Park Jong-soo explained
| Park Jong-soo |
| Birth Date: | 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Chūseinan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
| Martial Art: | Taekwondo |
| Teacher: | Choi Hong-hi |
| Rank: | 9th dan taekwondo (ITF) |
| Url: | http://www.jongpark.com/ |
Park Jong-soo (1941 – 27 November 2021) was a South Korean master of taekwondo and one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association.[1] [2] [3] He held the rank of 9th dan.[4] [5] Following a career in the South Korean military, he emigrated to Canada in 1968.
Early life
Park was born in Chūseinan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan in 1941.[4] He trained in taekwondo under Choi Hong-hi.[5] In 1965, he was invited to be the coach of the German Taekwon-Do Association, and moved from South Korea to West Germany.[4] Park was ranked 5th dan that year.[6] The following year, he moved to the Netherlands and founded the Netherlands Taekwon-Do Association.[4] Through the late 1960s and 1970s, Park was a key member of the taekwondo demonstration teams that accompanied Choi around the world.[7]
Canada
In 1968, Park settled in Toronto, Canada.[4] In 1973, he held the rank of 7th dan.[8] In 1974, Park and several other ITF masters demonstrated taekwondo in Toronto—then being promoted as "the new home of the ITF" by Choi.[9] Park and Choi went their separate ways after Choi insisted on establishing relations with North Korea during a politically sensitive period.[10] By 2002, however, they were reconciled, and Park was present at Choi's deathbed.[10]
In 2004, Park was President of the Canadian Taekwon-Do Association, and presented a seminar in Afghanistan.[11] In 2008, Park conducted a seminar in Beijing.[12] He headed taekwondo schools in Toronto.[13]
Park is listed as a pioneer in Canada (1950s, 1960s, and 1970s) in Choi Chang-keun's list of taekwondo pioneers.[14]
Filmography
Schools and Instructors Grand Master Park Influenced
- 1965, Park traveled with General Choi Hong Hi on a goodwill tour through Europe, Asia, and Africa promoting Tae Kwon Do[15]
- 1965, during the above-mentioned tour, Park became the coach of the German Tae Kwon Do Association
- 1965, Georg F. Brückner invited Park to teach in his Berlin dojo
- Billy Blanks was a student of Grandmaster Park Jong Soo
- In the early 1970s, Park oversaw several Tae Kwon Do schools. Two were in Western New York and were operated by Robert Heisner[16]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Choi, H. H. (1972): Taekwon-Do: The Korean art of self-defence. Mississauga: International Taekwon-Do Federation.
- Park, S. H. (1993): "About the author." In H. H. Choi: Taekwon-Do: The Korean art of self-defence, 3rd ed. (Vol. 1, pp. 241–274). Mississauga: International Taekwon-Do Federation.
- http://www.itfnz.org.nz/ref/documents/masters.htm A tribute to the original masters
- http://www.jongpark.com/jongsoopark_biography.html Grand Master Jong-soo Park: Biography
- http://www.cdmaf.org/?page_id=11 Pioneers of Taekwon-Do: Grand Master Park Jong-soo
- http://www.taekwondo-homepage.de/hintergrundwissen/geschichte-des-taekwondo/ Taekwondo Homepage: Geschichte des Taekwondo
- Cox, S. (c. 2004): The history of Taekwon-Do and its founder Retrieved on 3 February 2010.
- http://tkd-gorenjske.si/en/index.php?subpage=2 International Taekwon-Do Association Slovenia: ITF history
- Anonymous (1974): "International Tae Kwon Do demo held in Canada." Black Belt, 12(12):13–14.
- Gillis, A. (2003): Tiny master Toro, June–July 2003:100–107. Retrieved on 31 January 2010.
- http://www.itf-afghanistan.com/NationalSeminars.html All Afghanistan National Taekwon-Do Association: News
- http://www.taekwondo-web.com/eng/news/news1/Sep_15_2008.htm China International Taekwon-Do Federation: Grand Master Park Jong-soo visited China
- http://www.jongpark.com/jongsoopark_school_location.html Jong-soo Park Institute of Taekwon-Do: Location
- Choi, C. K. (2007): Tae Kwon Do Pioneers Retrieved on 15 March 2008.
- Web site: 2022-12-05 . Park Jong Soo – Martial Arts Encyclopedia . Backkicks Martial Arts.
- Web site: Courier Express 10 December 1973 — The NYS Historic Newspapers . 2024-09-19 . nyshistoricnewspapers.org.
