Rhee Jhoon-goo, commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, was a Korean-American taekwondo practitioner.
13 Facts About Jhoon Rhee
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Jhoon Rhee was widely recognized as the "father of American taekwondo" for introducing the Korean martial art to the United States when he immigrated in the 1950s.
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Jhoon Rhee was a 10th-degree black belt and held the title of grandmaster.
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Jhoon Rhee began training in the martial arts at age 13 in 1945 without his father's knowledge.
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Jhoon Rhee received martial arts training from Nam Tae Hi and graduated from the Chung Do Kwan school.
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In 1973, Jhoon Rhee made his only martial arts movie, When Taekwondo Strikes; he had a small role in Fist of Fury.
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Jhoon Rhee demonstrated the accupunch to Ali, who was unable to block it and asked to be taught it.
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Jhoon Rhee was Ali's head coach for the boxer's fights with Richard Dunn and Antonio Inoki.
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Jhoon Rhee was well known in the DC area for a television commercial with a jingle by Nils Lofgren and Jhoon Rhee's daughter uttering the catchphrase "Nobody bothers me," followed by his son saying "Nobody bothers me, either" and winking.
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In 2000, Jhoon Rhee was the only Korean-American ranked among the 203 most recognized immigrants to the country by the National Immigrant Forum and Immigration and Naturalization Services.
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Jhoon Rhee was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame in 2007, in which he is listed as both the pioneer of American taekwondo and taekwondo in Russia'.
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Jhoon Rhee is on Chang Keun Choi's list of taekwondo pioneers.
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Jhoon Rhee died on April 30,2018, in Arlington, Virginia, at age 86.