Park Yong Soo

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Park Yong Soo (Hangul: 박용수) is a K-1 fighter who specialises in kicking techniques. He has been a member of the Kook-Ga-Dae-Pyo-Sang-Bi-Goon, a semi-national Korean Taekwondo team. He is of South Korean descent.

He has, of date, fought two matches in K-1. His opening bout was against Rikijyo, a Japanese kickboxer. Park won within the first bout, in 1 minute and 26 seconds by knockout (Low kick) His second match was against kickboxer Daisuke Watanabe, who Park managed to defeat in one bout, with a front kick to the face.

He represents the first taekwondo fighter from Korea in a K1 match, as previous "taekwondo" fighter Kim Jingwu has admitted to being paid to act the part of a practitioner of taekwondo agaisnt K-1 fighter Genki Sudo, whereas his real representative sport is Korean Kickboxing. Yong-Soo's style is typical of WTF style taekwondo, where the guard is kept low to protect the upper body more effectively in favour of the head. His puching techniques are very basic (if not ineffectual) which reflects on his years of WTF style training, where punches are not heavily emphasized. His kicks however, are more graceful and effective.

One commentator has dubbed him "The man who never takes his Dobok off, Park Yong-Soo," because he seemingly always fights with his Dobok on.