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Jhoon Goo Rhee (born January 7, 1932), commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, is a South Korean master of taekwondo who is widely recognized as the 'Father of American Taekwondo' for introducing this martial art to the United States of America since arriving in the 1950s.〔(Grand Master Jhoon Rhee returns home to serve as Youngsan Univ.'s Chair Professor ) ''The Seoul Times'', September 2004. Retrieved on 28 July 2007.〕〔Kang, S.-W. (2008): (Taekwondo grandmaster lectures at Yonsei University ) ''The Korea Times'' (10 January 2008). Retrieved on 26 January 2010.〕 Rhee is ranked 10th ''dan''.〔 Rhee was born on January 7, 1932, in Korea, during the period of Japanese occupation. He began training in the martial arts at the age of 13, without his father's knowledge.〔(JhoonRhee.com: Philosophy ) Retrieved on 29 January 2010.〕 Rhee received martial art training under Nam Tae Hi and graduated from the Chung Do Kwan.〔Kang, W. S., and Lee, K. M. (1999): (The Modern History of TaeKwonDo ) Retrieved on 14 October 2007.〕 During the 1960s, Rhee befriended Bruce Lee—a relationship from which they both benefited as martial artists. In 1973, Rhee made his only martial arts movie, titled ''When Taekwondo Strikes''. Rhee is well known in the Washington, D.C. area for a television commercial that has a jingle by Nils Lofgren and features the catch phrase, "Nobody bothers me," followed by "Nobody bothers me, either." In 2000, Rhee was the only Korean-American named amongst the 203 most recognized immigrants to the country by the National Immigrant Forum and the Immigration and Naturalization Services.〔 Rhee was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame in 2007,〔(Taekwondo Hall of Fame 2007 Banquet ) Retrieved on 12 January 2008. (Although the reference's address contains "2006," the event was actually held in 2007.)〕 and he is listed as both the 'Pioneer of American Taekwondo' and the 'Pioneer of Taekwon-Do in Russia' there.〔(Taekwondo Hall of Fame ) Retrieved on 12 January 2008.〕 Rhee is listed as a pioneer in the USA (1950s, 1960s, and 1970s) in Chang Keun Choi's list of taekwondo pioneers.〔Choi, C. K. (2007): (Tae Kwon Do Pioneers ) Retrieved on 15 March 2008.〕 He created 'Martial Ballet' which is a martial art form that is conducted to music. Martial Ballet has been performed by different people in different ways and was incorporated in Rhee's school curriculum. Jhoon Rhee also starred in a feature film in 1980. It was entitled Return of Rhee in Korea and for the Asian and international markets. It was renamed Rampage for U.S. distribution, but never got released in America. Rhee's protégé Jeff Smith and student Randy Anderson co-starred in the picture which was filmed on location in Seoul and Busan, South Korea. == See also == * List of taekwondo grandmasters 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jhoon Goo Rhee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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