Our Instructors
Jason Thomas, 7th Dan, Chief Instructor
Jason Thomas is a 7th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 1st Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate-Do. Mr. Thomas has been training in the Martial Arts for over 20 years and is the President of the Kom Do Kwan™. Mr. Thomas spent 9 years in the US Army, serving in both the Military Police Corps and the Military Intelligence Corps assigned to elite units such as the 10th Mountain Division. Mr. Thomas taught martial arts to US Service men at Military Recreation Centers at Ft. McClellan, AL, the Presidio of Monterrey, CA, Ft. Drum, NY, and Kelly Air Force Base, TX and trained in Korea several times while on temporary duty assignment.
Mr. Thomas is the president of the Kom Do Kwan Martial Arts Association and a member of several well known marital arts organizations such as the the Amateur Athletic Union's (AAU) National Tae Kwon Do Program, the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF), Japanese Karate Association (JKA), and serves on the Board of Directors of the United Martial Arts Society (UMAS). Mr. Thomas has a great passion for the martial arts and can regularly be found training with other martial arts instructors and local martial arts schools. Mr. Thomas believes that in order to be a competent instructor, one must be a student first.
Mr. Thomas holds an MBA, Bachelor's Degrees in Linguistics and Business Information Systems and is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterrey California.
Chad Johnson, 3rd Dan, Primary Instructor
Chad Johnson began his martial arts training at 12 years of age in Tae Kwon Do, Moo Duk Kwan. He then continued his martial arts studies with Shotokan Karate (1st Kyu) in New Orleans where he studied under Master Takayuki Mikami along side of Mr. Thomas. After moving to Austin, in 2000, he began studying under Mr. Thomas in Tae Kwon Do, Kom Do Kwan. He holds a BA in Philosophy and English from Clarion University of PA. He is excited to have this opportunity to share what he has learned.
Mr. Johnson has a gift for working with children. He inspires children to challenge themselves and instills positive character traits into students such as courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control, and indomitable spirit. Mr. Johnson also has a diverse background which includes leading developmental gaming sessions for children and teaching dance lessons for adults.