Also known as

Grandmaster Park Jung-tae

Description

South Korean taekwondo master, one of the twelve original masters of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association. He served as Secretary-General of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) under Choi Hong-hi and was Technical Chairman. In 1990 he founded the Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF). He was a pioneer of taekwondo in Canada, Russia, China, Japan, North Korea, and Eastern Europe. He trained initially in boxing, judo, and karate before specializing in taekwondo. During the Vietnam War he served as the army's leading martial arts instructor for South Korean, Vietnamese, and American soldiers.

Teachers (1)

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  Choi Hong-hi

  sports_martial_artsITF Taekwondo Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia confirms Park was a key ITF leader under Choi Hong-hi

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1960–1990)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Wikipedia confirms Park was a key ITF leader under Choi Hong-hi

  “Park was a key leader in the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) under Choi Hong-hi”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Park Jung-tae. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Ranks (1)

• sports_martial_artsITF Taekwondo

  military_tech9 dan Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia documents 9th dan GTF and 8th dan ITF

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Dan-Kyu System

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Wikipedia documents 9th dan GTF and 8th dan ITF

  “Rank 9th dan taekwondo (GTF), 8th dan taekwondo (ITF)”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Park Jung-tae. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Students (1)

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  Jae Hun Kim

  sports_martial_artsITF Taekwondo Probable

  Probable

  TKD Seattle site states Kim trained under Grandmaster Park; own account only

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1967)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  TKD Seattle site states Kim trained under Grandmaster Park; own account only

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “Mr. Kim invited a leading Taekwon-do Master, Mr. Jung Tae Park, to move to Winnipeg and open a school. Mr. Kim's academic pursuits required much of his time, but when the new school opened, he continued to teach under Mr. Park, and also learned from him.”

  — Grandmaster Kim biography - learned from Grandmaster Parklink

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