Chip and Glyn Ann Townsend - Martial Arts

In their hometown of Abilene, Texas, Chip and Glyn Ann Townsend are best known for their ability to break things-boards, beams, blocks, whatever they can get their hands on as they hone their martial arts skills.

Chip has been practicing martial arts since 1985 and is now a fifth-degree black belt. He currently holds an unprecedented 14 world breaking titles including the Ultimate World Breaking Champion title he won in 2004 and 2005.  And at 5′ 2″ his wife Glyn Ann may be small but she packs quite a punch. She is a third-degree black belt and three-time winner of the Women’s World Breaking Championship.

Together, they founded Team Chip Tae Kwon Do Centers where they teach and train martial arts to children and adults. Their programs also focus on personal and team development, responsibility and community involvement. In addition, the Team Chip Demonstration Team placed third in the International Sport Karate Association World Competition and continues to compete internationally.

Chip and Glyn Ann are also members of Team Mannatech and inspire everyone they meet with their motto of “empowering people through the pursuit of personal martial arts excellence.” Committed believers in the benefits of physical conditioning and a healthy lifestyle, the Townsend duo credit much of their remarkable endurance to their daily use of Mannatech supplements.

“Our joints get intensively stressed from martial arts, and these products have become a regular part of our training regimen,” says Glyn Ann. Chip agrees, saying, “I believe glyconutrients have been instrumental in the success of my extreme training regimen. I have noticed great improvements in my endurance.”

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Posted on Monday, July 21st, 2008