Jhoon Rhee (1932–2018)
Auteur de Chon-Ji of Tae Kwon Do Hyung
A propos de l'auteur
Jhoon Goo Rhee was born in Asan, Korea on January 7, 1932. He started studying martial arts after they became legal in 1945. He had just started his university studies when the Korean War began in 1950. He spent two months hiding from the North Korean army in a cellar before working for the United afficher plus States Air Force as an interpreter and then serving in the South Korean army. After a truce was declared in 1953, he studied aircraft maintenance before moving to the United States in 1958. He studied engineering at the University of Texas, Austin before dropping out to teach martial arts in Washington D. C. in 1962. He was a grandmaster of taekwondo and became an ambassador for the sport. In the 1980s, he ran 11 studios in the Washington area and trained instructors to teach his style of taekwondo nationwide. He developed and manufactured pads to reduce injuries and created martial-arts ballets. He provided free taekwondo instruction to members of Congress from 1965 until 2010. He also taught many celebrity clients including Chuck Norris and Muhammad Ali. He wrote a book about his friendship with Bruce Lee entitled Bruce Lee and I. He died from complications of postherpetic neuralgia on April 30, 2018 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Jhoon Rhee
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Rhee, Jhoon Goo
- Date de naissance
- 1932-01-07
- Date de décès
- 2018-04-30
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- South Korea (birth)
USA - Lieu de naissance
- Asan, South Chungcheong Province, Korea
- Lieu du décès
- Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Cause du décès
- postherpetic neuralgia
- Lieux de résidence
- Asan, South Chungcheong Province, Korea
Seoul, Korea
San Marcos, Texas, USA
Austin, Texas, USA
McLean, Virginia, USA - Professions
- martial arts instructor
- Organisations
- Jhoon Rhee Institute
Congressional Taekwondo Club
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 103
- Popularité
- #185,855
- Évaluation
- 2.3
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 7
Contents
I Introduction
What is tae kwon do?
What are tae kwon do hyungs?
With what hyung does each rank train?
Requirements for 1st degree black belt
II Won-Hyu Hyung
Won-Hyu at a glance
Pattern of Won-Hyo
III Yul-Kok Hyung
Yul-Kok at a glance
Pattern of Yul-Kok