Nam’s Karate North Campus

d in 1984, his 6th Dan from Grandmaster Jae C. Shin of the World Tang Soo Do Association. In July of 1999, he received his 8th Dan from Grandmaster Song Ki Kim, founder of the World Dang Soo Do Union. He was a past Treasurer of the U.S. Moo Duk Kwan Federation and a former World Tang Soo Do Association Testing Committee Chairman. He appeared on the 1993 cover of Tae Kwon Do Times, a magazine for which he also served as a Special Correspondent. In that issue's article, Grandmaster Nam stated that one of his fondest memories was having Tang Soo Do's founder, Grandmaster Hwang Kee, officiate at his wedding in 1977. That same year he emigrated to the U.S. at the request of Grandmaster Ki Yun Yi, his brother-in-law and the founder of the International Martial Arts Association. He settled in New Jersey and then later moved to Pittsburgh, PA where in 1979 he opened Nam's Korean Karate. Grandmaster Nam is the co-founder and current Chairman of the Pan-Am Tang Soo Do Federation.