American Tang Soo Do

American Tang Soo Do is a hybrid martial art that was developed by Chuck Norris in 1966 . It is based on the martial arts Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan, Shotokan Karate , Shitō-Ryū Karate, American Kenpo , Boxing and Judo .

Graduations

In American Tang Soo Do there are ten student degrees (Gup) and ten master degrees ( Dan ).

Student grade (Gup grade)	no graduation	10. Gup	9. Gup	8. Gup	7th Gup	6th Gup	5th Gup	4th Gup	3rd Gup	2nd Gup	1st Gup
Strap color	White	violet	orange	blue	blue	green	green	green	red	red	red

Master degrees (Dan degrees)	1st Dan	2nd Dan	3rd Dan	4th Dan	5th Dan	6th Dan	7th Dan	8th Dan	9th Dan	10th Dan
Strap color	black	black	black	black	black	black	black	black	black	black

Surname	graduation	title	annotation
Chuck Norris	10th Dan	Grandmaster	Founder of the American Tang Soo Do, Chairman of the Board of the United Fighting Arts Federation , 10th Dan Chuck Norris System (formerly Chun Kuk Do), 9th Dan Tang Soo Do , 8th Dan Taekwondo , 5th Dan Karate , 3rd Dan Brazilian Jiu Jitsu , black belt judo , seven-time karate world champion
Dick Douglas	10th Dan	Grandmaster
Pat E. Johnson	9th Dan	Grandmaster	Co-founder of the American Tang Soo Do, national champion of the USA in the Tang Soo Do in 1971
Robert Wall	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Tom Bloom	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Johnny Gyro	9th Dan	Grandmaster	Masters in Taekwondo, Hapkido, Kang Duk Won, Gung Fu, Shi Pal Gi
Roger Lacombe	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Aaron Norris	9th Dan	Grandmaster	Brother of Chuck Norris , chief executive officer of the United Fighting Arts Federation, 9th Dan Chuck Norris System
Ron Pohnel	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Jon Natividad	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Dennis Ichikawa	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Brian Mable	9th Dan	Grandmaster
Joey Escobar	8th Dan	Grandmaster
Cynthia Rothrock	8th Dan	Grandmaster	five-time karate world champion