THE ORIGIN OF TAEKWONDO GTF(GLOBAL TAEKWONDO FEDERATION)

Taekwondo (Korean pronunciation: [tʰɛkwʌndo]) is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners.[1] Gyeorugi (pronounced [ɡjʌɾuɡi]), a type of sparring, has been an Olympic event since 2000.
In Korean, tae (Hangul: 태, hanja: 跆) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (Hangul: 권, hanja: 拳) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (Hangul: 도, hanja: 道) means "way" or "method"; so "taekwondo" is loosely translated as "the way of the foot and fist" or "the way of kicking and punching".
Park Jung Tae (c. 1943–11 April 2002) was a master of taekwondo and a pioneer of that martial art in Canada.[1][2][3] He was a key leader in the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) under General Choi. Park founded the Global Taekwon-Do Federation in 1990, after leaving the ITF.
Park was born in 1943 or 1944 in Korea during the period of Japanese occupation.[1][4] He began training in the martial arts as a child, starting with boxing before moving on to judo and then taekwondo. In 1964, he was the second President of the Korean Tae Soo Do Association.[5] In 1965, he was ranked 4th dan and directed instruction of soldiers in Vietnam.[6] Park was one of the twelve original masters of taekwondo of the Korea Taekwon-Do Association.[7]
Park moved to Canada where he met his future wife, Linda, in Toronto in 1970.[8] During the 1970s, he established the Manitoba Tae Kwon-Do Association.[9] In 1978 and 1979, he accompanied Choi on taekwondo demonstration tours in Europe.[10] In 1984, he conducted a seminar in Brisbane, Australia.[11][12] At the time, he was ranked 8th dan in the ITF.[12] In November 1984, Park was elected Secretary-General of the ITF.[13]
Park founded the Global Taekwon-Do Federation (GTF) on 14 June 1990, the year after his departure from the ITF due to North–South Korean political issues.[1][14][15] Amongst those who affiliated with the GTF was Sabree Salleh in 1998.[16] Shortly before he died, Park promoted Salleh to 9th dan (GTF).[16]
Park died on 11 April 2002 due to poor health, and is survived by his wife and their children: Juliann, Heather, and Christopher.[1][4][17] Linda Park succeeded her husband as President of the GTF.[4][17]
Park is listed as a pioneer in Canada (1970s) in Chang Keun Choi's list of taekwondo pioneers.[