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“I love physical challenges. I’ve had to learn how to sword fight, ice skate, shoot a pistol, taekwondo, horseback riding. It’s like practicing to be this other person, and it kind of rubs off.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

He opened a taekwondo studio with several locations throughout Southern California and also has worked as a real estate agent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The world champion held black belts in karate, taekwondo, tang soo do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo and the martial arts discipline he founded himself, chun kuk do.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones marked her boxing debut with a second-round knockout victory against Egypt Criss in Derby.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Park should have gone inside to change after taekwondo, but his dad said he had to be back by nine, and that gave him less than an hour to show Eleanor.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell