Grandmaster Huang Sheng Shyan was born in the Fujian province in Mainland China, in 1910. Starting his training in Fujian White Crane style at age 14, he came to master it. Later, in 1947, Grandmaster Huang moved to Taiwan where he began studying Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) under the famed Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ching. He was to become Master Cheng’s Read more about Huang Xing Xian[…]
Yang Shao Hou was born as Yang Zhao Xiong in 1862 and died in 1930. He was also named Meng Xiang, and later called Shao Hou, most just called him “Mr. Big”. From the age of seven he studied with his grandfather Yang Lu Chan, his father Yang Jien Hou and his uncle Yang Ban Read more about Yang Shao Hou[…]
Steffan de Graffenried was born in Decatur, Alabama in 1964. He began his martial arts training shortly after seeing the first episode of Kung Fu the TV series in 1972 at the age of 8. Because there were no Kung Fu studios in the area, he opted to learn the only martial art style he Read more about Shifu Steffan de Graffenried[…]
Grandmaster Tony Yang 楊曉東 Xiao Dong (Tony) Yang was born and raised in Taiwan. He has been studying martial arts for over 40 years. His specialties include Bajiquan, Northern Praying Mantis, Taijiquan, Xing Yi Quan, and Baguazhang. He began studying at age 6 under the instruction of his uncle, a martial arts master. He learned Read more about Grandmaster Tony Yang[…]
Shifu Jamie Hooper began his martial arts career in 1971 after seeing Bruce Lee in what was released in the US as “The Chinese Connection” (we now know that the labels were accidentally switched at the factory with “Fists of Fury”). In 1971 North Alabama offered little in the way of martial arts variety, so Read more about Shifu Jamie Hooper[…]
Shifu Adam Mizner teaches Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan, in the tradition of Huang Sheng Shyan and Yang ShouHou. Adam has also dedicated many years to the in depth study of Daoism, western Hermetics and the Buddha dhamma, and is a senior lay student of Ajahn Jumnien in the Thai Forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. Read more about Shifu Adam Mizner[…]
