ChunJiDo Blog

An amazing realization occurred to me this week. Today like no other time in history martial artists are starting to come together to share ideas, philosophies, and friendships. In a single day I talked to a good friend and Chunjido International affiliate in New York who trains in Hawaiian & Filipino arts, sent an email to another affiliate and friend who runs a Kyokushin organization in the Ukraine, and signed a promotion certificate for an affiliate in Pennsylvania who received this rank from a Jujitsu Grandmaster Chunjido International affiliate in Florida! In addition, I also corresponded through email, phone, and Facebook with several other Masters and Grandmasters throughout the USA, Saudi Arabia, and Spain… all without ever leaving Indiana!

As martial artists we should continue to nurture these friendships and value the relationships that we are developing across cultural and system boundaries. When I founded Chunjido Internat...

As I near 50 years of age and over 30 years in the martial arts, I find myself reflecting on my martial arts journey more and more. As I look back on all of the challenges and accomplishments I had in my training, starting a dojo, helping students earn their Black Belt, developing an organization, and now expanding that organization worldwide, I have to take a deep breath, smile a little inside, and say, “Thank you, Lord!”

It is by the grace of God, the support of my very understanding wife, and the trust of the many loyal students, families, ChunJiDo Black Belts, and fellow martial artists that I can honestly say I am happy with where I came from, where I am, and I feel confident in what I still hope to achieve.

Through the years there have been many struggles, critics, and those who thought they knew better than I did on what I needed to do or where I needed to go, but through it all there was a voice inside that kept saying, “Don’t give up, keep the fai...

Only on very rare occasions do martial artists get the chance to be part of something truly amazing and an event that could shape the future of martial arts. For me, this opportunity came during the weekend of September 18-19, 2010. I was invited by Grandmaster Werner Leuschner to film my ChunJiDo system so that we could put it on the I Do Martial Arts online martial arts training website (www.idomartialarts.com).

This website is the largest and most advanced online training tool in the world today. It is currently marketed in over 100 countries around the world and is advertised in Inside Kung Fu Magazine, Budo International, and many other leading martial arts publications. In a very short time Grandmaster Leuschner and his crew at I Do Martial Arts have taken a vision and turned it into what could be the next evolution in martial arts training. Currently there are many of the top martial artists, athletes, and celebrities on the site such as, Bill “Superfoot” Wallac...

Normally I write blogs on my thoughts, opinions, or recent events, but with this blog, I would like to pose a question and get some discussion started :)

My question is, “What does being a Black Belt mean to you?”

God bless!

~ Grandmaster Cutrell

Starting to hear from martial artists all across the United States that are interested in becoming a ChunJiDo student on the http://www.idomartialarts.com/course/chunjido/ online training course! Looking forward to working with them all!
~Grandmaster Cutrell

Thanks to the hard work, dedication, and strong leadership of our National Director for Italy, Grandmaster Adriano Pizzato, ChunJiDo International has the wonderful opportunity to network with the greatest Grandmasters, Masters, and Martial Artists in all of Italy. I am very honored and also humbled by the realization of being able to list not only the highly regarded Grandmaster Pizzato, but also the most respected Grandmasters of Italy, Grandmaster Carlo Luciano Foralasso and Grandmaster Renato Bosich as ChunJiDo International affiliates. These gentlemen are truly legends of the arts. These amazing men have blessed the world of martial arts with their skills and talents for many decades. They serve as role models and mentors to all of those who have come after them and are a shining example of greatness for all martial artists to follow.

In addition many of the other great Grandmasters and Masters of Italy are also members. We now have the privilege of Grandmaster Mic...

I am a firm believer that everyone should have a dream, I always tell my wife, Sensei Nancy Cutrell, “If you are not dreaming, you are only sleeping on the job!” This is the exact catch phrase I used approximately three years ago when she gave me the “are you crazy!” look right after I told her I wanted to expand the ChunJiDo organization worldwide. I have to admit, she has always been my biggest supporter, but I could tell this one was really stretching her seemingly unending support of my “visions”, but as she always does, she said, “whatever you decide to do I will support you 100%.” I am sure though, she held back the last part where I know she wanted to say… “ARE YOU NUTS!”

A short three years later the ChunJiDo organization has expanded from the original North American ChunJiDo Association founded over fifteen years ago, t...