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(1960-1990)expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified
1 sourceFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia confirms Park was a key ITF leader under Choi Hong-hiassessed by FSMverifiedFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialis
Ranks (1)
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military_tech9 dan2ProbableWikipedia documents 9th dan GTF and 8th dan ITFDan-Kyu System
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1 sourceFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkWikipedia documents 9th dan GTF and 8th dan ITFassessed by FSMverifiedFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialis
Students (1)
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Jae Hun Kim(1967)expand_morefact_checkassessed by FSMverified
1 sourceFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialisfact_checkTKD Seattle site confirms Kim trained under Grandmaster Parkassessed by FSMverifiedFrederico MuñozResearcher, Martialis"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."
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