History of ABBA School

Terry Bryan founded our Academy during 1973 in Coleman, Texas, originally under the name American Karate Studio. In 1980, the headquarters moved to Dayton, Ohio and was incorporated with the name, American Black Belt Academy. Following this, the national headquarters moved to Colorado Springs in 1983 where it remains today under the name of the American Black Belt Academy.

As former head coach for the US Air Force Karate Team, Master Bryan now has students actively teaching around the world. Starting as one small club in Texas, the American Black Belt Academy is now recognized around the world as one of the premier Karate organizations in the world today. The American Black Belt Academy’s instructor certification and general curriculum has been approved and sanctioned by the USA Karate Federation, one of the premier Karate organizations in the US. The American Black Belt Academy is currently running accredited programs in several school districts in the El Paso County area.

Any student attaining the rank of Black Belt through the American Black Belt Academy will be recognized by the Federation Mundale Karate, the international governing body for Karate as recognized by the International Olympic Committee and therefore recognizable in over 140 countries around the world. The American Black Belt Academy is one of only a handful of organizations in the country to be able to make this claim.

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