Hanho Rhi

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Hanho Hopan Rhi (born May 11, 1895 - September 18, 1960 in Schaffhausen ) was a South Korean entrepreneur and judo pioneer in Switzerland .

Life

Rhi was a nephew of the South Korean President Rhee Syng-man . From 1925 to 1936 he studied economics at the law faculty at the University of Zurich . In 1927 Rhi taught judo for the first time in Switzerland and brought this martial art to the country. In 1929 he founded Switzerland's first Jiu Jitsu school in Zurich , although he was already teaching refined judo. His students from this period included Hans Hartmann and Robert Tobler . Rhi was instrumental in founding the Swiss Judo Association in 1936/37. In June 1948 Rhi headed the first association summer school of the Austrian Amateur Judo Association at the Federal Sports School Schielleiten . Rhi achieved the master's degree of 7th Dan in Judo .

Rhi, who last worked as a fragrance producer in Appenzell, Switzerland , was sent in 1954 as the South Korean Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany to the then seat of government in Bonn . There he rented the house on Leims in Remagen for the consulate general and as his private accommodation . Rhi succeeded in getting the Consulate General to be recognized by the Federal Republic as a commercial agency of the Republic of Korea without the knowledge of his government and thus to receive diplomatic status. In July 1956, Rhi returned to Switzerland after the Korean government objected to his management because of questionable financial transactions.

Rhi was married to Margrit nee Mökli, a Swiss woman from Schaffhausen.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rhi Hanho Hopan , Swiss Federal Archives
  2. ↑ a b Korean Cramp , Der Spiegel , December 9, 1964
  3. ↑ a b A little chronicle: Judo and Ju Jitsu Aarau 1960–2010
  4. ↑ History of Ju-Jitsu ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , JUDO and JU-JITSU Club Kiai Cham @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kiaicham.ch
  5. ↑ Judo, Technique, Methodology, Spirit . Verlag Karl Hofmann, Schondorf 1979, p. 221.
  6. ↑ Jiu-Jitsu Pioneers and Masters ( Memento of December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Yudansha.de
  7. ↑ Lutz Meier-Staude: The Kano-Ryu , 1995/1999 (PDF)
  8. ↑ The History of Budo . shin do kan - Lucerne
  9. ↑ The foundation of ÖAJV , Austrian Judo Federation
  10. ↑ a b Der Bonner Ton , Der Spiegel , April 30, 1958
  11. ^ Judo in Schaffhausen , Judo Club Schaffhausen
personal data
SURNAME Hanho, Rhi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rhi, Hanho Hopan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean entrepreneur and judo pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1895
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1960
Place of death Schaffhausen