Member Roster

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Shin Rivera

Magnus Görner

Hi,
I started my martial arts training with kempo jujitsu and i’ve done some basic chow gar. Most recently i’ve been training wing tsun.

Shannon Lodge

Huang Yan

Administrator to HMBI

Eric Lewis

In silence and isolation I drive on the road to self mastery, Hakka Mantis Kung Fu is the vehicle that I choose to take me there. All for use, Nothing for show, including self.

Filip

Piers Vigers

Tyler Rea

Tyler Rea has practiced martial arts for over 30 years and has received international acclaim for his training manuals and videos.  Sifu Rea specializes in the study of Chinese and Southeast Asian Martial arts with an extreme focus on the Martial systems of the Hakka people.   In addition to his martial endeavors, Rea has professional experience in the fields of Advertising, Publishing, Digital media and video production spanning 28 years.  He has also applied these skills extensively in the fields of Healthcare, Digital Advertising, Marketing,  Publishing and for nonprofit organizations.

Wolfgang Polzin

Charlotte Free

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m kiwitt

Joshua Durham

Hi, My name is Joshua Durham. I am a retired Chief Gunners Mate of the United States Navy, and have been training in various arts since I was in late elementary school. Since joining the service I have primarily studied Chinese systems, and primarily focused on Pak Mei, and Wuzuquan of the Kan tek Guan lineage. of the 5 Ancestors systems, it is considered the most heavily influenced by White Crane and has been refered to as Yong Chun Baihe Wuzuquan by some. Have had the chance to train in a few "internal styles as well. Over the years have fallen in love with the Hakka systems, which seem to have kept more of their history, principles, and skill development compared to many arts, as well as having a morale code that is laid out fairly plainly. Looking forward to training and interacting with all.

Megan Welles

Alan Figueroa

Bill Chan

james feoranz

Thomas Mastroianni

Cheryl Condon

DANIEL BESCHER

Gerhard Pretorius

Tony Wong

Don Weiss

Started long ago with Hung Gar, then Yau Kung Mun. Now exploring a bit of SPM with Dale Dugas and of course, RDH.
Working on the Som Bo Gin - Kwongsai and Jook Lum - from here - and now (2020) working on the Chu Gar versions 🙂

br snyder

Lok Man Lee

Tait Bragdon

Noel Stephens

Michael Gregorski

Petros Karkaris

My interest in Chinese Martial Arts has been keen and strong for the last 40 years of my life. I have trained in various styles of Kung fu specially Shaolin and in particular the Fukien Shaolin as taught by Rev. Shaolin Abbot Shi Gao Cun of Singapore. I knew about Hakka Martial Arts but I did not knew how powerful and rich they are. I m very glad to have found Shifu RDH and study with him every aspect of Hakka Mantis.

dwh aanga

Marcel van Rooijen

Started in 1976 with Jiujitsu and Taekwondo. In 1980 I started with Shaolin Kempo (a mixed style of Shaolin Kungfu and Kuntao, brought from Indonesia to the Netherlands by Dutch/Indonesian immigrants in the 1950s). In 1982 I started to train Hsiang Chia Mantis in Germany. Other styles I trained in the Netherlands are Silat Tuo Minangkabau, Krav Maga, Taiji, Xingyi and Chu Gar Mantis. Although I like all styles I trained, my heart is with mantis boxing. Unfortunately, due to health problems I had to step back and cannot train in a class any longer. But as martial arts still fascinates me, I am still training alone the techniques and forms I learned in the earlier days.

Kevin Wikse

I am a lifelong martial artist and former circus strongman. I am happy I found Southern Mantis.

laurent guldner

Scott Malone

Heuber Johnson

Thomas Ross

Sifu Jody

Ramananda Hamilton

Koby Tenison306

William Lewitt

Michael F. Feld

Shawn Hutson

Tom Hotz

Erik Uher

Darren Amos

I trained in Chow Gar Praying Mantis about 7 years ago but was unable to complete the system.

Eddie Parker

Keith Myers

Long-time Wing Chun and Kali player.  Also long-time interest in SPM.  Now training with instructor in Gin Foon Mark lineage.

William Gapinski

Brian Earnest

In Memoriam,
Brian was a Member of HMBI since 9/21/19. He passed from cancer, on 9/16/20. He was a student and friend of Ryan Goins, also an HMBI Member.
Condolences.

Mário Silva

Richard Kollmar

R. K. is a former Buddhist monk who leads contemplative walks & pilgrimages in the mountains of California's Central Coast & teaches meditation.  As a young man he trained in Naha-te (Okinawan Goju-ryu in the lineage of Miyagi Chojun). His scholarly work focuses on Contemplative Studies & the philosophy of consciousness.

Steven Schmall

Timothy Greene

Viet Le

Sean Robinson

Ben Lord

South mantis hobbyist

Dave Chesser

Long-term resident of Taiwan, gym owner for the past 11 years. Certed in choylifut, XYQ, BGZ, TJQ, krav maga, Libre knife fighting, etc. Been concentrating on southern styles like hung gar, crane, and mantis the past few years.

Matt Rider

Kevin Rockhill

Undertaking course to get a deeper foundation in Hakka martial art principles and practices

VISHNU Sudheer

Ihor A.

Wade Munson

Nick Chapman

Farouk Farouk

Emoya Heristal

Mark Wiley

Scott Shields

Robert Townsend

I have trained in different martial arts and various forms of self-defense since the 1970s. However, from the early 1980's up until today I have been a student of Hakka Mantis ( Initially, I was taught by a student of Sifu GinFoonMark in the early 1980s. In 2000, I became a video correspondence student of   Sifu Hagood.  The video correspondence program was terminated after Sifu Hagood moved to China. Therefore I traveled from New Jersey to train under Sifu Louie Jack Man somewhere between 2001-2003 in Philadephia, PA . Sifu Louie was still at the school but no longer teaching students.   However, his top student was instructing so I trained under him for that duration. I have remained one of Sifu Hagood's many correspondence students ever since 2000.

Ian Harp

Interested in Classical Chinese Culture. The study of classical Chinese medicine, with an eye towards correct point location (acupuncture), and diagnosis (face, pulse). At this point in my studies, i'm starting to understand how herbal, acupuncture/moxa compliment each other. My martial arts journey started when I started researching Dian Xue. I understand, that unless someone cultivates Martial virtues, understanding secrets on there own, are from a teacher will be in vain.
I had the pleasure to study Baoding Shuai Jiao under David Lin of Atlanta, Georgia. Combat, and practical application was stressed.

Vanessa Hamilton

Michael Miller

Daniel Belotti

Wing Chun, Xinyi Bagua and Chow Gar practicing .

Philip Stoyanov

Hi, my name is Philip 47 years old. Live in Bulgaria, Sofia. Married with 1 girl 🙂

John Strobel

Looking to expand my knowledge. Have trained Hapkido for some time and some Wushu Kung Fu.

Joseph Morin

Joseph Scuderi

Faron Weeks

Interested in routine that would promote healing of my new right knee replacement.

Nevel Ekroon

C. Michial Jones

I have been training in Okinawan Gojuryu Miyazato Lineage since 1977 and Uechiryu since 1986. I am a retired police chief.

Belinda Kay

Pragmatic Pugilism

Current Style: 南派螳螂

Igor Rybachenko

ghost hand

Ryan Ohl

Malachi Sykes

joe muse

Cyrus Lai

Samuel Chapman

I study Kwongsai Mantis, Chu Gar Mantis and  I liq Chuan.
With Gassho

Robert Baria

Hi! I'm Rob. I love Martial Arts

Bruce Kemp

Corey Biesinger

Kenneth Sohl

Way back in the late '80s when I lived in Florida,  I studied Jook Lum under Poo Yee for a while.  After he left,  I looked for something similar,  and,  ended up taking Uechi Ryu.  More recently,  after moving here to Tennessee,  I did some Bak Mei,  but,  though these other schools superficially look like Jook Lum,  they just don't have the same feel.  I'm basically looking for exercise at my age (58),  and,  over the years,  I've tried to practice what I remember,  but,  that didn't do the trick.  Now that I've found this site,  I'm going to take advantage of these new resources.  Thank you.

Elias Kountouris

Didier Fargier

Alonso Vela

Robert Oney

Joseph Muhammad

Brandon Clay

Tyson Durr

Michael Leary

Andre Aleman

I have trained several martial arts since age 13 and hold black belts in karate (Okinawa shorin ryu) and Japanese jiu-jitsu. A couple of years ago I started training in hakka mantis kung fu under the guidance of RDH sifu. I paid visits to the Shenzhen (China) area and trained in person with sifu, which was a great experience that I can recommend anyone interested in learning in-depth from the source.

Aaron Garien

Nick Yezhov

Gordon Webster

My first teacher in Kung Fu was with William Chung, H’ung Gar style.  My second  teacher was with Sifu Harry Sun, Kwong Sai Jook Lum.  After my time with Sifu Harry Sun, I found no interest in other stlyes of Kung Fu.  Additional martial DVD studies, Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, Taiji Chin Na. Since then I have been studying Chi Gong.  I have spent one weekend seminar with Li Jun Feng, Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong, two six day retreats with  Chunyi Lin, Spring Forest Qigong, and two three day events with Jeff Primak, Supreme Science Qigong.  Additional DVD study, Bamboo Mountain Chi Gong, Chan Mi Gong, Qinway Qigong, and Michael Winn’s home study courses on Healing Tao Qigong.

Angelo King

Mauricio Angulo

Mark Hamann

Anthon Pang

I currently train in Ving Tsun (http://s3vt.com) and Kali/FMA/BJJ (https://www.unionmartialarts.ca/).

Christopher Lomas

Jason Gregoire

My name is Jason Gregoire and I am 37 years old.  I have a wonderful wife and 3 beautiful children.  I served for 5 years as an active duty Marine in the U.S. Marine Corps.  I currently work as an IT Manager during the day and attending college at night.  I have been a Martial Arts fanatic all my life.  I began training in Northern Mantis Fist at 15 years old for a total of 12 years.  I then left for the military and was stationed in Virginia where I studied Hung Gar Kuen for 4 years.  I've always been interested in Southern Mantis.

Andrey Babich

I have previously practiced Kyokushin karate and historical fencing.
Now I am concentrating on studying Chu Gar, as I consider this style the close to my spirit.

Barry Mar

Rodney Lewis

Paulo Ribeiro

Erik Irsch

Stephen Pekular

Mark McWhorter

Erik Petermann

Wayne Reddrop

Stephen Engstrom

Richard Adhikari

Justin Bean

I have trained in numerous martial arts/sports since 1991. I came across a local Mantis School in 2000.  I didn't start training back then but trained in a MMA school that was very Kungfu orientated and heavily influenced by SPMKF.  During this time, I took up other martials arts such as Taekwondo, Mixma Martial Arts, Yang Taiji, Chen Taiji, Bagua, Wingchun and then SPMKF in 2014.  I train often in soft and hard bridge gongs, as well as partner drills when I can.  I am currently not aligned with any particular linage or school, but look forward to training under the Hakka Mantis system.

miles coleman

darrell ratcliff

Ashton Oh

Mike Baza

Charles Clemens

I started martial arts training with boxing, back in 1972, to improve my hockey game.  In 1989, I began training Shorin-Ryu karate, then learned Kong Jing, 8 Pieces of Brocade, Tien Tao Chi Gong, Yang Tai Chi, Isshin Ryu, Goju Ryu, Tai Kwon Do, and Shiho Karano Ryu.  Since destroying both rotator cuffs by trying to learn to use 9-Ring Broadswords, my training has been reduced to gentler, internal training.  I enjoy seated chi kung, meditation, and dipping my toes into Hakka Mantis via this website.

mazhar raja

perckson fernandes

Denis Stergiotis

Alicia Brewer

Louis Savalla

William Barnes

Adrian Anthony

James Tsang

I’ve studied Hung Kuen, Choy Li Fut, Wing Chun, 7 Star Praying Mantis, but primarily practiced Hung Kuen for 40 plus years specializing in the Iron Wire Form I credit for maintaining my health. Early years growing up in NYC as a Kung-Fu student and martial arts enthusiast I was exposed to Kwong Sai Jook Lum Nam Tong Long by way of a friend who introduced me to some fundamentals of the style and shared with me fascinating stories of Grand Master Lam Seng. Later I’d sought additional instruction at the Chinese Freemason Athletic Association and while I’d learned additional fundamentals life happens and I chose not to pursue further opportunities to pursue studying Southern Praying Mantis. Yet the limited exposure I had to Southern Praying Mantis has remained with me through the years and continues to hold a special place in my heart.

Darron Williams

Gandhi Delgadillo

Han Yang

Roger Wills

SPMKF/ BOXING/ MUAY THAI/ WRESTLING
 
 

Chung Si Lapham

Ben Myers

cj Ang

MJ Steele

Randeep Sanghera