MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY - Key Persons
Prof. Patrick Joseph Browne was born in Berwyn, Illinois and grew up in Brookfield, Illinois. After his graduation from St. Joseph's High School in 1965, Pat received a B.A. in biology from North Central College in Naperville. It was while he was a student there that he began his study of jujitsu. Pat had an interest in martial arts throughout his childhood and had studied some judo and karate while still in elementary school. In the fall of 1967, Pat visited the Naperville YMCA and saw DanZan Ryu jujitsu for the first time, and it was just what he had been looking for. The class that evening was taught by Steve Paulding Sensei, a longtime student of Professors Ray and Marie Law. Steve had a class full of beginners and he urged an enthusiastic Pat to join and help him. Pat began learning DanZan Ryu the next day.