Yong Chin Pak is a 6th ''dan''

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, 9th ''dan''

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, and 8th ''dan''

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master and adjunct instructor in Exercise Sport Science and instructed students in the martial arts (

, and

) at

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from 1973 to 2013. He graduated from

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University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education Iowa State Curricula Vita
/ref> and was President of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association from 1986 to 2007. Under Pak's guidance, the Iowa State Tae Kwon Do Club (previously coined the Karate Club due to the presence of a different taekwondo club already in existence on campus) has won multiple national collegiate championships. Pak has also coached in both the

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and

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. He has also authored a textbook, ''Tae Kwon Do.'' The April 2021 edition of ''

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'' featured the life and contributions of Grandmaster Pak as its international cover story.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20060906054435/http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7eycpak/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20090916195027/http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/tkd/ * http://www.ncta-usa.com/ South Korean hapkido practitioners South Korean male judoka South Korean male taekwondo practitioners Iowa State University faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Hapkido-bio-stub