I studied under Master Hee Il Cho in 1971-1973 in Cumberland R.I. Mr. Cho used us constantly to practice breaking techniques. I was honored to study under Mr. Cho. He is the best martial arts expert that I know. Jerry Aubuchon
@skatarest77 I also knew, he was from the Chung Do Kwan, one of the first kwans of what was once called originally as "Tang Soo Do" by Master Won Kuk Lee. You know, korean martial arts history and heritage, are full of controversies... but as our grand master, Dai Won Moon (father of Taekwondo in Mexico), GM Cho is one of the real masters of what REAL Taekwondo is made of...and not the nowadays diluted sports oriented way. Best regards.
Hey Spank you later, just saw your response to me a few yrs back. Yep, Danny Chapman trained with us also, but developed some bad back problems as did I& I had to finally give it up when I was about 58. Danny also studied under Dennis Branchaud at Kodakai in Woonsocket across from Fogerty Hospital with me. This is one of the schools I attended & studied Okinawin Sho-In-ryu. Deadly style & mainly self defense, no fancy kicks but very powerful. Take care
And people are still worshipping Bruce Lee. Going on and on about his kicking ability. HEH!! What about Master Hee Il Cho? :) Here in this clip and others filmed asround this time. Bruce was filmed breaking I think 1 or 2 boards. Had the same explosiveness to the breaks. but that was just 1 half inch board. Master Cho goes through a lot more at once. Would have loved to see Bruce Lee vs Master Hee Il Cho in a breaking contest. :) Would Bruce even come close? Halfway even? :) How good was Bruce vs an expert in kicking and breaking...boards, bricks...etc.Oh well...we only have M. Cho. No more Bruce Lee--MA movie star of the early 70's.
I studied with him in Providence RI. Then I studied on and off with several of his first generation and second generation black belts at various RI schools, warwick ray lannon, of course Ron Thiverge in Providence, and later Len Mills in MA. TKD is not the best for street fighting as we never learned much if any grappling, submission etc. But for physical training, leg strength it was top notch. I watched MAster Cho kick the stuffing out of the standard lightweight boxing bag
I also studied under Master Cho in his Cumberland school under Bobby Thiverge in 1972 & occasionally Ron Thiverge. Studied with guys like my brother Paul(now deceased)Bobby Cabana(also deceased)Dave Zalynski who went out to L.A. to help Mr. Cho start up his schools in the L.A.area in '75. I was living in Phoenix, Az. at the time & my brother was going to school in L.A.where he took me to visit one of Mr. Cho's schools. He spoke about his R.I. students & how much heart we had & were strong fighters with a lot of spirit. Later he published an artical in Black Belt mag. about the incident where he put another Black Belt in the hospital because Mr. Cho had to defend himself from this guy who later sued him for the injuries. Mr. Cho wasn't very big, but I never witnessed so much power from his developed kicks. I went on to study Sho-In--ryu & was able to apply all the power techniques from Taekwondo into very deadly force. Jerry Aubuchon
***** Yes, Another instructor of a karate school interrupted Mr. Cho's class. Cho asked him to leave. the guy left but came back & tried to hit Mr. Cho. Cho punched him a cpl of times & then hit him with his jumping back turning kick & broke a few ribs & there was some internal bleeding, so the guy sued Mr. Cho for damages. I don't know if he got anything. Mr Cho did mention it in one of his Black Belt articles.
Did you know Steve Forman? He was in a group photo in Master Cho's book ''Man of Contrasts''. I met and trained with Steve and his wife in Manchester N.H.way back in the early 80's....always wondered what happened to him...
Hey Jerry. I must have been there shortly after you. Cho left for LA about 6 mos after I started. Bob Thivierge ran the place after. I fought guys like Danny Chapman, Bobby Cabana and company. I had a boxing background.I moved to the Franklin Dojo with Cabana, and later had a few pro fights. Cho was flashy, but not a fighter. Was really a demo guy, but had no clue how to block punches or kicks. Saw him kick Clovis Marichal in the face trying to kick a cigarette out of his mouth. OUCH!!
I studied under this guy in Cumberland RI. I had a boxing background when I went there. These didn't have clue as to how to block strikes. They stood with their hands at their waist, begging to get whacked with a punch. Of course, I obliged, because they were trying to kick my teeth out. That was in the old bare knuckle bare feet days. But the guy could really kick. His "jumping back turning kick" was wicked. He also had a great "jumping back hook kick" as well. Much better than the videos.
@skatarest77 Oh, then I'm wrong. Thanks for this information... in wikipedia, he is classified as a master of his own Taekwon-Do organization. I guess, I thought he wasn't ITF, because in AIMAA they don't use the classical ITF uniform (you know, the white one with black lines on arms and legs sides). Thought he emphasized more on punches than many other tkd organizations (WTF), because he also trained boxing. Best regards.
Not a fighter you do not know much about him then because he did compete and knocked out several people i use to have two of his best books and he trained in boxing and includded it in his taekwondo training the punches are already in taekwondo anyway they just usualy spend alot more time kicking i took taekwondo and tang soo do witch is the same thing just with a different name and different forms and there both korean karate and he had no idea how to block punches or kicks bull crap.
The greatest teacher / master of the 80's 90's Real tae kwon do power breaking! The man is a power house!
Awesome GM Hee il Cho,Some Americans always talk about fighting in competition.No American Kickboxer of 70s can stand in front of this master
I studied under Master Hee Il Cho in 1971-1973 in Cumberland R.I. Mr. Cho used us constantly to practice breaking techniques. I was honored to study under Mr. Cho. He is the best martial arts expert that I know. Jerry Aubuchon
@skatarest77 I also knew, he was from the Chung Do Kwan, one of the first kwans of what was once called originally as "Tang Soo Do" by Master Won Kuk Lee. You know, korean martial arts history and heritage, are full of controversies... but as our grand master, Dai Won Moon (father of Taekwondo in Mexico), GM Cho is one of the real masters of what REAL Taekwondo is made of...and not the nowadays diluted sports oriented way. Best regards.
GM Cho was before my time , did see him at a seminar tho , his kicks ( speed and power ) top notch !
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wow, he is one of the few guys who can break bricks without a cushion for the knuckles. That's freakin impressive!!
Hey Spank you later, just saw your response to me a few yrs back. Yep, Danny Chapman trained with us also, but developed some bad back problems as did I& I had to finally give it up when I was about 58. Danny also studied under Dennis Branchaud at Kodakai in Woonsocket across from Fogerty Hospital with me. This is one of the schools I attended & studied Okinawin Sho-In-ryu. Deadly style & mainly self defense, no fancy kicks but very powerful. Take care
And people are still worshipping Bruce Lee. Going on and on about his kicking ability. HEH!! What about Master Hee Il Cho? :) Here in this clip and others filmed asround this time.
Bruce was filmed breaking I think 1 or 2 boards. Had the same explosiveness to the breaks. but that was just 1 half inch board. Master Cho goes through a lot more at once.
Would have loved to see Bruce Lee vs Master Hee Il Cho in a breaking contest. :) Would Bruce even come close? Halfway even? :) How good was Bruce vs an expert in kicking and breaking...boards, bricks...etc.Oh well...we only have M. Cho. No more Bruce Lee--MA movie star of the early 70's.
@GetDamage also there are no gaps between the bricks, or slabs. Yep, you said it, impressive!!.
their mullets make everything so much more powerfull and fast
back in the days they didnt need special effects...
they had mullets
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It's wonderful.
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I studied with him in Providence RI. Then I studied on and off with several of his first generation and second generation black belts at various RI schools, warwick ray lannon, of course Ron Thiverge in Providence, and later Len Mills in MA. TKD is not the best for street fighting as we never learned much if any grappling, submission etc. But for physical training, leg strength it was top notch. I watched MAster Cho kick the stuffing out of the standard lightweight boxing bag
gk10002000 But if you combine Tkd with other martial arts? ...profit.
I also studied under Master Cho in his Cumberland school under Bobby Thiverge in 1972 & occasionally Ron Thiverge. Studied with guys like my brother Paul(now deceased)Bobby Cabana(also deceased)Dave Zalynski who went out to L.A. to help Mr. Cho start up his schools in the L.A.area in '75. I was living in Phoenix, Az. at the time & my brother was going to school in L.A.where he took me to visit one of Mr. Cho's schools. He spoke about his R.I. students & how much heart we had & were strong fighters with a lot of spirit. Later he published an artical in Black Belt mag. about the incident where he put another Black Belt in the hospital because Mr. Cho had to defend himself from this guy who later sued him for the injuries. Mr. Cho wasn't very big, but I never witnessed so much power from his developed kicks. I went on to study Sho-In--ryu & was able to apply all the power techniques from Taekwondo into very deadly force. Jerry Aubuchon
***** Yes, Another instructor of a karate school interrupted Mr. Cho's class. Cho asked him to leave. the guy left but came back & tried to hit Mr. Cho. Cho punched him a cpl of times & then hit him with his jumping back turning kick & broke a few ribs & there was some internal bleeding, so the guy sued Mr. Cho for damages. I don't know if he got anything. Mr Cho did mention it in one of his Black Belt articles.
Cho put the guy in the hospital, but he deserved it
Did you know Steve Forman? He was in a group photo in Master Cho's book ''Man of Contrasts''. I met and trained with Steve and his wife in Manchester N.H.way back in the early 80's....always wondered what happened to him...
Hey Jerry. I must have been there shortly after you. Cho left for LA about 6 mos after I started. Bob Thivierge ran the place after. I fought guys like Danny Chapman, Bobby Cabana and company.
I had a boxing background.I moved to the Franklin Dojo with Cabana, and later had a few pro fights.
Cho was flashy, but not a fighter. Was really a demo guy, but had no clue how to block punches or kicks. Saw him kick Clovis Marichal in the face trying to kick a cigarette out of his mouth. OUCH!!
I studied under this guy in Cumberland RI.
I had a boxing background when I went there. These didn't have clue as to how to block strikes. They stood with their hands at their waist, begging to get whacked with a punch.
Of course, I obliged, because they were trying to kick my teeth out. That was in the old bare knuckle bare feet days.
But the guy could really kick. His "jumping back turning kick" was wicked. He also had a great "jumping back hook kick" as well. Much better than the videos.
Muito bem Mestre :)
@RicardoKooh yes he is an ITF grandmaster. I'm in his organization.
ITF is real TKD much respect Usso
@RicardoKooh Yeah its cool, I know his nephew has studied both so i wouldnt doubt that he tought the wtf style to him aswell, take care.
@skatarest77 Oh, then I'm wrong. Thanks for this information... in wikipedia, he is classified as a master of his own Taekwon-Do organization. I guess, I thought he wasn't ITF, because in AIMAA they don't use the classical ITF uniform (you know, the white one with black lines on arms and legs sides). Thought he emphasized more on punches than many other tkd organizations (WTF), because he also trained boxing. Best regards.
ultimate itf master
that is so cool im going to his school
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@skatarest77 No... he is NOT an ITF master
Min Kooh yes he is WTF and ITF grandmaster in both , the top grader for TAGB at one point if I remember correct .
Not a fighter you do not know much about him then because he did compete and knocked out several people i use to have two of his best books and he trained in boxing and includded it in his taekwondo training the punches are already in taekwondo anyway they just usualy spend alot more time kicking i took taekwondo and tang soo do witch is the same thing just with a different name and different forms and there both korean karate and he had no idea how to block punches or kicks bull crap.
Its Cho time!