Black Belt Tae Kwon Do: The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World's Most Popular Black Belt Martial Art »

Yeon Hwan Park was the undefeated Korean national champion of Tae Kwon Do from 1971 to 1975. He has coached the United States National Tae Kwon Do Team (1974-1991), the United States Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team (1988), and the United States Pan American Games Tae Kwon Do Team (1991). Park 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 currently the vice president of the United States Tae Kwon Do Union and the publisher of USA Taekwondo Review. He lives in New York.

Jon Gerrard graduated with a degree in psychology from Princeton University where he also served as vice-president of the Tae Kwon Do Club for two years. For more than ten years, he has taught martial arts to law enforcement agents. Currently, he is a teacher and martial arts coach at a private school in New York City.

Designed to meet the needs of students who have mastered the basics and come up through the ranks of the lower-level belts, Black Belt Tae Kwon Do offers everything readers need to complete their training, from advanced sparring to breaking techniques. Following the format of its predecessor (Tae Kwon Do: The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World's Most Popular Martial Art, Updated Edition), it combines a complete explanation of the physical aspects of the martial art with a full description of the philosophical elements of its training. Among the topics covered are: practice, warm-up, and advanced techniques and forms; self-defense techniques; and sparring strategies and techniques. Extensive appendixes include a special section on opening a successful Tae Kwon Do school; official rules of competition; and weight classes, governing bodies, and international organizations and associations. Two glossaries translate terms from English to Korean and Korean to English.