j. s. park was born in 1941 in chung-nam, korea. he trained in taekwondo under h. h. choi. in 1965, he was invited to be the coach of the german taekwon-do association, and moved from south korea to west germany. the following year, he moved to the netherlands and founded the netherlands taekwon-do association. in 1968, park settled in toronto, canada. park holds the rank of 9th "dan", and is still based in toronto.