Patrick E. Johnson

Place: Niagara Falls

Born: 1939

Death: 2023

Biography:

Patrick E. Johnson was an American martial artist and actor. He was born in Niagara Falls, New York, on December 31, 1939, and died in Los Angeles, California, on November 5, 2023. Johnson was a 9th degree black belt in American Tang Soo Do and was the president of the National Tang Soo Do Congress, which was originally created by Chuck Norris in 1973. He was famous for the martial arts choreography in The Karate Kid series, in which he also starred as the All Valley Karate Tournament head referee, and was involved in many films, as choreographer and actor, including Enter the Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mortal Kombat, Green Street Hooligans, and Punisher: War Zone. He was the 1995 Black Belt magazine Instructor of the Year.