Flying Tortoise
Kung Fu
Traditional Kung Fu for a modern practice.
Specializes in application focused Chinese Internal Martial Arts, Chinese Long Fist Martial Arts and Capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art). Each discipline we teach is deeply informed by our strong and ever evolving connection to our Masters in China, Brazil and beyond. We are the only school in the world that is lineaged in and teaches both Liang style Bagua and Cheng style Bagua. At Flying Tortoise students can expect to interact with authentic material and a curriculum true to the modern practice of these wonderful arts.
Our Studio
Goal
We provide our students with top quality martial arts in a safe and supportive training environment. We welcome everyone from the hobbyist to the seasoned hand. Our community is made ever stronger by the rad folk who come in, train and share their days with us.
Martial Arts Finder
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Capoeira! This art form is incredibly dynamic and athletic. Want to improve your options as a soccer goalie? This is your art. Want to spar with your friends all the time? Bring them to class with you. Meet capoeiristas from all over the city at events held periodically at our studio.
Church: The 3rd Sunday of every month is (Sparring) Church. You must have attended Flying Tortoise for at least 6 months to join. Mouthguards are necessary. This is where we test technique with full contact work.
6:30am Beijing Kung Fu: This is Master Joey’s class. He loves to spar.
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Taiji is the one for you. Almost like magic- the taiji we teach will melt the stress from your mind and body. Our lineage and close contact with our teachers in China guarantees that you will learn skills up to the Beijing standard.
Bagua: Is a scholarly art form. It is meant for multiple opponent combat.
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You are curious about Internal Kung Fu. Here’s the secret: as long as you have access to clean teaching, the next step is “Hard Work Over Time.” Generating spooky amounts of power is the product of a precise mixture of relaxed muscle, activated muscle, and alignment. Want to be able to hit with the floor through your fist? We can teach you.
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Capoeira - Taiji - Bagua - Paochui - Pigua - Beijing Kung Fu -
Ways To Work With Us
Classes
We offer 2 kinds of weekly classes: Drop-in Classes that you can join any time and Enrollment Classes that have fixed entry dates. Drop- in Classes (all fundamentals and capoeira classes) remain accessible all year. Enrollment Classes welcome people to join them 5 times per year. The Bulletin Board will have relevant dates for testing and enrollment on it.
Workshops
We have collected a handful of Martial Arts Masters who we love and respect. Whenever possible we host them at our school and share them with our student base!
Corporate Experiences
Does your business desire an event that will take you / your employees to the next level of performance on and off the floor? Our Experiences range from 45 minutes to multiple day events and can focus on strength building, internal kung fu alignment, and can include Gong Fu Cha (Chinese tea ceremony) education and enjoyment.
Educational Experiences
If Our staff are excited to visit your school and share our love of the arts we practice. We can provide everything from a 20 minute presentation on Capoeira and Brazilian culture, Chinese Martial Arts or Chinese Tea Ceremony (Gong Fu Cha)
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.
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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.