![]() ![]() Tekken 7 (King of Iron Fist Tournament era) He was part of "Team Korea" which won the Mastercup 7 Team Tournament, becoming the first Korean team to win the prestigious 5v5 team tournament held in Japan. He won his first ever EVO Title in 2013, for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, defeating American veteran Bronson Tran in the finals. He famously chose his in-game name of Knee during this time, due to the signature moves of both his main characters (Bruce and Bryan) being attacks made by their knees. He also played strongly in domestic competitions, winning the Korean 3v3 Tournaments "Tekken Crash" multiple times being part of Team Resurrection and continued training amongst the best Tekken players in the world at the legendary Green Arcade in Seoul, in what was considered as the golden age of Korean Tekken. Knee's popularity grew after winning the World Cyber Games in 2010, the first time Tekken was included, which gave him international fame. This gave credibility to his extensive game knowledge-based playstyle. ![]() It is widely considered as one of the most difficult execution-having move/setup situations in the entire franchise. ![]() It was during Tekken 5 days, that Knee invented the famous setup in Tekken, called "Taunt Jet Upper" by using two of Bryan's moves in quick succession, which if successful would deal big damage to the opponent with them having no way of blocking it (as the Taunt was unblockable, and the Jet Upper was done before the opponent could guard against it). Knee has played all Tekken games since the series started, but started competing in tournaments since 2004 in Tekken 5. However as he reached his 20's, only Tekken was popular in the Korean arcades as other games' arcade cabinet shipping to Korea was hit by the Asian Financial Crisis. Taking a liking to fighting games at an early age, he played King of Fighters, Samurai Showdown and Tekken. Knee grew up in Gyeongbuk Province and was born on June 24, 1985. 2.5 Tekken 7 FR (Tekken World Tour era).2.4 Tekken 7 (King of Iron Fist Tournament era). ![]()
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