Internationally known for his versatile
display of fighting arts, Master
Brown is the head of the Dennis Brown Shaolin Wu-Shu
Academy in the Washington Metropolitan area. His interest in martial
arts began in 1965, and since then he has participated in a variety of
demonstrations throughout the area, including local tournaments, hospitals,
churches, street celebrations, schools, and sporting events. He has demonstrated
proficiency to standing ovations at New York’s Madison Square Garden where he
appeared on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports.” Master Brown promotes one
of the country’s most prestigious martial arts tournaments, the US Capitol
Classics, which is one of the only 13 “AAA” rated tournaments the US.
Master Brown was one of the first Americans to
travel to mainland China in 1982 to train, study and was certified at the
Jianngsu Sports Center in Nanjiing. In 1985, he received certification from
Beijing Institute of Physical Education where he worked with many of the
national martial arts champions of China. In 1988, Master Brown returned to
advanced studies in the Chinese Internal Art of Tai Chi. In 1990, he traveled to
Germany to perform with many of the major martial artists, and in 1995 he
traveled to Russia as the coach of one of the first Wu-Shu full contact teams to
fight in Siberia. In the Fall of 1995, Master Brown returned to continue
training in the Internal Arts with the Beijing Wu-Shu Team, and in 1996 broke
new ground by sponsoring the Beijing Team to come to Washington, DC to perform
at the US Capitol Classics.
Master Brown received one of his highest
honors when Mayor Marion Barry proclaimed September 11, 1982, “Dennis Brown
Day,” in Washington, D.C. This honor was bestowed for his continued work with
youth. That same year, he was also one of an elite group of kung-fu
practitioners to be nominated for the Wu-Shu Performer Hall of Fame. The Chinese
Embassy in Washington, D.C. recognized him as the Official Consultant of Wu-Shu
for the Embassy
of the People’s Republic of China. In 1996, Master Brown was
inducted into the Kung Fu Hall of Fame and the Christian Martial Arts Hall of
Fame.
Currently, a member of the Board of Directors
for the Educational Funding Company, the leading martial arts business
consultant group in the US, Master Brown is also a board member of NASKA (North
American Sport Karate Association), the leading sanctioning body for martial
arts events in the nation. He is Chairman of the Potomac Ridge Amateur Athletic
Union (AAU). Master Brown was featured in and assisted in a book on the Tien
Shan Pai: Style of Kung Fu.
A well rounded martial artist known for his
sportsmanship, Master Brown excels in Wu-Shu fighting skills, weapons, forms,
and the teaching of Tai Chi and other internal systems. He was nationally rated
in the U.S. for many years and has earned the respect of the foremost martial
artists in the nation. Master Brown has fought in and won many of the major
kung-fu tournaments, acquiring over three hundred trophies -- exhibiting his
expertise in forms and weaponry. And, in his role as Shi-Fu (teacher), he has
taught over 20,00 students, ages 4 to 88 and has graduated over 200 Black Belts,
making his name synonymous with Kung-Fu in the United States, Europe and China.
Master Dennis Brown can be reached at dragonfire7@juno.com
or by calling 301.249.4466
