Where did the American taekwondo came from and wat is the difference between the others taekwondo style?

Question

Where did the American taekwondo came from and wat is the difference between the others taekwondo style?

Answer 1

It is my understanding that Jhoon Rhee  was considered the Father of U.S. Tae Kwon Do.

I studied Tae Kwon Do for two years in the '70s here in Boston by one of the students of General Choi.   Our dojang in Boston would compete against Jhoon Rhee's dojang in Washington D.C.  Jhoon Rhee's students would wear red 'gi's' while our students would wear white.  We tend to have defeated Jhoon Rhee's students on a regular basis.

But it was basically accepted that Jhoon Rhee introduced Tae Kwon Do into the USA.

Generally speaking the TKD organizations went through all sorts of politically splitting and today you will find TKD including self-defense techniques (like wrist locks, etc.) which were not included during the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.

Answer 2

American Tae Kwan Do, came from Korea.  The other two guys forgot that part.  If you just google "Tae Kwan Do" it should take you to the official site of the Korean Tae Kwan Do federation.

peace out.

Answer 3

American TKD can be any style no matter how or what they teach. As long as the origin was from the Korean TKD the term gets used.

It does not surprise me that Desk3's team regularly beat Jhoon Rhee's team. I began my training in 1967. I remember hearing that Rhee was a 7th dan in those days. Not long after I heard that he was only recognized as being a 3rd dan in Korea. No offense to Rhee. This is just one example of many such stories of TKD instructors after they cam to the U.S.A. for many years we traditional martial artists have called them airplane promotions. Seems that if you move from Korea to the U.S.A. you land with a much higher belt rank.

What really gets me is some research I did about 15-20 years ago. I went to a major library. They had phone books form all over the U.S.A.  I took the books for many cities and looked at the martial arts ads in the yellow pages. If they are to be believed there are/were more Korean "All National Champions"  running dojang here than there than there were champions. Some one is lying.   What is taught in most dojang here is so far from the real TKD that it should not even be called TKD.   Just my thoughts.

As for Tae-Kwon_do in Korea, There are at least 75 different styles that are recognized as legitimate. There may be even more than that.