Tae Kwon Do : My Life and Philosophy

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.

Preface	p. vii
My Tae Kwon Do Life
Tae Kwon Do: My Religion	p. 1
Seniors in the "Big Sea"	p. 7
Marine Corps Tae Kwon Do Team	p. 13
College Athletes' Qualification Contest	p. 17
Heading for Africa	p. 21
Expelled for Meeting with North Koreans	p. 27
Going to the United States, a Country Full of Challenges	p. 31
Sowing the Seeds of Classical Tae Kwon Do	p. 35
Bullied in the Neighborhood	p. 39
Becoming a Civic Leader	p. 43
Head Coach of the United States Taekwondo Union	p. 47
Participating in the 1988 Olympics	p. 51
Hosting the Eleventh World Taekwondo Championships in 1993	p. 59
Overcoming Life's Hardships with a Tae Kwon Do Spirit	p. 65
Tae Kwon Do Department at the University of Bridgeport	p. 71
Civic Services for Korean Communities	p. 77
New York Taekwondo Members Supporting Board for the 2002 World Cup	p. 83
Compassionate Activities with the "Do" of Tae Kwon Do	p. 89
Hosting New York Open Taekwondo Championship	p. 93
Teaching and Taught by Tae Kwon Do	p. 97
My Modest Dreams in New York and Olympic Hopes	p. 99
Tae Kwon Do Entering the Formal Curriculum of a U.S. Elementary School	p. 103
My Views on Tae Kwon Do	p. 107
My Philosophy
The Philosophy of Tae Kwon Do	p. 113
Spiritual, Physical, and Social Influence of Tae Kwon Do Practice on Children's Maturity and Development	p. 117
Tae Kwon Do and the Education of Humanity	p. 123
Family Health in the New Millennium	p. 123
The Scale of Leadership Development at Each Age Level	p. 125
A Note to Parents	p. 127
What Do We Teach Our Kids in Tae Kwon Do?	p. 129
A Taste of the Moral Philosophy of Tae Kwon Do	p. 131
The Value of Tae Kwon Do for Children	p. 135
What Does It Mean to Be a Black Belt?	p. 143
Education at the Dinner Table	p. 147
Appendixes
Rules of Etiquette for Tae Kwon Do Practitioners	p. 151
Good Advice	p. 157
Index	p. 159
About the Author	p. 165
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