Description

Governing body Chuck Norris created in 1973 for his American Tang Soo Do, with Pat E. Johnson as executive vice president and chief of instruction. Norris disbanded it in 1979 to form the United Fighting Arts Federation; after leaving UFAF in 1986, Johnson reformed the NTC and led it for the rest of his life. Sources conflict on whether Johnson's pre-1979 title was executive vice president (Wikipedia) or president (Hollywood Reporter obituary); his title atop the reformed congress is not stated by available sources, so no officers entry records it. Its status after Johnson's death in 2023 is unclear.

Also known as

NTC

Founded

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  Chuck Norris

Officers (1)

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  Pat E. Johnson

  Executive Vice President and Chief of Instruction

  1973 – 1979

  Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Wikipedia only.

  “In 1973, Norris founded the National Tang Soo Do Congress (NTC), and named Johnson as executive vice president and chief of instruction.”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Pat E. Johnson. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Affiliated organizations (1)

• corporate_fare
  United Fighting Arts Federation

  Derived into

Tags

american-tang-soo-do · tang-soo-do · governing-body

Sources