United States National Karate Team...in Korea
This movie opened up my eyes. I had no idea the U.S. National Karate Team competed in South Korea for a Taekwondo championship.
shareSince seeing the movie again recently I had been asking myself the same question. After doing some research I found the two biggest tournaments are the Summer Olympics & The World Taekwondo Championships (which are held every two years by the The World Taekwondo Federation). The WTF is the official governing body of Taekwondo they were established in 1973. They held the Championships this year in Copenhagen so to answer your question the championships are not in Korea every year. They were held in 89 in Korea which is the same time the movie came out, but the US didn't win any gold medals that year so draw your own conclusion.
Taekwondo also became a demonstration event starting with the 1988 games in Seoul (Korea), and became an official medal event starting with the 2000 games in Sydney.
On a side note Wikipedia says Phillip Rhee is writing a new screenplay, what do you think possibly a new BOTB movie?
No...it's not another BOTB movie. Phillip is working on making children's movies these days unfortunately for us.
He also starred in a movie about about a little boy named Jason Lee.
Currently, Rhee is starring in "The Legend of Jason Lee" which is a true story of a little boy who fled from Hawaii to San Francisco in the 1920s and became a big mob boss that had ties with Al Capone. Rhee's ambition is to build an entertainment empire utilizing the talents from Asia and America in both films, television and music.
According to this interview: http://www.philliprhee.com/htm/interview1.htm the movie was only shown in Japan & Korea.
He also discusses the screenplay in the interview.
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