Grand Master Park Jung Tae
1943 – 11 April 2002
Grand Master Park je držitelem černého pásu 9. stupně v Taekwon-do, Své technické znalosti a dovednosti prezentoval a předával na všech kontinentech světa.
Bojovým uměním se věnoval od ranného dětství, nejdříve boxu, judu a karate (název taekwondo neexistoval). Během vietnamské války byl Grand Master Park vyslán na dva roky do Vietnamu jako hlavní instruktor bojových umění armády pro jihokorejské, vietnamské a americké vojáky. Po skončení války zasvětil svůj život taekwondo. Grandmaster Park je jedním z dvanácti originálních mistrů taekwondo po vzniku první organizace – Korea Taekwon-Do Association. Rovněž je spolutvůrcem sestav taekwondo.
GM Park bral jako výzvu každou překážku, která mu stála v cestě, a slovo „ne“ nebylo v jeho slovní zásobě.
Až do roku 1990, kdy založil vlastní asociaci GTF, byl hlavním technickým komisařem v Mezinárodní federaci Taekwon-Do (ITF) po boku Generála Choi Hong Hi, který je členy ITF považován za zakladatele taekwondo.
Grand Master Park je přímo zodpovědný za expanzi taekwondo v mnoha zemích světa. Byl průkopníkem taekwondo v Číně, Rusku, Československu, Bulharsku, Polsku, Maďarsku, Severní Koreji, Japonsku a Kanadě.
HISTORY OF GRAND MASTER PARK JUNG TAE
1990-2002 President of the Global Taekwon-do Federation
1990-1999 Founded the Global Taekwon-do federation (GTF) Promoted, Demonstrated, held Seminars all around the world to all affiliated countries.
1989 Secretary-General ITF and instruction Committee Chairman.
1988 March Formed the USSR Taekwon-do Association.
1988 Aug-Dec Pioneer of Taekwon-do in China.
1986-87 Demonstrated and gave Seminars and did promotions around the world.
1986 Pioneer of Taekwon-do in Russia.
1986 Pioneer of Taekwon-do in Czechoslovakia.
1985 Part of ITF Goodwill Demonstration Team that went to the Soviet Union.
1985 Pioneer of the Taekwon-do in Bulgaria.
1984 Oct Elected as Secretary-General and Instruction Committee Chairman at the General Congress meeting in Vienna, Austria.
1982-84 Pioneer of Taekwon-do in Japan.
1981 Pioneer of Taekwon-do in North Korea.
1980 Sept As Technical Committee Chairman of ITF went to North Korea and Soviet Union to demonstrate and promote Taekwon-do.
1979 Demonstrate and promoted Taekwon-do in South American Countries
1978 First time ever that Korean Instructors promoted and demonstrated Taekwon-do in Eastern Europe and Socialist Countries.
1978 Pioneer of Taekwon-do in Poland.
1978 Pioneer of Taekwon-do in Hungary.
1974-78 Traveled to Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America demonstrating and promoting Taekwon-do.
1971-73 Demonstrated and promoted Taekwon-do in North America and South America.
1970 Formed the Manitoba Taekwon-do Association. Demonstrated and promoted Taekwon-do throughout Asia. Invited to Canada to emonstrate at the Canadian National Exhibition Toronto.
Opened a Taekwon-do school in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1968-69 Selected to train Instructors as the ITF Headquarters in Korea who were being sent out of the country.
1968 Graduated three months intensive special International Instructors Training Course.
1967 Returned to Korea from Vietnam.
1965-67 Went to Vietnam as an army Instructor, training Korean, Vietnamese and American soldiers in unarmed combat.
1964 Joined Korean army and become leading Instructor.
1961-63 Chief Instructor of Kwang Ju City, South Korea, Promoted and Demonstrated around the country. Taught the police force and army.
1958-60 Taekwon-do Instructors in Kwang Ju City.
1948 Began training in Martial Art – boxing, judo and karate (the name Taekwon-do did not exist at this time)