Born of a family with a long tradition in the martial arts, Grand Master Nam Anh was initiated to the Shaolin martial way by his grandfather as a young boy. In 1959, he undertook the study of Wu Tang under the supervision of Grand Master Kwan Say Ming, following a selective admission to become a member of the Ching-Wu International Association of martial arts. A combination of circumstances led him to his meeting of Grand Taoist Tchuong Tchong Fu and spending two years with him in a mountain retreat with the Grand Master between 1967 and 1969.

From 1969 to 1975, Grand Master Nam Anh studied Wing Chun as a disciple of Grand Master
Ho Hai Long, himself inheritor of the teachings of Grand Master Nguyen Te Cong. During this period, he founded with Grand Master Ho Hai Long the Chan Chi Tao School. Over the next decade he became the disciple of Grand Master Nguyen Minh, and was named Head Grand Master of Shaolin WIng Chun in South Vietnam.

Meanwhile, in 1978, he encountered Liu Ping the Immortal (a taoist colleague of Tchuong Tchong Fu) who became his spiritual guide.

Beginning in 1980 he bagan to study Pei Mei, by following the teachings of Grand Master Lu Ping Woon, who transmitted all his knowledge to him. He also studied with other branches of Pei Mei present at that time in Vietnam.

While leading an active career in the martial arts, Grand Master Nam Anh also followed other professional activities : Master's degree in International Public Law from the University of Saigon and « Licencié ès Lettres » (a French diploma roughly equivalent to an M.A. degree) in French and German languages, at the Faculty of Education of the same institution 1969-1973 : member of the Association of Journalists in Vietnam, assistant to the editor in chief for the "Vo Thuât" or "Martial arts" magazine (the only one of its kind at that time in Vietnam) 1973 : member of the Bar of Vietnam 1973-1975 : legal advisor to the French embassy in Vietnam 1977-1986 : member of the Association of Jurists in Vietnam. In 1986, upon his arrival in Quebec, Canada he became a professor at the University of Montreal for more than nine years and undertook Ph.D. studies in International Commerce Law. Grand Master Nam Anh set up the Quebec Order of Anmanatherapists. He is also the author of sixteen different works on martial arts, languages, architecture, oriental medicine, and Chinese astrology, all published in Vietnam between 1969 and 1975.

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