WHO WE ARE

About Brown’s Karate Studio

Our purpose is to lift up, mentor, build and strengthen self-confidence in our youth and adults in our community to help them become the Leaders they were meant to be!

Mr. Brown with his teacher Soke Fred Walliser 9th Dan at the CBBA gathering known as Koinonioa. This picture was taken after Mr. Brown had passed his requirements for his 5th Dan.

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Mr. Brown's Bio

Mr. Brown first started studying Shito Ryu karate at Hanover College in the fall of his sophomore year in 1974 with Mr. Darrell Gehr. He studied with Mr. Gehr for 9 months and was never offered the chance for promotion! We just worked on wazas, break falls and walking the floor. I did not really understand what I was doing.

That summer Mr. Brown transferred to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and enrolled at Mr. David Foreman’s Karate Institute. While there for two years he progressed up through the rank of purple belt or 3rd kyu while studying with Mr. Foreman and Mr. Ronnie White.

Earlier that summer, probably about the time I enrolled at Mr. Foreman’s, my brother and I went to see Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. Then…I got it! Yea, this is what I want to do!

When Mr. Brown had stopped studying at Mr. Foreman’s, he began studying with Mr. Jim Powell, a fellow Exercise Science student at Ball State University. Mr. Powell was studying with Mr. Steve Van Camp, also a fellow Exercise Science student, who helped co-found the AMTA with Mr. Walliser in 1976.

After graduation from BSU, Mr. Brown continued to study with Mr. Powell, getting his 1st Dan in 1978. A few years later, Mr. Powell decided to leave the martial arts leaving Mr. Brown without a teacher. Mr. Brown asked Mr. Walliser to become his teacher and has been with him ever since.

Mr. Brown is currently a 7th Dan in Tae Kyon Jitsu Do, a martial system blended by Soke Walliser, that combines the styles of Chung Do Kwon TKD, Shiho Karano Ryu (Kenpo), Haragei Ryu Jukido (JuJitsu), Wrestling and Judo/Jukido breakfalls and rolling.

While doing martial arts for the past 47 years, Mr. Brown was also a middle school Social Studies teacher, high school wrestling coach and Assistant Principal in Indiana for many years. He was fortunate enough to coach many great young men on the mat and watch them turn into family men, great fathers and community leaders. They bled together on the mat and created a camaraderie that has lasted a lifetime.

The same thing happens in the dojang (tae kwon do school). You work hard developing people that you want to see earn their Black Belts…and then continue a legacy!

Mr. Brown has many Black Belt students up north in Indiana who he misses very much, but luckily through social media he stays in touch with them and can remain involved in their lives!

Mr. Brown had been the Chairman of the Board of the AMTA, American Mid-West TKD Association and its interim President for the past few years, but recently felt the need to pass the torch on to the younger members of the AMTA.

“When I was in high school (1969-73), my teachers told me that I’d be learning the rest of my life! Typical HS kid as I was…I said ‘no way-once I’m done here, we gone!’ However, after maturing in college and while working on my Principal’s License up in Indiana, one of my favorite professors got on my case again after I called him out one day and told me, ‘that higher level learning is all on the individual; that it was up to me to seek out the knowledge that I wanted.’ As much as I didn’t like what he told me I knew deep down that he was correct.”

So fast forward 40 years, I have continually sought out new and better martial arts techniques to help both myself and my students progress and stay safe in our modern world. Just recently I found a new curriculum entitled Empower Kickboxing that takes the best of kickboxing techniques and allows you to easily insert them into your existing school’s curriculum! This is so cool and will help make our students even better at their sparring and personal self-defense.

Mr. Brown will work with your children on traditional martial arts values like courtesy, respect, perseverance, self-control and humbleness. Being a retired public school teacher, coach and Principal, Mr. Brown also stresses strong academics, reading, strong work ethic (the two dirty four letter words…”work hard” or “hard work”), freedoms under our great Constitution and our personal Faith that we choose.

We will also be working on verbal judo skills that will help students and children address issues like bullying: what to say and do if it occurs to them at school. Our website also addresses the issue of bullying for you, the parents and how to deal with uncooperative administrators who don’t want to do anything to stop the problem! When I was Assistant Principal up in Indiana, I was cussed out by parents more than any other Principal in our County…because I DID stop bullying in its tracks! It has NO room in our schools.

Over the years he has seen many lives transformed through the study of martial arts! His goal now is to continue to create more Black Belt students and fantastic community members and leaders through this new program at Angleton First United Methodist Church.

Mr. Brown has been training in the martial arts since 1974, and likes to emphasize that the martial arts is for EVERYONE! “Martial arts’ training is a journey. It is a long-term commitment to one’s health, wellness, and being. Martial arts practice is for everyone, young and old, and is an active solution to lifestyle stress.”

“At Brown’s, we are really into the fitness, nutrition, and confidence building components of the martial arts. Tae Kwon Do training improves ones’ lifestyle. It motivates one to be the very best person that they can be!”

“The one area that we can offer our students, which they can’t get at other studios’ is the ‘ground component’ of self-defense. By being a wrestling coach for over 20 years, and knowing that most self-defense situations end up on the ground, you’d better know what to do on the ground…and many karate instructors just cannot bring that experience to their students!”

How did you end up in Angleton, Texas?

Mr. Brown is also the owner and head trainer of Independent Performance Fitness LLC here in Angleton. Independent Performance Fitness is a personal one-to-one boutique training facility that specializes in functional fitness, strength, mobility and balance training for Baby Boomers and active age adults that want to stay vibrant and live their best lives! Go to his website for more info: www.independentperformancefitness.com

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Meet Mr. Lance Reece

Mr. Lance Reece helps me with many of our children’s classes. He and his son Landon have studied with me for two years now and he is a valuable asset to our school.

He has valuable knowledge of Ju Jitsu and weaponry and is climbing the ranks toward his Black Belt very quickly. When our school is open Mr. Reece is always there ready to learn!

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Our purpose is to lift up, mentor, build and strengthen self-confidence in our youth and adults in our community to help them become the Leaders they were meant to be! We do this in a family friendly atmosphere leaving our ego’s at the door. We also provide Life Skills lessons as part of our Empower Kickboxing curriculum.

Our philosophy is that life is a gift and we should go out each day and make the very most of it! Our training emphasizes the traditional ‘hard work’ ethic that has made America great, along with TKD traditional values: courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control, indomitable spirit and humility.

Set a Godly example for each other as we work-out together to strengthen our bodies, minds and spirits.

Martial arts training is a journey, not a destination. It is a long term commitment to one’s health, wellness and being. As Master Brown’s lifelong teacher Mr. Fred Walliser likes to say, “It is an art that lasts a lifetime!” Let us lift you up to new heights. Go where only eagles dare!

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