Pettway's TKO About Us

     Dona` Pettway started martial arts in 1994 at South Post Oak
Baptist Church on the south side of Houston. He trained under
Philip Plumber for most of his lower ranks. Mr. Plumber instilled
a lot of confidence and self control in him. He was a member of
Soldiers for Christ Karate Team where he gained numerous titles
as an underbelt in local tournaments. After achieving his red belt
from Mr. Plumber, he allowed Dona` to train with a well known
respected martial artist George Minshew and Louis Garcia for the
1997 Super Grands where Dona` gained his first silver world title
for continuous sparring 18+. Also that year Dona` was Hall of Fame
for Texas National Tour and State Champion in Men’s Continuous
Sparring for 1997 and 1998.
     Later Dona` moved to the west side of town and couldn't
continue to train at Mr. Plumber’s so he began to train with the
famous “White Ninja” from the Chuck Norris movie Sidekicks.
A world champion himself, well-known instructor, and has one of
the top schools in Houston, Master Wayne Nguyen.   In September of
1998 Mr. Nguyen promoted Dona` to his 1st degree Black Belt. Then
in 2002 Dona` received his 2nd Dan, and in August of 2005 Dona`
received his 3rd Dan in Dallas, Texas. Continuing to give back in the
Martial Arts, Mr. Pettway Started working for Chuck Norris
Kick-Start in 2006 along with Mr. Loebe and Mr. Huerta to help guide
our youth in the right direction. In 2008 Master Nguyen promoted Dona` to 4th Dan Master degree. In 2009 Mr. Pettway started on his journey to open Pettway’s Texas Karate Organization Academy to train and promote his own black belt. The focus of this school is to take good people young or older , and make them well rounded from begining to end.