IronMan

Tyson Johnson

Email: tyson@tysonjohnson.com

    The Man, The Myth, The Legend

He is known as the Ironman for the many great accomplishments and activities that he is always involved with. An incredible man with many

     The Man - Unknown national origin of birth, but Tyson was raised for the first 5 years in New England. His father was an abusive man who had a short temper and substance abuse problems which was taken out on Tyson and his older brother. They had a younger sister, but as the little princess, she wasn't beaten. After years of abuse, the mother took the 3 children and escaped to live with family members in California. UNDER CONSTRUCTION

TYSON JOHNSON Win’s the Mixed Martial Arts – MAN OF THE YEAR Award!

On May 10, 2008 during a fantastic ceremony thanks to so many years of martial arts practice, training, competition and instruction to the masses, Tyson was Inducted into the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame (the original since 1976) to join the likes of the late/great Bruce Lee, as well as so many other great martial artists of the world such as Chuck Norris, Bill “Super-Foot” Wallace, Cecil Peoples, and Frank Dux (the incredible martial artist who the movie Blood Sport was made after). Both Bill Wallace and Frank Dux were in attendance and congratulated Tyson.

Along with this great honor Tyson was awarded from the University of Asian Martial Arts Studies his long worked for and awaited –

Doctorate of Martial Arts Philosophy; PH.D. Which was presented by:

 Dr. Jim Thomas Ph.D/D.Sc/Ma.Sa. Soke Grandmaster – President; College of martial Arts Science,

Candice Mayberry M.D. / Ph.D. – University President,

Hirouki Matsumoto Ph.D., D.Sc./MMA – Dean of Academics, and

Choji W. Kim Ph.D. / D.Sc. – President; International Advisory Board.

In a humble speech, Tyson felt undeserving, but thankful to all those who had a hand in his martial arts studies from the time he was 5 years old until now. Tyson spent years of study in Wrestling, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, KickBoxing, Sambo, Krav-Maga, Combat Grappling, various forms of Kung Fu, and Tae Kwon Do. All of which he now combines and calls his “Universal Grappling” now famed through-out world competitions/fights both Amateur and Professional. The last 15 years have been spent in the world of mixed martial arts and is seen around the world on various Pay per Views, Cable Networks, DVD’s, Video, Sports shows, and of course Live MMA shows (King of the Cage, Gladiator Challenge, PFC, Cage Combat, etc.) through-out the world. Tyson has 2 incredible books relating to Fitness, Nutrition, Motivation, Martial Arts Training, Mental Health, Women’s Self Defense, and Children’s Anti-Abduction etc. that can be found at www.amazon.com. The now Dr. Tyson Johnson Ph.D. is grateful to all the friends and fans who have supported him and nominated/voted for him in to the Hall of Fame and as MMA’s Man of the Year!

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