Chris Nairn began her martial arts training in 1991 in West Palm Beach, FL in the Villari system (Shaolin Kempo Karate), and earned the rank of 1st degree Black Belt. She then found the Karate Center in Lake Worth, FL (www.karatecentertangsoodo.com) and began studying Tang Soo Do with her two children, under the leadership of Sr. Masters Gary Horner and Bobbie Horner. Tang Soo Do became her passion.
After earning the rank of 2nd degree Black Belt, Master Nairn moved to the west coast of Florida and started a Tang Soo Do club in Cape Coral. She taught there for 11 years with the assistance of her Black Belt children and progressed to the rank of 4th degree Black Belt Master Instructor. She then moved to Colorado in 2017 where she has begun to follow her dreams and passions of living in a place where she can hike, bike, ski, camp and enjoy the mountains. Chris has been a Physical Therapist Assistant since 2002 and utilizes her knowledge of the human body to help improve her student’s physical fitness and strength and reducing the risk of injury while training. She hopes to start another Tang Soo Do club in Colorado very soon.