Kin Taiei ( ko, 김태영,

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and

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competing in K-1 and

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. He's also a karate instructor and a trainer for professional fighters. His name is sometimes pronounced as "''Kim Tae Yong''" in Korean. Before switching to MMA, Kin was a distinguished fighter in the K-1, praised by both

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and

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Biography

Early years

Kin Taiei (金泰泳) was born as the eldest son in

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of Hyogo prefecture,

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on July 8, 1970. As he is the eldest son, he's got a younger brother. Both of his parents worked till late at night, he was sent to

Karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

dojo for combing the care with a nursery school. He took an interest in

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(soccer) at 4th year of

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, and dropped out training karate at 6th year. He won the Japanese national championship for junior high schools at the 3rd year. When he was a student of ''Kobe Korean Senior High school'', he tried to start practicing

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

because he had a longing for foreign boxers, but he joined karate team in his school because his parents objected strongly. For this reason, he also joined the karate team of

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when he became a university student. During his university life, he participated a full contact karate championship promoted by ''Sato juku'', but he was beaten by

Nobuaki Kakuda is a retired karateka and kickboxer. Early life After attending university, Kakuda opened a karate dojo in Kobe but was forced to shut it down after two years. He subsequently worked as a dishwasher, ramen chef, and construction worker. At age ...

. Although he lost, he was evaluated highly by

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, and he was invited to

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. Thus, Kin became a student of Seidokaikan in

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after graduation of university.

Debut

On January 31, 1993, Kin participated "The 2nd Towa Cup Karate Japan Open Tournament", but he was beaten by

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in the final. On June 25, he fought against

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from

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for the vacant title of UKF World

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championship at the event of "Sanctuary III", but he lost by decision.

Work as Trainer

During the years 2006 and 2007, he trained

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in his K-1 career. Choi improved very much during the time Kin was in his corner. They worked together for almost two years in which Choi had nine fights. He won six of them and lost three, twice against

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and once against

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. Among his six wins was a win over K-1 Dominator

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and a Rematch win over Mighty Mo, in which Kin changed Choi's fighting style from orthodox to southpaw to block Mo's devastating overhand right better.

Titles

*2009 K-1 World Grand Prix in Seoul finalist *1996 WMTC World Junior middleweight champion *1995 Karate World Cup champion * 1995 K-3 Grand Prix runner up * 1994 UKF World Light heavyweight champion *1994 Karate Japan Open finalist * 1993 Karate World Cup 3rd Place *1993 Karate Japan Open finalist *1992 Karate World Cup finalist (lost to

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External links

Official K-1 website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kin, Taiei 1970 births Living people Japanese male karateka Japanese male kickboxers Japanese male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Seidokaikan Japanese people of South Korean descent Light heavyweight kickboxers Middleweight kickboxers Middleweight mixed martial artists People from Amagasaki Zainichi Korean people