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COVER STORY continued from page 44 Grandmaster Stephen Oliver So, Donald Trump was presented an honorary Black Belt by Kukkiwon President Lee Dong-Sup. It’s extremely appropriate that the South Korean organization would recognize Donald Trump who arguably made the most progress of anyone to date to help normalize relations between North and South Korea. Interestingly, even though Trump has expressed great interest in Tae Kwon Do and stated “TaeKwonDo is a great martial art for protecting oneself in these times.” Apparently, he also promised to wear his new uniform to congress if he should be reelected. I’m sure it will be extremely controversial among a portion of our population – only due to it being Trump. There’s a long history of presenting honorary degrees to business and political leaders. You may recall that the ATA presented Bill Clinton an honorary Black Belt. The USJA even posthumously recognized Theodore Roosevelt with a Black Belt. Regardless of what you may think of Trump as a politician I can assure you that Jhoon Rhee, the consummate promoter, and whose schools I ‘cut my teeth’ in, would be proud of the publicity generated for his beloved Tae Kwon Do and, only disappointed that he didn’t manage it first! And his buddies Bruce Lee and, Muhammad Ali both were brilliant at generating publicity and would be smiling knowingly at any and all such opportunities. Grandmaster Tom Patire Recently I saw in the news about former President Trump receiving an honorary 9th degree in Tae Kwon Do from Dong Sup-Lee President of the Kukkiwon. First let me say this - my statement about what I feel is non-political. In my world I work for all sides, but I did get to meet Mr. Trump at a few events prior to him being President and I was very impressed with his business savvy. So as a fellow martial artist and a businessman let’s look at the positive. This gives the martial arts community exposure to mass people and whether people like him or not it puts our community in the forefront of the news. I’m not sure if any other president ever received such an honor but any press like that will have more positives than negatives. The positive is that the honorary degree is getting recognition like when certain prestigious universities give doctorate degrees to different Presidents and other VIP’s. This could be the start of something unique where this type of degree from the martial arts world becomes accepted, recognized, and in demand putting our community on the mainstream map in a unique but distinctive way. There is an old saying that any press is good press and from the events I have worked where President Trump was appearing he certainly is loved by his following. So, to this I say Congratulations President Trump and a respectful bow to the Kukkiwon for thinking outside the belt and stepping forward to honor a President of The United States! When you think of excellence and affluence – the Trump name used to be what was used as an example. Getting mentioned in movies, rap songs and books around the world. Now a former president who may re-run in the future is being recognized by Kukkiwon president GrandMaster Dong Sup – Lee. I think people who know me probably know that I liked having one of my business idols become the president of the United States. 46 MARTIAL ARTS WORLD NEWS VOLUME 22 | ISSUE 1
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