Nguyễn Văn Bình (judoka), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Place of Birth: Hanoi, Vietnam
About Nguyễn Văn Bình (judoka)
- Nguy?n Van Bình (born December 1st, 1939) was a Vietnamese judoka.
- He was a judo competitor for South Vietnam during the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.He started training in judo in 1953 and would become a national champ by the year 1956 under Cu Ton.He competed at the age of 24, and would place 19th in the Men's lightweight division.
- He would become a 7th degree black belt in Judo.In 1962 he started to study Taekwondo.
- 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.
- He would establish 9 schools of martial arts in Vietnam and teach over 60,000 students before the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
- He would later earn a 9th degree blackbelt in Taekwondo.
- He operates a school in Houston Texas.
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