Traditional kung fu for a modern practice
Lineage Ceremony: December 5th, 2026
5:30pm Ceremony (zoom available)
All are welcome
RSVP for banquet opens Wednesday 11/18
Our Martial Arts
Rare and Rad Weapons. Featuring a variety of weapon systems from the Bagua and Paochui traditions. This class emphasizes body method, forms and applications.
Blend of Internal Kung Fu and Long Fist Style: focused on powerful hand strikes and low kicks. Included in Beijing Kung Fu. (Saturday Kung Fu)
We are excited to add Bruce Lee’s artform to our curated collection of high quality martial arts classes.
Acrobatic Brazilian Martial Art that includes live sparring and music. Adults classes at the studio.
The Martial Arts of TianTan (The Temple of Heaven) are taught with the goal of creating martial artists that reach the “Beijing Standard” of excellence. Lessons are based on the cross training experience that is learning Kung Fu in one of the richest martial environments of Northern China. (Saturday Kung Fu)
Offering both Taiji and Tai Chi… which is good because they mean the same thing. Our curriculum is based on Li style, Chen style and Dabeiquan. Included in Taiji and Beijing Kung Fu classes. (water-bending)
Devastating Spirals and Unreasonably Large Weapons: We are the only school in the world with lineages in both Liang and Cheng style Baguazhang. Included in Bagua and Beijing Kung Fu classes. (air-bending)
Internal Power coordination and an accessible framework. Xingyi principles are included in our Bagua, Taiji and Beijing Kung Fu classes. (fire-bending)
XingYi
Internal/External Kung Fu with Explosive Power: The elder evil sister of Taiji, Bagua and Xingyi. Paochui boats an impressive history of bodyguards and full contact champions. Included in Beijing Kung Fu. (Saturday Kung Fu)
Frequently Asked Questions
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We teach many styles of Northern Chinese Kung Fu (Gong Fu) as well as the Afro-Brazilian art, Capoeira. Within the Chinese artforms are long first styles (paochui, sanda and pigua), internal kung fu styles (taiji, bagua xingyi, paochui) and a grappling style: shuaijiao.
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No. We have monthly memberships that cover 11 months of class every year. We break with Portland Public Schools 4 times per year. There are 3 membership tiers:
1 class/week
2 classes/week
unlimited classes/week
Visit Student Resources for more info.
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Absolutely. We are a teaching school. We specialize in building teachers from the ground up which means we stress the foundations of all artforms and carefully build upon them to create capable martial artists.
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Yes. As a teaching school our goal is to create and support advanced practitioners. For our senior teachers, improving our martial arts knowledge is a lifelong endeavor that involves closely working with the foremost experts in the world. Master Joey continues to spend 2 months per year in Beijing working with his masters. He was recently made the first non-Chinese Cheng Style Bagua KaiMen in a generation. This means he has the permission of his Bagua master and the Cheng Association in Beijing to create disciples and masters of his own.
Instructors get free “Instructor Class” with Joey 2x/ week.
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This is an inclusive, LGBTQ+ affirming, BIPOC welcoming studio. We are woman managed studio. We have had a number of students transition while at our studio and have had several trans Instructors. We aim to maintain an academy that provides an affirming experience and a quality martial arts education for everyone.
Google Reviews
5.0 ★★★★★ (30)
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5.0 ★★★★★
“Master Joey is an amazing guy. He's really truly sweet, very capable at his art and I am really happy to be able to learn Kung Fu from him Or any of the other amazing senior students and teachers at flying tortoise. I never miss class if I can help it on Saturdays to get the basics as well as some combat applications to this art. I love training here so much and cannot recommend this studio highly enough..” 2026 TN
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5. 0 ★★★★★
“I have been a student at Flying Tortoise Academy for over 10 years now, and my training and the community at the school has been nothing short of a transformational force in my life. I first arrived to FTA with no previous martial arts experience or fitness discipline at all, but with a willingness to learn and dedication to practice consistently. Over the course of my training, I gained an intrinsic sense of body awareness, core stability, flexibility and strength, fa li and dynamic power, as well as the coordination and skills to perform open hand forms, weapons forms, and effectively spar.” 2025 KM
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5.0 ★★★★★
"I've been training here for over a year now and deeply enjoying it. Great instructors who take the arts extremely seriously while not taking themselves too seriously. The school has strong connections to masters in China and the benefits definitely come through to everyone. Classes are engaging physically and mentally; the community is fun, supportive, and welcoming; and I'm very glad to get to train here." 2025 JF
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5.0 ★★★★★
"A top flight martial arts school. Lots of places teach internal Chinese MA poorly. These folks have the body mechanics, power generation and can use it to fight. Teaching is comprehensive, and the head instructor continues to work with the best in the world in his systems. He has raised students from beginner to mastery. School is inclusive and training is strenuous but safe." 2025 TE
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5.0 ★★★★★
“Flying Tortoise deserves 11 stars in every way. The school offers disciplines or arts for all ages, skill levels, is welcoming to all comers new and otherwise, and is FUN. The skill level of the people who teach blows me every time. True masters whose lineage is impeccable. When I see Aaron or Joey move at something resembling a hint of full speed it's awe-inspiring. Kung Fu has always struck me as real magic, body mechanics and fluid grace, control, and the martial application is...devastating, if necessary. But it's not about that, it's about great people, learning the art. I can't praise the teaching enough, couldn't ask for better.” 2021 LM
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A school rooted in lineage
Founder Shifu Joey Haber started martial arts in 1988 and has taught since 1999, including at the Inosanto Academy. In 2024 he became the first Americnan Master of Cheng BaGuaZhangformally recognized by the Chinese famkily in a generation. He holds the rank of KaiMen (Master). We are the only school in the world lineaged in and teaching both Cheng and Liang Bagua. Every artform here is informed by our ongoing connection to masters in China, Brazil and beyond.