China Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Man credited with popularizing Taekwondo in US dies (RNN) - A Korean Taekwondo grandmaster who is considered the father of the martial art in the U.S. has died. Jhoon Rhee, a 10th-degree black belt known as "the father of American Taekwondo," died Monday, his son announced on Facebook. Rhee is credited with bringing the martial art to the U.S. in the 1950s and popularizing it, The Seoul Times said. His first Taekwondo school opened in Washington DC in 1962. His martial arts empire expanded around the globe - to 182 countries, The Korea Times said. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 I thought he was just local to the DMV area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Me too, LSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSkin Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 That commercial used to be in heavy rotation in Tidewater. Nobody bothers me either! RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Well damn. As most of you know, I'm a practitioner holding a 794th degree black belt. RIP Jhoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 RIP, indeed. Local to the DMV but that guy was a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Interesting side note. The "Nobody Bothers Me" jingle was written and sung by DC-area native, guitarist, and E Street Band member Nils Lofgren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said: Well damn. As most of you know, I'm a practitioner holding a 794th degree black belt. RIP Jhoon. I had a yellow belt, but then I bothered the kids in that commercial. The girl chopped me in the ribs and the boy jump kicked me in the throat. I quit the next day, as soon as i was able to speak again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsluggo Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 He had a good life...Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Didn't know that Nils wrote did that commercial, so obvious now. Brings back so many memories. I like the commercial showing women learning to defend themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 The most popular urban legend when I was in High school was everybody had a friend of a friend who found out that one of his kids (or sometimes him) got mugged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Dude taught Chuck Norris and Muhammad Ali. He was no joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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