I would like to personally invite you and your students to participate in the ‘1st FGMR CUP’ Taekwon-Do Championships, to be held on Saturday June 22nd, 2024 in the beautiful Town of Oakville, Ontario. This Championship is titled “1st FGMR CUP” as it will honour one of the Original Pioneers of Taekwon-Do., 9th Dan First Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha!
A first-generation student of General Choi Hong Hi, the Founder of Taekwon-Do, Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha was described by General Choi as the “greatest ever student of Taekwon-Do.” FGMR will be the Special Guest of Honour so don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet a living legend.
This Tournament is open to colored belts and black belts of all ages regardless of affiliation. The Sheridan College – Athletics Center will be the venue for this fantastic event bringing together competitors from around the world together for a weekend of high caliber Taekwon-Do in honour of the most senior Grand Master in the world
Come and renew some old friendships and start new ones, in the true spirit of Taekwon-Do.
Taekwon!
Mike Morningstar
“The Ultimate goal of Martial Arts lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of it’s participants”
ALL DAY
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Holiday Inn Oakville Center
Hotel booking information is below
TOURNAMENT ADDRESS
Sheridan College – Athletics Center
1430 Trafalgar Rd,
Oakville, ON • L6H 2L1
9:00 am SHARP!!!
BLACK BELT MEETING (ALL BLACK BELTS)
Black Belts who do not attend the meeting will not be eligible to compete.
NO EXCEPTIONS!
9:30 am SHARP!!!
OPENING CEREMONIES
10:00 am SHARP!!!
COLORED BELT COMPETITION BEGINS
BLACK BELT COMPETITION TO FOLLOW
REGARDING TRANSPORTATION : INSTRUCTORS, COMPETITORS, COACHES AND SPECTATORS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRANGE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT, HOTEL AND TOURNAMENT SITE
ALL BLACK BELTS MUST ATTEND THE MEETING. THOSE BLACK BELTS WHO DO NOT JUDGE WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE.
THERE WILL BE NO SCHEDULED LUNCH BREAK. LUNCH WILL BE SUPPLIED TO JUDGES AND REFEREES ON A ROTATION BASIS. BREAKS WILL BE ½ HOUR ONLY.
REFEREES AND JUDGES MUST WEAR OFFICIAL ITF-TAO DRESS. BLUE BLAZER, WHITE SHIRT, BLUE PANTS, WHITE SHOES AND BLUE TIE TIE (optional for females).
DOBOKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR REFEREE OR JUDGES.
All Instructors, Referees and competitors MUST attend the opening ceremonies at 9:30 am.
ALL JUDGES AND REFEREES WILL LINE UP ON THE FLOOR BY RANK
Participants will compete in Patterns and Sparring in both Colored Belt and Black Belt divisions.
The cost for this tournament is $50.00 CDN for individual competition. The pre-registration deadline date of June 1st will be strictly adhered to.
Late registration is $100. There will be absolutely no registration at the door.
Holiday Inn Oakville (Centre)
590 Argus Road
Oakville, ON
L6J 3J3
Canada
SPECIAL RATE: $159.00
Cut-off date is May 24th, 2024
First Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha
A first-generation student of General Choi Hong Hi, the Founder of Taekwon-Do, Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha was described by General Choi as the greatest ever student of Taekwon-Do. Master Rhee still teaches the martial art of Taekwon-Do with the same approaches and rigor he learned from the Founder of Taekwon-Do and perfected through continuous practice of the art. Grand Master Rhee is steadfastly focused on promoting Taekwon-Do and General Choi’s legacy.
Born in Seoul, Korea in 1938, Grand Master Rhee started his Martial Art training at a young age. He studied Judo and Sumo from his father as well as Karate from his primary school teacher. Korea was governed by the Japanese Empire and there was no Taekwon-Do at that time recalls Grand Master Rhee began to learn Karate from my teacher at primary school; I was about 7 or 8 at the time.
Grand Master Rhee joined the 35th infantry division of the Korean army in 1956 and soon after became the Taekwon-Do instructor to the Special Forces and American military personnel. In 1964 Grand Master Rhee was invited to teach in Malaysia as one of three instructors sent by the Korea Taekwon-Do Association.
In 1967, Grand Master Rhee took the bold step of leaving his homeland and family to come halfway across the world to the UK in order to spread the art he loved. The Main stay of his operation was the Royal Air Force. Service men who had learned the Art in Singapore invited Grand Master Rhee to teach in the UK and the classes proved to be very popular.
During the months of November and December 1973, Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha accompanied General Choi Hong Hi as part of a specially selected I.T.F. Demonstration Team. They, along with other ITF Masters, toured Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East. A total of 13 countries were visited and new I.T.F. branches established in 5 of these countries. The tour was an overwhelming success with a total of more than 100,000 people watching the demonstrations in Egypt alone. At each stop, the Demonstration Team was hosted by ranking representatives of the local governments.
In May of 1978, Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha toured Malaysia, Pakistan, Kenya and South Africa with the Founder of Taekwon-Do, General Choi Hong Hi. In that same year Grand Master Rhee was part of the 5th International Taekwon-Do Demonstration Team that toured Sweden, Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia. In 1979 Grand Master Rhee accompanied General Choi to Sweden, Denmark, West Germany, France and England and then to Argentina as part of the 6th International Taekwon-Do Demonstration Team.
In July of 1997, Master Rhee was promoted to 9th Degree Black Belt by the Founder of Taekwon-Do, General Choi Hong Hi.
