(1932-01-07)January 7, 1932 Asan, Chūseinan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (present-day Asan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)
Died
April 30, 2018(2018-04-30) (aged 86) Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Other names
Rhee Jhoon-goo
Residence
United States
Style
Taekwondo, Jhoon-Rhee-style (founder)
Taekwondo (ITF-Style), Tang Soo Do (Chung Do Kwan), Jun Fan Gung Fu[a]
Teacher(s)
Nam Tae Hi,[1] Bruce Lee[b][2][3]
Rank
10th dan taekwondo (posthumously)
Notable students
Allen R. Steen, Rodney Batiste, Marina Kim, John Chung, Bruce Lee[2][3]
Website
jhoonrheetkd.com
Jhoon Rhee
Hangul
이준구
Hanja
李俊九 [4]
Revised Romanization
Yi Jun-gu
McCune–Reischauer
Yi Chun'gu
Rhee Jhoon-goo (Korean: 이준구; Hanja: 李俊九, January 7, 1932 – April 30, 2018), commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, was a Korean-American taekwondo partitioner. He is widely recognized as the "father of American taekwondo" for introducing this martial art to the U.S. after arriving there in the 1950s.[5][6] He was a 10th dan black belt[6] and held the title of Grandmaster.
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^Kang, W. S., and Lee, K. M. (1999): The Modern History of TaeKwonDo Retrieved on 14 October 2007.
^ abNilsson, Thomas (May 1996). "With Bruce Lee: Taekwondo Pioneer Jhoon Rhee Recounts His 10-Year Friendship With the "Dragon"". Black Belt Magazine. 34 (5): 39–43. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
^ ab"Jhoon Rhee, Father of American Tae Kwon Do". www.jhoonrhee.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
^조성식 [Jo Seongsik] (2006-08-14), "5세에 송판 깨는 美 태권도 황제 이준구: "내 주먹은 바람, 내가 인정한 유일한 고수는 '싸움꾼' 이소룡"", Donga Ilbo Magazine, retrieved 2011-10-08
^Grand Master Jhoon Rhee returns home to serve as Youngsan Univ.'s Chair Professor The Seoul Times, September 2004. Retrieved on 28 July 2007.
^ abKang, S.-W. (2008): Taekwondo grandmaster lectures at Yonsei University The Korea Times (10 January 2008). Retrieved on 26 January 2010.
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