Jhoon Rhee
| Jhoon Rhee | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 7, 1932 Asan, Chūseinan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan (present-day Asan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea) |
| Died | April 30, 2018 (aged 86) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Other names | Rhee Jhoon-goo |
| Residence | United States |
| Style | Taekwondo, Jhoon-Rhee-style (founder) Taekwondo (ITF-Style), Tang Soo Do (Chung Do Kwan), Jun Fan Gung Fu |
| Teacher(s) | Nam Tae Hi, Bruce Lee |
| Rank | 10th dan taekwondo (posthumously) |
| Other information | |
| Notable students | Allen R. Steen, Rodney Batiste, Marina Kim, John Chung, Bruce Lee |
| Website | jhoonrheetkd |
| Jhoon Rhee | |
| Hangul | 이준구 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 李俊九 |
| Revised Romanization | Yi Jun-gu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Chun'gu |
Rhee Jhoon-goo (Korean: 이준구; Hanja: 李俊九, January 7, 1932–April 30, 2018), commonly known as Jhoon Rhee, was a Korean-American taekwondo practitioner. He was widely recognized as the "father of American taekwondo" for introducing the Korean martial art to the United States when he immigrated in the 1950s. He was a 10th-degree black belt and held the title of grandmaster.