Biography - Paul Flynn

Sensei Paul Flynn was Born in 1971, he started his martial-arts study as a young boy in his hometown of Monroe, Washington.  Here he learned the elements of Shito-Ryu Karate under Sensei Bob Vischer.  These studies and the traditional method of repeated practicing of basic striking and blocking techniques were foundational for his approach to martial-arts.  His studies continued into high-school, but his move to Texas for college interrupted his martial-arts practice for many years.

After graduate school, Paul decided to study Judo to learn inside-fighting and throwing techniques.  He was fortunate to find training with Sensei Bill Parker, 4^th degree black-belt in Judo.  After several years of Judo with Bill Parker and also under Sensei Vince Tamura, Paul was introduced to Heike-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, a traditional Jiu-Jitsu style taught by the Tamura family.  Here he began learning the system of strikes, kicks, locks, throws and mat-work that constitute the Heike-Ryu system.

It was in these classes that Paul met Dr. Nick Chamberlain.  Excited by the superlative quality of Sensei Nick’s techniques, and the direct, simple approach to defense methods, Paul began studying Kenpo Karate (now Getsu-Yama Ryu) under Shihan Chamberlain – thus coming nearly full-circle to Paul’s roots in Karate.  Paul remains today an avid student of all three arts – Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, and Kenpo. 

In 1993, Paul graduated from the University of Dallas with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Dallas. He currently works as a Project Manager in Information Technology, and also performs independent consulting for website design, internet application development, and developing tactical technology solutions to business problems.   He recently returned from Japan where he studied Judo at the Kodokan and learned knife-defense techniques from Sensei Tanaka, founder of Fuji-Ryu Tai-Jitsu.  He teaches Kenpo at Chamberlain’s Studios of Self-Defense.  Paul, his wife and three children live in Flower Mound, Texas. 

Training in Japan at Tanaka Sensei's dojo	2nd degree Black Belt Sensei Paul Flynn	The Fighting Flynns!	The Japan contingent at the last Heike Ryu workout before leaving for Tokyo