I n April of 2002, we lost Jung Tae Park, the founder of the Global Tae Kwon Do Federation. Grandmaster Park was a pioneer in Tae Kwon Do and began his training in 1948 before the name of Tae Kwon Do existed. In 1964, he joined the Korean army and became a leading instructor. He spent two years in Vietnam teaching Korean and American soldiers unarmed combat. After his time in Vietnam, he was selected to train the instructors for the ITF in Korea. Grandmaster Park was also a pioneer of Tae Kwon Do in Hungary and Poland, being one of the first instructors ever to teach in these countries. Grandmaster Park was a driving force behind the worldwide spread of Tae Kwon Do. His organization, the GTF, includes members from 100 countries and is truly global.

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