What person or group started Taekwondo in the United States?

i%26#039;m doing a report on TKD and have found that it became popular in the states in the late 1960%26#039;s but cannot find who started it in the U.S.|||See This link....





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhoon_Rhee





Best wishes :)***|||I believe James24 is most correct here. Although Jhoon Rhee is mentioned most often as the father of TKD in America, I%26#039;ve heard since way back on the mid 1960%26#039;s that someone else was actually the first one to bring TKD here. I don%26#039;t think anyone can prove that Rhee was the first. It has just become accepted over time that he was the one. It is like a lot of other myths that have become believable after many years, but are in fact incorrect.|||There is no clear cut answer on this. Jhoon Rhee often receives credit but this cannot be verified.





Chuck Norris, like many other Americans, got their start in Korean martial arts while stationed at various military bases in the 1950%26#039;s and brought it back, or sought it out when they came back to the US.





James|||Rhee Jhoon Goo|||Jhun Rhee