Instructor Profile
Sabumnim Dion Strowhorn
- 1993 ~ Began instruction under Master William Wade from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Tae Kwon Do
- 1997 ~ American Karate Nationals Grand Champion (under belt senior sparring)
- 1999 ~ Received 1st Dan from Master William Wade in Tae Kwon Do
- 1999 ~ Studied Brazilian JuJitsu under Jeff Neal (Carlson Gracie Team -Chicago)
- 2000 ~ Received 2nd Dan from Master William Wade in Tae Kwon Do
- 2000 ~ Became a member Salem Baptist Church of Chicago
- 2001 ~ Became member of the American Karate Association
- 2002 ~ Formed Doolittle East Elementary Tae Kwon Do Club
- 2002 ~ Received 3rd Dan from Master William Wade in Tae Kwon Do
- 2002 ~ Ranked #1 by the American Karate Association in adult Black Belt Men Forms (35-42)
- 2002 ~ Ranked #2 by the American Karate Association adult Black Belt Men Sparring (35-42)
- 2002 ~ Sensei Dion Strowhorn Sr. & Susan Reed- Strowhorn promoted 1st annual New Beginning Martial Arts Tournament
- 2003 ~ Formed Competition Team CMA (Christian Martial Artists)
- 2003 ~ Invited to compete in National Black Belt League (NBL) Supergrands World Games in Houston Texas
- 2004 ~ Received 4th Dan from Master William Wade in Tae Kwon Do
- 2004 ~ Became member of the World Sport Karate Federation
- 2004 ~ Sensei Dion Strowhorn Sr. & Susan Reed-Strowhorn opened the 1st Christian Temple Tae Kwon Do location on south side of Chicago, IL
- 2004 ~ Susan Reed –Strowhorn becomes Associate member of the American Karate Association
- 2005 ~ Became Affiliate of the USDTKA.
- 2006 ~ Promoted to 5th Degree Black Belt.
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