What is Chayon-Ryu?

Chayon-Ryu (Korean for "Natural Way") teaches natural body motion as the basis of all techniques in order to promote power, safety, health and fitness. From this system, one becomes self-confident and gains self-esteem. With these components, one is able to fight the everyday enemies, which are internal such as stress, worry, insecurity, jealousy, impatience, defeat and depression.

Grandmaster Kim Soo

10th Dan Black Belt and Founder of Chayon-RyuThe youngest 10th-degree black belt in the world, Grandmaster Kim Soo oversees the Chayon-Ryu International Martial Arts Association, which includes 26 additional locations in Texas, 24 in 20 other states, and one each in Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Russia. Chayon-Ryu is the largest martial arts system of any style in the Southwestern U.S. For more information, click here.

Host Committee

Masters Sean Kim, Rick Fine, Carl Frost, Kim Geary, Ben Lew, Santiago Rangel, David Reid, Mike Solomon, John Stephens, Kit Van Cleave, Ph.D.
Alex Adams, Mike Austin, Jacquelyn Batisse, Marta Bechtol, Doren Bernard, Leslie Bonnie, Laura Brady, Charles Broughton, Jo Brown, Alan Bryson, Leroy Burkholder, James Clark, Graeme Cox, Jack Cox, Ph.D., David Craddock, Yolanda Cyrus, Angela Davis, Chuck Dial, Debbie Dillard, Elizabeth Foix Dunn, David Eastwood, Hector Esqueda, Warren Fabian, Shirley Gonzales, Richard Griffin, Claudia Hope, Natalie Hope, DR. Hsu-Bun Hsu, Kathy Joiner, Robert Kennedy, Loren Klitsas, Gigi Lee, Darcy Mackey, Grainne A. Matthews, Robert McLain, Sydney Moen, Zeljka Momirovic, Mark Newkirk, Mel Nichol, Angel Ochoa, Alexandra Quevedo, Elda Rogers, John Rogers, Gabriel Salazar, Darlene Saunders, Jason Saunders, Diane Schattenberg, Justin Segraves, Ray Slomer, Lauren Solomon, Joe Sullins, Michael Testa, Dory West, Jessica Wheeler, Karma Yoakum, Ken Young, Aaron Zimmer

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