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| Won Chik Park [1] | |
|---|---|
 Grandmaster Park in 2013 | |
| Born | May 15, 1940 (age 84) Haeju, Korea |
| Residence | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
| Martial arts career | |
| Style | Taekwondo (Kwan: Jidokwan) |
| Teacher(s) | Hyeon Jong Park |
| Rank | 9th Dan Taekwondo (Grandmaster) |
| Notable students | Roy Kurban, Richard Plowden[2] |
| Rdingman/sandbox | |
| Hangul | 박원직 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Bak Wonjik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Wŏnchik |
Won Chik Park (May 15, 1940) is a South Korean Grandmaster of taekwondo who is one of the first generation of grandmasters from South Korean to immigrate to the United States and help taekwondo flourish there.
Biography
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- 1956 — 1st Dan Black Belt by Korean Taekwondo Jidokwan
- 1958 — 2nd Dan Black Belt by Korean Taekwondo Jidokwan
- 1960 — 3rd Dan Black Belt by Korean Taekwondo Jidokwan
- 1963 — 4th Dan Black Belt by Korean Taekwondo Association in Seoul, Korea
- 1966 — 5th Dan Black Belt by Korean Taekwondo Association in Seoul, Korea
- 1971 — 6th Dan Black Belt by Korean Taekwondo Association in Seoul, Korea
- 1976 — 7th Dan Black Belt by Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo in Seoul, Korea
- 1984 — 8th Dan Black Belt by Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo in Seoul, Korea
- Dec 15, 1993 — 9th Dan Black Belt by Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo in Seoul, Korea
Awards
[edit]- Outstanding Leadership Award, 2010, U.S. Taekwondo Grandmasters Society (USTGS)[5]
Published works
[edit]- Won Chik Park (June 2010). Grandmaster: A Story of Struggle, Triumph and Taekwondo.
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See also
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References/Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Grandmaster Won Chik Park". Fort Worth International Taekwondo Championships. July 2021.
- ^ "An Interview with Master/Coach Richard Plowden". Martial Force. August 2011.
- ^ "Won Chik Park". Avery TKD. March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ Won Chik Park (June 2010). Grandmaster: A Story of Struggle, Triumph and Taekwondo.
- ^ "2010 USTGS Hall of Fame Awards". United States Taekwondo Grandmasters Society (USTGS). April 2010.
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