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National Tang Soo Do Congress

categoryGoverning body
calendar_month1973

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

1973
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“the National Tang Soo Do Congress that was created by Chuck Norris in 1973”
— Pat E. Johnson (Wikipedia EN)link history info

Officers (1)

  • 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)

Tags

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

Sources

Pat E. Johnson (Wikipedia EN)link history info
Pat E. Johnson, 'Karate Kid' Choreographer, Trainer and Referee, Dies at 84 (Hollywood Reporter)link history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). National Tang Soo Do Congress. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M0TFB9H0ZWSAZSMTJ9GQDMEC - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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