Rhee has worked towards the reunification of Korea, serving as a member during the third through ninth terms—and as Chairman for the eighth term—of the Oceania Division of the Advisory Council on Democratic and Peaceful Unification.

[9] The Republic of Korea awarded Rhee the Dongbaeg Medal (동백장) in 2003 for promoting taekwondo and Korean culture over the past 33 years.

[13] C. Y. Rhee retired from military service at the rank of Major, and moved to Australia in January 1976.

Numerous claims have been made on who was the father of Australian Taekwondo by other martial art masters: Cheah, Kim and No would have been in the lower dan ranks, and would not yet have held the title of 'Master,' when they were invited to teach in Australia.

Both Rhee (KTA) and Yun (ITF) would have been in the middle dan ranks and held the title of 'Master' when they arrived, as they were sent to Australia by their respective Korean governing bodies.

Rhee Taekwon-Do was the first Australian martial art school founded by a Korean master and using the name of taekwondo.

[33] Rhee Taekwon-Do's position as the biggest taekwondo school in Australia is supported by independently verifiable listings of dojang.

[37][38][39][40] Peter Wong, 7th dan, trained in Rhee Taekwon-Do in Western Australia in the early 1970s.

[j] Ex-members who founded non-ITF taekwondo schools include some of the more expansionist instructors in Australia.

[44][45][46] Robert Frost, 7th dan, was a Rhee Taekwon-Do regional instructor in New South Wales in 2003.

[55][k] Neville Creevey 6th dan, was a former Student of C.C Rhee in the 1970s, would later become a regional Instructor for Russell Fallon’s K.A.T.O.

Hans Fricke, 8th dan, first met Rhee in Perth in 1970 (with Fricke bearing an introductory letter from the ITF, as he had trained briefly in South Korea), was a Rhee Taekwon-Do 2nd dan instructor in Sydney during the 1970s, and now teaches battodo.

[61][62][63][64][65] Basics, destruction, hyung, and self-defence are similar to equivalent exercises in other traditional martial art schools.

[73][74] Members start with white belts and progress through yellow, green, blue, brown, and then black.

A specific dan rank is represented by the number of white bars embroidered on the black belt.

[75][76][77][78] Junior Black Belt members are tested for 1st dan when they reach 18 years of age.

This was previously unheard of, in Rhee Tae Kwondo, as the organisation has historically been very slow to promote senior Dan ranks.

"Rhee Tae Kwon-Do" appears to be the most common spelling used in membership booklets issued by the school.

The figures directly beneath the logo are Jong Soo Park on the left and Chong Hyup Rhee on the right.

[82] d. ^ The University of Melbourne's Tae Kwon Do Club might be considered an exception, as it offers both Rhee Taekwon-Do and WTF taekwondo (in separate classes).

John O'Brien had previously been a Regional Master Instructor in Rhee Taekwon-Do,[52][92] prior to leaving with V.

[93][94] g. ^ While discussing the introduction of taekwondo to Malaysia and Singapore, Ki Ha Rhee noted that Choi had instructed him to bring another instructor with him.

The Shuto Karate Club (founded by Rozinsky in 1963)[18] later became the Melbourne Taekwondo Centre, and tang soo do was one of the arts taught there.

The new club was heartily endorsed by Kim's karate sensei, General Hong-Hi Choi, head of the Korean Tae Kwon Do Association" (p. 27).

[140][141][142][143][144][145] Iskandar trained in Rhee Taekwon-Do in Sydney in the 1970s, and now leads a WTF school in Tasmania.

m. ^ Ex-members who founded schools teaching martial arts other than taekwondo also include: Sai Thow Lam;[37][38][147][148][149] Rod Power;[150][151][152] Glenn Puckeridge, 4th dan;[153][154] Kay Thoren;[155] Glen Gardiner, 7th dan;[156][157] and Kacey Chong.

[158][159][160][161] Lam commenced Rhee Taekwon-Do training in Western Australia in the early 1970s, and now teaches his own martial art based on kung fu.

Gardiner commenced Rhee Taekwon-Do training in Queensland in 1983, and now teaches karate, battodo, and eskrima.