Member Roster

Ben Lord

South mantis hobbyist

Amiruddin Talib

Reilly Hanson

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.

Edward Harris

Eddie Parker

Brayner

Farouk Farouk

Tait Bragdon

Chris Hayhurst

Hussein Ahmed

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.

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.

Joseph Morin

Kris Warner

7th Level Doshin Lotus Ki Shin Do

Arnold

Faron Weeks

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

Koby Tenison306

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.

Harshavardhan Banothu

Nathan Howard

Alan Little

I will be 49 in a couple days (1/9/19). I recently opened a very small school in the suburbs of Detroit Michigan teaching Tracy's Kenpo Karate and lightsaber classes. I know lightsabers sound funny to many people but it is a lot of fun and is an inexpensive way to explore fencing styles from around the world.

Joseph Scuderi

stuart pierce

Barek Davis

Angelo Rosini

Philip Bridges

Fanel Stroe

Dimitri Lambrinos

Im 37 , live in Illinois.  I've been practicing martial arts on and off since i was 14. I started in JKD and later trained in hebei xingyiquan which is my main style although ive dabbled in various styles over the years. My first exposure to southern mantis was training with a small group of chow gar guys. Something about the style just clicked with me, so im hoping to gain a little more knowledge of this system.

Donald McNatt

Ben Myers

Robert Baria

Hi! I'm Rob. I love Martial Arts

Belinda Kay

Bernard Langan

I have studied martial and restorative arts intensively for over 34 years and I am an instructor and practitioner of Ba Gua, Hsing-I, Chen Pan Ling style Tai Chi, I Liq Chuan (a Hakka Internal Art from Maylaysia), Pentjak Silat, Visayan Eskrima, Taoist Nei Gung and Chi Gung.  I have a particular interest in the a fields of Bodywork, Movement Education and Biomechanics.  As various arts developed in response to one another - I enjoy doing extensive cross-discipline research in martial, meditative, healing and movement systems. I strive to clearly articulate the synthesis of this knowledge and impart these skills to sincere students;  respecting each system, and maintaining their integrity as separate disciplines.  Currently I am training as a student in White Crane, Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu, San Gen Kai under Dan Harden and Shastar Vidiya a Northern Indian Martial Art. I have a thriving full time clinical practice and teaching studio in the San Francisco Bay Area - Oakland CA.  www.stillnessinmotion.com  - I have a particular fascination and affinity with Hakka systems and am excited about being a part of this training program.

Anthon Pang

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

Manuel Colon

Darren Amos

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

Tony Wong

mark watan

Erik Irsch

Tim Schurig

David Engstrom

Robert Levin

My special THANKS goes out to the Hakka People, for sharing this remarkable fighting/health system.

Richard Adhikari

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.

Erlend Kristoffersen

Hello. Im 35 years old. Dedicated to hakka and fujianese arts.

Gonzalo Santana

Wai Ping Wong

mazhar raja

Josh Turpin

Viet Le

James Hill

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Ty Durr

Ralph Young

I am a avid learner of Jook Lum since 1979.

Eugene Williams

darrell ratcliff

Joel Berger

Corey Moran

Previous training in Wing Chun (詠春), Jow Ga (周家), and Yau Kung Mun (柔功門).

Sifu Jody

Sean Robinson

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.

Richard Chin

Dr. Dale Dugas

I have known Shifu Hagood since he first published his MA magazines and his DLP (Distance Learning Program) in Hakka Mantis.
Meeting him in Boston at a workshop in the 90s, confirmed he has a high hand.
I have followed him since.

Jon Man

Tau Justice

Robert C Voyles

Kyle Pitts

Frank Perio

After spending time in several martial arts, traditional american karate, taekwondo, western boxing, and wing chun, I find that souther praying mantis has a better balance of mind and body.  There isn't a school for this art anywhere close to me, so what information I study from is books, videos, and your video set.  Out of what I have, you have broken down the fundamentals in a way that makes it incredible easy to digest, and not have to decipher between fluff and usable content. I'm hoping this site will add to my current understand, and hope I can find someone in my local area to train with.

Brian McSweeney

james feoranz

Juan Rivera

I have been involved in Martial Arts since I was a kid. I started practicing Shaolin Kempo when I was a kid. Then, I got involved with taekwondo for a couple of years.
Then I stop training because of the University. Then one day, I found an Aikido school downtown so I got involved right away maybe because I was a fan of sensei Steven Seagel and I said to myself hey! here I can learn what he does. So, I could say that nowadays I'm an aikidoka but my sensei has been out of the city for several years so I haven't been able to continue with my Aikido training.

Justin Bouse

Thomas Ross

Filip Alexius Joos

Ulf Nilsson

I used to do the martial arts for many years. These last years not much have happened.
The southern mantis style has always been of great interest to me.
So when I decided to start to devote some time to martial arts again Im happy to find this great resource.

Jason Stevens

m kiwitt

dwh aanga

Mark Wiley

Igor Rybachenko

Abdul Fletcher

Kevin Wikse

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

Ashton Oh

Mark Hamann

Ismael Rivera

Darren Lovell

Tom Hotz

C. Michial Jones

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

Hazel

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.

Jeffrey Goss

Han Yang

Ortwin Pötter

I’ve been practicing Chinese Martial Arts for more than 40 years and I specialized in close combat styles. Since 1999 I’m learning Ba Ji Quan from Shifu Adam Hsu. I live and teach in Berlin, Germany and I'm the founder of Ba Ji Quan - Germany.

Ramananda Hamilton