Discover the life and philosophy of a world-renowned Tae Kwon Do champion!

Yeon Hwan Park is a ninth-degree black belt and was the undefeated Korean national champion of Tae Kwon Do from 1971 to 1975. He has taught Tae Kwon Do in the United States since 1980. He has coached the United States National Tae Kwon Do team, the United States Olympic Tae Kwon Do team, and the United States Pan American Games Tae Kwon Do team. He has also served as president of the New York State Tae Kwon Do Association and the secretary-general of the United States Tae Kwon Do Union. He is the former vice president of the United States Tae Kwon Do Union and the publisher of USA Taekwondo Review. Park is a professor and lecturer and has coauthored Black Belt Tae Kwon Do and Tae Kwon Do, Third Edition, both for Checkmark Books. He is currently the president of the United States Taekwondo Leaders Union (USTLU) and an Overseas Advisory Committee member of the Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Headquarters. He lives in East Meadow, New York.

Discover the life and philosophy of a world-renowned Tae Kwon Do champion.Born in Korea during the early days of the Korean War, international Tae Kwon Do master Yeon Hwan Park is one of the world’s premier authorities on Tae Kwon Do. A ninth-degree black belt and former coach of the U.S. Olympic and Pan-American Tae Kwon Do team, Park has been featured inThe New York TimesandNewsday, and on the covers of nearly every major martial arts magazine.Recounting his exciting life story,Tae Kwon Do: My Life and Philosophyexplains the meaning behind this ancient fighting system. In this new guidebook, Master Park uses examples from his own life to illustrate how principles of Tae Kwon Do affect every part of a practitioner’s life and how they have helped him through cultural, financial, and personal obstacles.Key topics include:Growing up with Tae Kwon Do and competing in KoreaCreating awareness of Tae Kwon Do around the worldTeaching Tae Kwon DoPerforming community serviceOrganizing Tae Kwon Do education and competitions in the United StatesCoaching the U.S. Olympic Tae Kwon Do team in 1988What Tae Kwon Do teaches childrenRules of etiquette in life and competition for Tae Kwon Do practitionersMaster Park’s philosophy of Tae Kwon Do.

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