Jong Soo Park
Grandmaster Jong Soo Park was born in 1941 in Chung- Nam Korea. He is known as one of Canada’s leading Grandmasters of TaeKwonDo. His training began under the instruction of Tae Kwon Do’s founder, General Choi Hong Hi. He continued to be one of Choi’s students for many years and was even with him in 2002 when General Choi died.
Park, served in the Korean Military and was also one of the instructors at the Police Training Centre in Korea and in the Korean Military. His expertise earned him a spot on the Tae Kwon Do demonstration team who travelled with General Choi all over the globe demonstrating and teaching others Tae Kwon Do. He was invited to Germany to coach Germany’s Tae Kwon Do Association, became the founder of the Netherlands Tae Kwon Do Association where he lived and taught before immigrating to Canada in 1968.
Jong Soo Park is the president of the Canadian Tae Kwon Do Association and opened a chain of successful Tae Kwon Do schools in the Toronto area. He is a well respected martial artist not only within Canada, but around the world. With his experience and knowledge of the art of Tae Kwon Do it is easy to see why he is sought out from students around the world to learn from. Grandmaster Park travelled to Los Angeles, California to shoot and film his own TaeKwon Do dvd series called Mastering TaeKwon Do which was produced and released by Rising Sun Productions. In this series he shares his vast experience and knowledge which he has taught Tae Kwon Do to students around the globe.
Tracy Warrener has been fortunate to have been raised within the Martial Arts since the age of 4 years old and is a 4th Degree Black Belt in Goju Ryu Karate. She has had the opportunity to study with some amazing Martial Artists. Sensei Richard Kim, Sensei Peter Urban, Professor Don Jacob, Sensei Jim Wilson, Professor Wally Jay, just to name several. Of course her main Sensei is her father, Sensei Don Warrener. Throughout the 40 plus years of her involvement in the Martial Arts, she has worked her way from being a student of the martial arts to a Martial Arts Sensei ,teaching hundreds of students. She has ran and managed martial arts schools teaching students of all ages, worked within the community teaching at fitness centres, schools, businesses and Women’s Shelters, the benefits of Karate. One the causes close to her heart is teaching and empowering young girls and women the importance of self defence and awareness. Her program called Look Strong! Act Strong! Be Strong! focuses on easy self defence techniques and mind self defence techniques. In 2013 she was awarded The Silver Lifetime Achievement Award in the Masters of the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in California for her contribution to Women in the Martial Arts. She is also a Certified Reflexologist and Reiki Master. She has starred in three of her own DVDs produced by Rising Sun Productions on Reiki, Reflexology and her Look Strong ,Act Strong ,Be Strong Self Defence Program. tracy.warrenerentertainment@gmail.com
