Master Chuck VaughnAbout Master Vaughn
Master Vaughn is a 6th Degree Black Belt, Master Instructor in the World Tang Soo Do Association and he holds a 6th Degree Black Belt in Sin Moo Hapkido. He has nearly forty years of training and experience in martial arts. Master Vaughn’s path of instruction in Tang Soo Do began on October 20, 1970. He had returned from a Tour of Duty in Vietnam and was looking for solace. Master Vaughn had been a staff sergeant in the Long Range Patrol, C Company Ranger of the 75th Infantry, Airborne. When he returned to the United States and his home in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, he was looking for more peaceful endeavors. Master Vaughn’s first instructor in Tang Soo Do was Master Michael White who was a new Cho Dan (first degree black belt) at the time. Master Vaughn achieved his Cho Dan in 1974 and began to teach at the Phillipsburg YMCA and from there he moved to the State College YMCA. Undoubtedly, it is these beginnings that have motivated Master Vaughn to remain devoted to the delivery of quality martial arts instruction through local YMCAs.Master Vaughn eventually turned the YMCA instruction over to colleagues so that he could begin the Penn State Martial Arts Group (PSMAG) on the main campus of Penn State, which is still a flourishing dojang in the World Tang Soo Do Association. It was the contacts Master Vaughn made in the early stages of the PSMAG that permitted him to play an instrumental role in establishing the World Tang Soo Do Association’s first delegation to China and the Shaolin Temple in 1984. After turning the PSMAG program over to Master Michael Kaye in 1989, Master Vaughn trained at the Shin Karate Studio in Philadelphia and opened the Vaughn’s Dojang Tang Soo Do programs at the Phoenixville and Pottstown YMCAs. In August, 1998, Master Vaughn achieved a lifelong dream when he opened his first full-time commercial studio in our present home and Vaughn’s Dojang headquarters in Audubon Village. Master Vaughn is a gifted and natural teacher. He instinctively knows how to give the lesson. To learn the lesson, you only have to open yourself to it. To develop the skills and the proper attitude, you only have to pay attention, persist, and work hard. Master Vaughn is responsible for producing over one-hundred black belt practitioners in Tang Soo Do. The Vaughn’s Dojang studio and programs have over three hundred active students. We have heard Master Vaughn say many times that he does not produce black belts for himself, but he is motivated instead by watching students discover the hidden warrior inside, by seeing the positive change that comes about and by being able to turn his black belt practitioners over to his instructor, Kwan Chang Nim, Jae C. Shin, Grandmaster of the World Tang Soo Do Association. Master Vaughn is married to Sharon, who is not only a tremendous support and inspiration but who also provides many of the behind-the-scenes services that keep the dojang running smoothly. Master Vaughn has been blessed with 5 children: Prudence, Melanie, Melinda, Brandon, and Molly. His favorite scripture is John 3:17 and he believes that “what goes around, comes around” and that everything we say or do is recorded and that one day we will be accountable for our words and deeds. One does not have to spend much time at all in Vaughn’s Dojang to realize that Master Vaughn prizes service to others and service to the community. In addition to his commitment to the YMCA, he and the dojang have a longstanding association with the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge. Every year there are numerous fundraising and charitable drives that the Vaughn’s Dojang family undertakes. Just as important, the atmosphere, the activities, the fellowship and the fraternity within the dojang are great resources for all of the students, instructors, and extended family members. - Back to Top - Contact Master VaughnCall Master Vaughn at our Audubon Studio at 610-676-0691 or use the Request Information box on our home page to learn more about the programs at Vaughn’s Dojang.- Back to Top - |
