Master Boon Brown earned 1st and 2nd Degree Black Belts from Grandmaster Sung Hwan Cho of Bradenton, Florida. He taught for Grandmaster Cho, but eventually sought his own path. He dedicated himself to the study of various martial arts and continued his lifelong study of sword fighting and swordsmanship. He also earned a degree in Education so that he would understand better how to teach and provide training for his students.

   To put himself through school, he worked for two years as a recreational therapist's assistant at a psychiatric facility where his martial arts skills were often put to the test. Few instructors get this kind of authentic training and experience.

   Through this period he faced many revelations of the inaccuracy and lack of logic to many of the things he had been taught. He vowed to change things. Too often people who train in martial arts feel a false sense of confidence. This feeling comes from being frequently rewarded for excelling in physical skills that may or may not be based on valid and functional self defense abilities. Although that confidence is good, it's better to build a true since of confidence based on developing skills that are viable in the real world.

   He was eventually awarded 3rd and 4th degree Black Belts and recognized as Master. He has previously declined all offers of promotions, stating that above 4th Degree, they are based too much on politics and not enough on talent, but he has since decided to continue his training and to allow a panel of peers to judge him. He expects to progress to 5th degree in 2008. Today he is considered the Founder of Ancient Ways and the patriarch of a long line of celtic teachings. He refers to his style as Celtic martial arts, more because of how it is taught, than what is actually taught. The Celtic Style caters to the students' strengths and minimizes their weaknesses. This is how the Celtic Warriors taught through out Europe.

These great warriors may have been the originators of organized martial arts training centuries before the Asian martial arts were developed. Their culture spread throughout Europe, and their traditions still exist today in many of our own practices. The Celtic style of martial arts is very practical and has some similarities to the Asian arts. Master Brown has incorporated it into his style and takes the best parts of Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido and Celtic martial arts and provides all of these as potential paths for his students.

Having a family of his own, he is a dedicated husband and father who fashions his training style to benefit all students, adults, adolescent and children. With everything he teaches he considers his only family and what he wants them to learn. Classes focus on logical techniques, fun and safe training, the traditions of multiple cultures, and an honored code of conduct.

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