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  1. ^ Nguyen Van Binh info on Olympics website
  2. ^ a b c d e Taekwondo grand master from Alief earns his ninth-degree black belt RONALD BOYCE WALKER, Chronicle correspondent October 24, 2002
  3. ^ a b South Vietnam Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games www.sports-reference.com
  4. ^ "Instructors". Van Binh Academy. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  5. ^ The story begins back in 1967 in Vietnam By Hung Tri Nguyen www.itkd.co.nz
  6. ^ https://www.itf-usa.org/index.html ITF-USA
  7. ^ "GM van Binh and Master Tran in Finland".
  8. ^ "Taekwondo ITF & Kickboxing | Fit & Kick Sugar Land".
  9. ^ https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e7b86_5a0301e544dc49469fd9914104ada897~mv2_d_3166_2774_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1907,h_1671,al_c,q_90/3e7b86_5a0301e544dc49469fd9914104ada897~mv2_d_3166_2774_s_4_2.webp [bare URL image file]
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