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I am not saying He watered down the art, miguksaram.

 

I think the people who followed in his foot steps did. He opened the door.

 

I am not in any way dis-ing Master Rhee.

 

Here's another way to look at. If a new product comes on the market everybody buys it. Then there are 1000 knocks offs.

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I am not saying He watered down the art, miguksaram.

 

I think the people who followed in his foot steps did. He opened the door.

 

I am not in any way dis-ing Master Rhee.

 

Here's another way to look at. If a new product comes on the market everybody buys it. Then there are 1000 knocks offs.

 

I agree Akima...

It takes a big man to cry, but it takes an even bigger man to point at him and laugh

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I actually went to a Jhoon Rhee school for a while. It may just have been my school, but my instructors were very knowledgeable and very skilled in their own right. Most of them were ranked nationally. I though the experience was pretty well rounded actually. We did a lot of forms, sparring, weapons, self-defense, and fitness training. We actually got into the spiritual aspects of martial arts (e.g. meditation) as well. We had a lot of seminars where the top martial artists (not just tkd guys) would come in and teach us. Plus, many of our instructors had experience in other arts, so I received some kickboxing, judo, and ju-jitsu training. The dojo atmosphere was good too. The instructors were all cool, but they were pretty strict disciplinarians. You really didn’t want to mess around in class lest ye incur the wrath of the instructor. The school was actually somewhat traditional for a McDojo. The commands were in Korean. We learned the meaning behind the forms, etc.

 

Plus, Jhoon Rhee is a monster. At our belt tests, he would challenge all the students to a pushup contest. He would beat every single person in the dojo. Then, the man would do an extra hundred pushups. Ridiculous.

 

Just my perspective.

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Jhoon Rhee is a very humble and kind person, who I pray I would never tick off even at his age now. ha.ha.ha.ha.ha....I met GM Rhee at Chuck Norris's KDOA in Chicago. He was kind enough to talk for a bit and take some pictures.

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Yes, the GOO is a living legend. Have you seen "When Taekwondo Strikes". The man is patriotic as well. He also invented Martial Ballet.

 

Seen it? Heck I bought the dvd...I am also a big Angela Mao fan

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