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Grand Master Jhoon Rhee fought Bruce Lee in a tournament in
1968. Bruce Lee never laid a hand on him! BTW Grand Master Rhee is still alive and recently celebrated his 82nd birthday!
HERE is how he celebrated his 80th!
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/18 at 11:40 AM
I remember being fascinated by those commercials when we would go visit my grandparents in Centreville. I always wished the place I took tae kwon do was as cool.
Posted by ostrakos in United States on 02/18 at 12:13 PM
Violence sucks
Posted by Arlo on 02/18 at 12:24 PM
But tae kwan do doesn't work well against TV commercials. With the elections coming, I wish it did.
Posted by Phred22 on 02/18 at 12:25 PM
That definitely brought back memories. Didn't realize the ads were only shown in the D.C. area. '86 was the year I graduated high school, so my last year in the city.
Posted by Alex on 02/18 at 06:04 PM
cool, made you want to take martial arts didn't it?
Posted by patty on 02/18 at 06:18 PM
@ Alex Hope they were good memories!
@ Patty Yes it did!
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/18 at 08:58 PM
@Arlo: Most of the marshal arts were originally about getting the body up to speed so the mind could become clear. Judo means "The Peaceful Way" and Aikido has no form to open an attack but must wait for the aggressor to make the 1st move.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/18 at 09:36 PM
Hate to disappoint but, that ad ran a lot of places. I remember seeing that ad every day in Texas in the early 80's.
Posted by LAZ in Funkytown, TX on 02/19 at 05:48 AM
@ LAZ I never said that the posted ad ran ONLY in D.C. Just that it ran in D.C. non-stop. Alex said in his comment that it was shown only in the D.C. area, but I didn't think to correct him because frankly I didn't know any different. It makes perfect sense that the ad would run in Texas as that is where Grand Master Rhee lived and went to school when he first came to the country,He has over 60 affiliated schools in the U.S. and 65 in the C.I.S.(former Soviet union). For further info on Grand Master Rhee I recommend his
WEBSITE.It is full of interesting info about his life and many accomplishments.
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/19 at 12:20 PM
@Expat47: "ORIGINALLY"
Posted by Arlo on 02/19 at 12:41 PM
@ Arlo They still are about peace! The ad says says might for right not might makes right.Master Rhee's philosophy is that the purpose of life is to be happy. Who doesn't want to be happy?
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/19 at 12:57 PM
@Tyrusguy: My wife seems to be under the opinion that I don't need to be happy all the time. Case in point, only this AM .... well.... that's a long story so I'll save it for later.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/20 at 05:28 AM
@ Expat47 Sorry dude, I can't help you with that one! I'm divorced!
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/20 at 10:40 AM
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