Pat E. Johnson

Pat E. Johnson
Johnson in The Little Dragons (circa 1979)
Born	1939 (age 77–78) Niagara Falls, New York
Residence	Los Angeles, California United States
Nationality	American
Style	Tang Soo Do
Teacher(s)	Chuck Norris, Kang Do Hee
Rank	9th degree black belt
Notable students	Steve McQueen, Bob Barker, Osmond family

Pat E. Johnson (born 1939 in Niagara Falls, New York) is a 9th degree black belt in the art of American Tang Soo Do. He is the president of the National Tang Soo Do Congress, which was originally created by Chuck Norris in 1973. Johnson is famous for the martial arts choreography in the Karate Kid series in which he also starred as the All Valley Karate Tournament head referee, and has been involved in many films, as choreographer and actor including Enter The Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Mortal Kombat, Green Street Hooligans and recently, Punisher: War Zone. He is the 1995 Black Belt Magazine Instructor of the Year.

Johnson was born in 1939 in Niagara Falls. He began training in traditional Korean Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan in 1963, while stationed in South Korea as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. While under the tutelage of a Korean master named Kang Lo Hee, Johnson earned his black belt in just thirteen months. After his army service ended, Johnson met and formed an association with Tang Soo Do instructor Chuck Norris. Johnson soon rose to the rank of chief instructor at Norris' school in Sherman Oaks, California in 1968. That same year, he formulated the penalty-point system still used by karate tournaments.