Birthday: November 8, 1967
Style:
Wushu
Superstar on
WMAC Masters
Ho-Sung Pak, a Korean-American, is a master of the
very difficult and elaborate style of Kung-fu known as Wushu. He was
trained in China by Wushu master, Sifu Won Jin Bo, the same master who
trained Jet Li. Ho-Sung is widely regarded as one of the greatest modern
practitioners of Wushu in America and throughout the world. He was one of
the youngest people ever to be inducted into the prestigious Black Belt
Hall of Fame, gaining that honor in 1991, after completing an unbelievable
perfect season on the national martial arts tournament circuit. In that
same year, he became the first competitor in American martial arts
tournament history ever to receive unanimous 10-point (perfect) scores
from each of the judges at a major national martial arts competition (1991
Diamond Nationals Karate Tournament). He finished the 1991 season with the
incredible feat of walking away as the Grand Champion in every single
tournament he entered that year.
Ho-Sung Pak has been ranked as the number one martial arts competitor in
the nation numerous times by various governing martial arts organizations,
such as N.A.S.K.A. (North American Sport Karate Association) and the P.K.L.
(Professional Karate League). He was legendary on the tournament circuit
for his truly awesome mastery of the martial arts. His gravity-defying
feats, such as being able to execute 4 to 5 kicks in midair before
landing, his 720 degree kick, where his body would spin two complete
revolutions before kicking, and his incredible butterfly twist, where his
body would spin one and a half rotations while being perfectly parallel
with the ground, were all just a part of his legendary repertoire.
When he was
actively competing, he definitely took martial arts competitions to a new
level of excellence never before seen.
Among the many weapons Ho-Sung Pak has mastery over, he is especially
well-known for his dazzling and uncanny use of the sword. With a sword in
one hand, or in both hands, Ho-Sung Pak awes spectators with a display of
swordsmanship the likes of which few have ever witnessed before. One must
truly behold Ho-Sung Pak performing his dazzling display of swordplay with
his or her own eyes in order to truly understand and appreciate the
incredible skill he possesses.
Ho-Sung Pak has worked extensively in film, TV, and various multimedia
projects. Notably, he starred in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II," and
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III," as the character of Raphael. He
co-starred with Jackie Chan in the Asian box office smash, "Drunken Master
II (released in America as Legend of Drunken Master). He starred in Fox
Television's popular TV show, "WMAC Masters," as the character of
Superstar. Ho-Sung played the character of Liu Kang for Bally/Midway's popular
arcade game hits, "Mortal Kombat," and "Mortal Kombat II." He was most
recently seen hosting the popular TV infomercial for the best selling
fitness product known as "Slam Man," along with world champion boxing
legend, Sugar Ray Leonard. Ho-Sung Pak has finished filming "Book
of Swords," an exciting action movie, and "Epoch of Lotus," a spectacular
dramatic movie which has already garnered several awards and is headed for
the 2001 Cannes Film Festival in France. Ho-Sung also helped
Madonna and her dancers get ready for their upcoming 2001 world tour by
training them in martial arts moves and helping them with their dance
choreography. He currently has several TV and film projects in the works
in Chicago and Los Angeles.