Brendon Huor
Brendon Huor began his martial arts training at the age of three years old under Grandmaster Chung Eun Kim. By the age of 7, Brendon received his black belt in Tae Kwon Do and traveled to Minneapolis to compete in the Diamond Nationals tournament, where he was first exposed to Extreme Martial Arts – it was then that Brendon knew that was what he wanted to do. He began to mimic the forms of World Champions such as Jon Valera, Mike Chatarantabut and Jimmy Phan and began taking tumbling lessons.
Always wanting to expand his knowledge of different types of martial arts, Brendon also started training in Shorei-ryu under Jai Johnson of Moline, Illinois. Because of his experience in Extreme Martial Arts, Jai was able to help guide Brendon in the correct direction with his routines and performance skills.
It was at Terry Creamer's Silver Sun Showdown tournament that Brendon would meet Matthew Mullins. Afterwards, Brendon began taking private lessons from him, and was introduced to Sensei John Sharkey.
Wanting to learn more, in 2003, Brendon traveled by himself to Shenyang, Liaoning, China to train in China's national sport of Wushu. After two years, Brendon returned to America and continued his training at Sharkey's Karate School where he eventually earned his black belt in the style of Shorei-ryu. In 2005, Brendon was asked by Matt to perform with Sideswipe; his unique style of integrating wushu with extreme martial arts impressed Matt so much that Brendon has been a part of the Sideswipe team ever since.
Brendon currently resides in Naperville, Illinois, and when he's not performing with Sideswipe, can be found teaching at Sharkey's Karate School. He continues to compete regularly in the NASKA circuit and is now a three-time world champion and captain of the World Champion ISKA Team Demo team, Team AKA.
