5th Dan - Filipino Kyusho
4th Dan - Shotokan Karate
4th Dan - Kyusho-Jitsu

Master John Byrne is the founder and Chief Instructor of "The Chushin-Do Federation UK"
John has been teaching on the Isle of Wight Uk for over 20 years. John also has the honour of being the Deputy Chief Instructor of the "Abaniko Tres Puntas UK"
("The Philippine Classical Arnis International") under Grandmaster Rene Tongson.

Master John embarked on his keen interest in the Martial Arts in the 1970's beggining his training in Ishinryu Karate with Ticky Donavan (now OBE). He then moved to train in Wing Chun. Wanting to learn more about the Martial Arts he moved on and concentrated his energy and effort in Shotokan Karate, which he has been practicing ever since. Having successfully taught Shotokan Karate on the Isle of Wight since 1988 and feeling the strong need to share
his wealth of knowledge and experience, John decided to form his own Martial Arts club Which has gone from strength to strength.

It was in 1995 that the art of Kyusho-Jitsu (Pressure Points) was incorporated into the clubs syllabus. This proved to be a positive step as the club has flourished and grown over the years establishing with it an extremely good reputation on the Isle of Wight mainly through word of mouth.

After years of study and change the Chushin-do Federation UK has grown
in the arts that it teaches and all that it practices. Students are training and
mixing the arts together to give one unique system for its Karate and indeed
its self defence.

Master John is the auther of Pressure Point instructional DVD's that are selling world wide to over 30 counties. Master John is also teaching Pressure Point seminars to clubs across the UK, Europe and to all wishing to learn this fantastic art can contact him from this site.

Master John will never stop in his continued quest to improve his knowledge and it is this dedication which will secure the Chushin-Do Federation UK clubs future existence and growth for a great many more years.