tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1046506996192875040.post2847819029333219439..comments2024-03-12T02:10:48.893-07:00Comments on USA karate story : Chuck Norris - Joe Lewis - Bill Wallace: Jeff "The DC Bomber" SmithUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1046506996192875040.post-6516905926871698712010-12-07T20:00:54.687-08:002010-12-07T20:00:54.687-08:00Jeff was from Kingsville Texas. He started Tae Kw...Jeff was from Kingsville Texas. He started Tae Kwon Do at the Texas A&I University TKD club in 1965 and got his Black Belt Sept of 1969. Jhoon Rhee would come every 3 months to Texas and teach and test at the several college clubs that he had started while at the University of Texas.<br />There were not many tournaments available in those days but we would travel to Houston, Galveston or Dallas to compete. Jeff won the white belt division in his first tournament in Austin, Tx and continued his winning streak as a lower belt.<br />After he got his Black Belt, Mr. Rhee invited him to come to Washington D.C., teach in his schools and train.<br />(I started TKD at the same time as Jeff and got my BB at the same time.)Weyland & Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022603381303798347noreply@blogger.com