Mr. Dwayne Hurd

Dwayne Hurd is a 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do (Chung Do Kwan) Karate. He is certified by the AMTA (American Mid-West Tae Kwon Do Association) based out of Elwood, Indiana. Dwayne first joined Brown’s Karate class over 8 years ago when he was a student at Greenfield-Central High School. At that time Mr. Brown was the Assistant Principal, and had started a class after school on the “mezzie” of the high school. One could tell that Dwayne really liked doing martial arts and has stayed with it all these years!

Karate class has been a great help to Dwayne in his personal life. Both his father and mother have passed away from cancer, and karate was a way to help Dwayne deal with the personal issues and struggles that one encounters. Dwayne says, “I could go to karate class and forget all about what was happening at home. Doing my ‘forms’ or ‘patterns’ in karate class helped to keep me focused.”

“When you think you know it all…well, think again! One can never know it all in karate or jukido class! There is much more to karate, jukido, and martial arts than just hitting or kicking someone. Martial arts gets into one’s soul, and in your mind…and that is where I’m at right now! It becomes a personal quest…a journey!”

Mr. Hurd graduated from Greenfield-Central High School. He works full time at Home Depot in Greenfield, Indiana, and is currently training for his third Dan (3rd degree Black Belt).

For fun, Dwayne does “tandem” skydiving with his instructor, and World Record Holder Jay Stokes, about 2-3 times per season at Skydive Greensburg! Dwayne has overcome many obstacles in his life and continues to exemplify the best that Tae Kwon Do Karate has to offer.