Franklin Hsu
Tai Chi Instructor

Institute of Chinese Martail Arts

Websites:

• http://www.iocma.com

Franklin Hsu has been studying martial arts since 2001 under Sifu Zhu in tai chi and Shaolin kung fu such as hung gar and long fist. He also have experience in weapons such as staff, spear, broadsword, shraight sword, and fan. In tai chi, he has studied Yang style short form with 24 movements and long form with 88 movements. He also know the competition forms with 42 and 48 movements. In Chen style, he knows the short forms with 32 movements and the long form with 56 movements. In addition he knows tai chi Yang style 42 movement straight sword form, the Yang style 42 movements fan form, and the Mulan straight sword form.

Franklin has been teaching tai chi chuan since 2003 at the Institute of Chinese Martial Arts in the Yang tai chi short form and the long form. He has also taught at DeVry University tai chi club in Yang style 24 movement short form to students and faculty. In June of 2006 he was invited to teach at the Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System in tai chi 24 movements short form.

Franklin also competed at the Shorinryu Karate Championships in Kent in 2006 and won second place in mens black belt senior division performing the tai chi competition form with 42 movements. Franklin is the business manager at the Institute of Chinese Martial Arts. Franklin is now a faculty at ITT Technical Institute teaching electronic engineering and information technology.

My focus is internal martial arts which tai chi chuan is just one part of it. However just in tai chi chuan, there are many styles which my focus is Yang and Chen styles. In additional to tai chi chuan, I have been studying water boxing (Lu Ha Ba Fa), and ba qua chuan.

As far as weapons, my favorite is straight sword but I also have studyed broad sword, staff, spear, and fan. External arts include hung gar and long fist.

I am looking for martial artist who is interested in a new art called Fang Sheng Fist taught by Sifu Yan, a master from Bijing, China.

For those who have already learned Kung Fu, Fang Sheng Fist will greatly improve their fighting strategy and skills. It is a science of combat that emphasizes self-defense, especially for the purpose of military or security training. Fang Sheng Fist is a fighting art, one of the most practical styles in the martial arts world. It works for people of any size. Three weeks' learning will make one a better fighter. It is reported that, when hitting a punching machine, an average person can only deliver 50 pounds of force. However, one could generate up to 150-200 pounds of power, or no less than 100 pounds by hitting in a row after learning Fang Sheng Fist. It offers the perfect balance of powerful techniques, a philosophy rich in the traditions of respect and inner strength, and an effective modern self-defense.

Trained with Sifu Zhu from 2001 to present in tai chi chuan, hung gar, long fist, ba qua chuan, water boxing, and weapons.

Trained with Sifu Yan from 2007 to present in Fang Sheng Fist.

Teach tai chi chuan at Institute of Chinese Martial Arts from March 2003 to present.

Teach tai chi at DeVry University in Federal Way from 2006 to 2007.

Teach tai chi at Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System in Tacoma for 8 weeks in the summer of 2006.