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GRANDMASTER JHOON RHEE is considered by most these days to be THE FATHER OF AMERICAN TAE KWON DO since his efforts are well known and his achievements and accomplishments considerable. I met and studied TAE KWON DO in Washington,DC, at the JHOON RHEE INSTITUTE and my immediate instructor was Mr. Kwon Rho and my introductory instructor was Mr. Jack Dutcher. The classes were evening ones. Mr. Rhee would come in and give us instructions now and then and also oversee the groups. At the time, Mr. Rhee was experimenting with safety equipment for tournaments which he later improved and utilized. Although many other Tae Kwon Do instructors and masters came to the US and promulgated the Korean Arts, Mr. Rhee is certainly the more well-known and recognized Pioneer in the US for many reasons. I have in the Philippines most of his early books on the forms,etc. which hopefully the termites have not consumed as yet.