Celebs, grandmasters gather to remember Jhoon Rhee

Grandmasters from around the world, celebrities and politicians all gathered in Northern Virginia to remember the man who brought Tae Kwon Do to the US. Jhoon Rhee lived in the DMV until his death last week. He was 86.

[@expat7849]

Grandmaster Rhee gave me my black belt personally. In the time I knew him, the best advice he ever gave me was... "Don't get married until you are successful, successful men get prettier girls."

[@zodivamp]

when i was 12 or 14 i had my 3rd and successful black belt test up in northern va being tested directly by gm rhee. it was a fantastic day and very happy day im going to remember for a long time. he was a great role model for alot of people and he will be missed dearly i n the martial arts world.

[@BRUCEJJ66]

Today's young martial artists could learn a lot from this; had Jhoon Rhee been a top competitive fighter would he have been remembered with such love & affection? Perhaps not, he's mourned & remembered well because he was a good person, human, I'm sure, but he tried to be a good example for others to follow. RIP, Grandmaster Rhee.

[@iluvcliffrichard]

BRUCEJJ66 Even when your clean living athlete you still can die prematurely like master Rhee. I'd loved him to live to 100. RIP.

[@lianaburless1835]

I met him when I was a child, while at a matial arts tournament for a different style martial arts, I did realize it till after he did when I saw what he looked like after he died. During this time I had been taking Taekwondo under his teachings. I couldn't believe I didn't realize that but I was never good at putting names and faces together. I just recently received my black belt June sixth at 40.

[@TTOWNTAMPA]

i AM 45 And attended Jhoon Rhee Karate in Fl.. in about 83-84...R.I.P Grandmaster Rhee

[@nemesisut8793]

He had classes all over northern VA... and I took his classes

[@estherpark497]

Korean pride. r.i.p grandpa jhoon rhee

[@daniellegonzales675]

Omg!!My Instuctor is in there witch is I think idk but I go too mile high karate....

[@drcharles66]

With all due respect GM did not teach Bruce lee how to kick. Lee and Rhee met at a tournament in 1964. Watch the extended version on KZbin.His kicks were incredible. While they may have worked out. Lee's very great even before GM Ghee. BTW do you really think he taught Ali anything about punching that he didn't already know?

[@EPL338]

Actually they taught each other. After they met at the tournament, they were very fond of each other so Lee taught Karate and Jeet Kun Do to Rhee and Rhee taught Taekwondo. He also taught Muhammad Ali Acupunch where he won the Munich championship defending game by KO using it and made a comment to the media Here's the video of Lee's speech at UN at age 77, he breaks 3 boards with acu-punch and tells the story of how he taught Ali and Lee. This is pretty interesting vid as Albert Einstein's grandson holds the boards for him. Take a look if you are interested (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWO8d2iEi9mHebM)

[@mykwondo5871]

Omg he is died 😂😂😂