I been active in the martial arts for over 40 Years. I teach Shotokan Karate, as well as FMA.

We stand out with knowledge and personality taught by Hanchi Shihan Andre Valdez

We teach authentic Chinese Martial Arts, with a focus on Bajiquan 八極拳, the “Eight Extreme Fist”. Bajiquan is an ancient style of northern Chinese kungfu style that is known for its explosive power expression and the famous elbow strike, DingXinZou. Bajiquan is one of the few traditional CMA styles that is offensive oriented. Perfect for modern combat, self-defense and because of its Traditional CMA traits, it cultivates one’s body and mind.

I have been a practitioner and teacher for 45 years. I was also a seminar leader at China's "Women in Daoism" conference in 2011 and presented my work with senior citizens at the 2009 International Tai Chi Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee. I have received numerous foundation grants for my work with senior citizens and in community mental health programs. Since I have received so many benefits from my Tai Chi practice, I enjoy sharing what I have learned. Particularly, I enjoy seeing people improve physically in terms of balance, mentally in terms of concentration and focus, and emotionally in terms of having a better disposition....

Many people looking for a self-defense program either look to traditional martial arts or sports fighting, however both categories are not suited for real self-defense in today's world. Today's reality is that you will be attacked by weapons and/or multiple attackers. Sports fighting and traditional martial arts do not teach weapons defense, they don't have to. In addition, both disciplines take anywhere from 3-5 years to get to a proficient level. Reality-Based Defense can be learned within several months. Our program teaches Reality-Based defense and we train students in three phases, they are: Pre-conflict Phase (that is learning awareness...