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{{short description|South Korea taekwondo practitioner}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2010}}

{{Infobox martial artist
| name = Yong Chin Pak
| image = Yong Chin Pak.jpg
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| martial_art = [[Hapkido]]<br/>[[Taekwondo]]<br/>[[Judo]]
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| rank = 9th ''Dan'' Hapkido<br/> 8th ''Dan'' Taekwondo<br/>6th ''Dan'' Judo
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| website = http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ycpak/
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'''Yong Chin Pak''' is a 6th ''dan'' [[judo]], 9th ''dan'' [[hapkido]], and 8th ''dan'' [[taekwondo]] master and adjunct instructor in Exercise Sport Science and instructed students in the martial arts ([[hapkido]], [[judo]], and [[taekwondo]]) at [[Iowa State University]] from 1973 to 2013.<ref name="iowa-state">{{Cite web |url=http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ycpak/ |title=Iowa State Faculty |access-date=2006-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906054435/http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7eycpak/ |archive-date=2006-09-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He graduated from [[Yongin]] University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education<ref name="iowa-state-vita">[http://www.kin.hs.iastate.edu/people/vitas/YongChinPakVita.doc Iowa State Curricula Vita]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and was President of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association from 1986 to 2007.<ref>[http://ncta-usa.com/officers.html NCTA Officer List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513082655/http://ncta-usa.com/officers.html |date=May 13, 2008 }}</ref>

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.<ref>[http://ncta-usa.com/championships/results/ NCTA Result List]</ref> Pak has also coached in both the [[Pan-Am]] and [[Goodwill Games]].<ref>[http://www.ncta-usa.com/yong_chin_pak.html NCTA Yong Chin Pak] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114013554/http://www.ncta-usa.com/yong_chin_pak.html |date=November 14, 2006 }}</ref> He has also authored a textbook, ''Tae Kwon Do.''<ref>{{cite book |last = Pak |first = Yong Chin |title = Tae Kwon Do| publisher = Iowa State University Press| year = 1987 | asin= B0012HAMLC}}</ref>

The April 2021 edition of ''[[Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine]]'' featured the life and contributions of Grandmaster Pak as its international cover story.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zirogiannis |first1=Marc |title=Grandmaster Yong Chin Pak |url=https://tkdlifemagazine.com/subscribers-page-current-and-back-issue/ |website=Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine |publisher=Tae Kwon Do Life Magazine |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>

== References ==
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== 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/

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[[Category:South Korean hapkido practitioners]]
[[Category:South Korean male judoka]]
[[Category:South Korean male taekwondo practitioners]]
[[Category:Iowa State University faculty]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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