For anyone living in Tokyo (or thinking about coming here), Im creating a video series called “Training in Tokyo” that will feature various gyms and places for training. Each vid will show the gym itself, introduce the instructors, and show how to get there. This first episode features Ryo Chonan’s gym, Tribe Tokyo MMA in Nerima.

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Chuck Johnson is a martial arts instructor and action film actor/stunt man based in Tokyo, Japan. In addition to holding a Master's rank in Olympic Taekwondo, he is a 2-time state and 2 time (non-Olympic) national champion, and also holds ranks in Capoeira, Karate, and Judo. He also has experience in boxing, kickboxing, wing chun kung fu, krav maga, hapkido, hanmudo, and Tai Chi. Spending his first few years in Japan working as a bodyguard, Chuck worked on security teams for everyone from Sylvester Stallone and Jude Law to Gwyneth Paltrow and Kim Hee Sun of Korea. Eventually after being cast in Godzilla: Final Wars, Chuck transitioned into doing action films, and became a student of legendary Japanese action direction Yuji Shimomura and MMA action specialist Kiyokazu Tanaka (Flashpoint). Chuck is also a long time martial arts writer, and his writing has been published in Japan Today, Fight Master, and Roda Magazine, among others. He has been living and working in Asia for a total of 13 years, and can speak Korean, Japanese and Chinese, and hosts the popular self-defense webshow, "How to Defeat Dudes".Chuck Johnson

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