Ryan is a life-long martial artist and owner of the martial arts academy Johnson's ATA Martial Arts in Sioux City, Iowa. Ryan has been training in Taekwondo since he was 8 years old, and holds belts in other styles as well, including a Purple Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. He went to college at Iowa State University for Mechanical Engineering, where he discovered his true passion: teaching martial arts. He changed his major to Business and the rest is history. Since then he has taught martial arts to thousands of students, both kids and adults.