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Master Rhee (other)
Master Rhee is the abbreviated name of several taekwondo masters, as 이 (Lee/Rhee/Yi) is a common Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...n family name. The three most widely known bearers of the name are probably: * Chong Chul Rhee, known as the Father of Australian Taekwondo * Jhoon Goo Rhee (1932–2018), known as the Father of American Taekwondo * Ki Ha Rhee (born 1938), known as the Father of British Taekwondo {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In addition to its five tenets of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit, the sport requires three physical skills: ''poomsae'' (, Form), ''kyorugi'' (, Sparring) and ''gyeokpa'' (, Breaking Technique). Poomsae are patterns that demonstrate a range of kicking, punching and blocking techniques, kyorugi involves the kind of sparring seen in the Olympics, and gyeokpa is the art of breaking wooden boards. Taekwondo also sometimes involves the use of weapons such as swords and nunchucks (nunchaku). Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform known as a . Taekwondo is a combat sport which was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate and Chinese martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee (Korean Surname)
Lee, I, or Yi () is the List of Korean surnames, second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (Korean surname), Kim (). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population. Historically, was written as Ni () in Korea. The spelling formally changed to I () in 1933 when the initial sound rule () was established. In North Korean standard language, North Korea, it is romanized as McCune–Reischauer, Ri () because there is no distinction between the alveolar consonant, alveolar liquid consonant, liquids /l/ and /r/ in Korean language, modern Korean. Latin-alphabet spelling Though the Revised Romanization of Korean, Revised Romanization spelling of this surname is I, South Korea's National Institute of the Korean Language noted in 2001 that one-letter surnames were quite rare in English and other foreign languages and could cause difficulties when traveling abroad. However, the NIKL still hoped to promote sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korea
Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Yalu River, Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen River, Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Known human habitation of the Korean peninsula dates to 40,000 BC. The kingdom of Gojoseon, which according to tradition was founded in 2333 BC, fell to the Han dynasty in 108 BC. It was followed by the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period, in which Korea was divided into Goguryeo, Baekje, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chong Chul Rhee
__NOTOC__ Rhee Chong-chul (; b. (redacted due to inaccuracy) d. 27 October 2023) was a South Korean Master of Taekwondo who arrived to Australia in the 1960s.An interview with World Master Chong-chul Rhee, 8th Dan, the Father of Australian Taekwon-Do ''Australasian Fighting Arts'' (March 1985). Retrieved on 13 June 2007. He is the founder of Rhee Taekwon-Do, which is widely publicised as Australia's first and biggest Taekwondo school.See the ''Martial Arts'' section of the ''Yellow Pages'' telephone directory from any Australian state capital city since at least the 1980s.See the back cover of ''Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jhoon Goo Rhee
Rhee Jhoon-goo (; Hanja: 李俊九, January 7, 1932–April 30, 2018), commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, was a Korean-American taekwondo practitioner. He 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.Grand Master Jhoon Rhee returns home to serve as Youngsan Univ.'s Chair Professor ''The Seoul Times'', September 2004. Retrieved on July 28, 2007.Kang, S.-W. (2008) ''The Korea Times'' (January 10, 2008). Retrieved on January 26, 2010. He was a 10th-degree black belt and held the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
