The Godfather of American Tae Kwon Do: R.I.P Jhoon Rhee

[DragonClaws]

 

Man credtied for popularizing Tae Kwon Do dies

Link- http://www.kplctv.com/story/38074799/man-credited-with-popularizing-taekwondo-in-us-dies

 

 

Showing Muchammed Ali a few things about self defence.

 

Jhoon Rhee(centre) and Bruce Lee in the Dominican Republic.

Edited April 30, 2018 by DragonClaws

[NoKUNGFUforYU]

The rumor, that I initially heard on Howard Stern, was that Rhee would go out on an annual take back the night event for a kind of neighborhood watch deal and finally got attacked and beat up by a bunch of teenagers. That being said, he taught a decent amount of guys that went into full contact and help introduce contact in American Karate/Tae Kwon Do with his Safe T Kick equipment. I never quite got the point of safe t kick foot pads, as it only covered the roundhouse instep kick and back of heel. A front kick or even more devastating, korean style sidekick was unprotected. Still, it's better than nothing. 

[Phantom Dreamer]

Nobody Bothers Me

 

[Shaolivevil]

 

RIP Jhoon Rhee

[AlbertV]

A true legend...RIP Jhoon Rhee

 

Edited May 4, 2018 by AlbertV

[reason108]

RIP!

[Coliseum1972]

Wow

RIP and thanks

[Cognoscente]

It's a pity that he never had an in-depth interview about When Taekwondo Strikes.