Grand Master Kurt Shryock

Master Kurt Shryock, born in 1969 in Baltimore Maryland, grew up in a neighborhood surrounded by crime and inner city challenges where it was not unusual for him to be engaged in altercations in an effort to defend himself from those who portrayed ignorance and negativity. On the heels of this fray at age eleven, someone threatened him with a handgun. As school focus and academics had become secondary in the mind and habits of this youth, his parents enrolled him in a local Tae Kwon Do school to address these issues and replace violence with a positive center. It is here where he would be taught discipline, respect, and self control through the way of the foot and the hand. After three and a half years of intense training and commitment, Master Kurt received his black belt at the age of fifteen. The inspiration and dedication that came with this honor prompted him to become a martial arts instructor, and later, an owner of his own school, Victory Martial Arts, his life's dream.