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Flying Tortoise Kung Fu
Authentic internal Chinese kung fu with living lineages, built for fitness, fighting, and community.
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Authentic internal Chinese kung fu with living lineages, built for fitness, fighting, and community.
Flying Tortoise Kung Fu, located at 4400 NE Glisan St in Portland, offers authentic internal Chinese kung fu with living lineages from Beijing masters. Led by Master Joey Haber and featuring Masters like Chris, the school preserves traditional arts for fitness and fighting, including a Baguazhang program. Reviews highlight a trauma-informed, welcoming, inclusive community with classes for all ages and levels.
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Authentic internal Chinese martial arts training, including Baguazhang, with a focus on body mechanics, forms, and practical fighting applications.
Brazilian martial arts and dance classes that combine aerobic fitness, self-defense, and cultural elements in a dynamic, engaging format.
Introductory courses designed for newcomers, offering a supportive, trauma-informed approach to build foundational skills and confidence.
Specialized sessions for experienced martial artists, focusing on mastery, sparring, and deep lineage techniques from authentic masters.
Instruction in traditional weapons usage as part of the kung fu curriculum, enhancing coordination and dynamic power.
Welcoming social gatherings and open classes that foster a collaborative, inclusive environment for students of all ages and schedules.
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Overall rating
Megan Barella
Amazing, high caliber classes with a wonderful, inclusive community and heart-centered focus. Highly recommend for both kids and adult classes!
Karro Moss
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. A rare gem among martial arts schools in the country, FTA carries living lineages of internal styles of kung fu directly from masters in Beijing, China. Through admirable dedication and a vast depth of knowledge, Master Joey Haber and the school is preserving authentic arts from ancient lineages that are whole and effective systems for both fitness and fighting applications. 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. In my experience, the curriculum is well designed to meet students at their ability level, incorporating solo exercises and partner work for reflective study as well as practical applications. I've found the classroom and community to create a collaborative, welcoming, and inclusive learning environment. Whether you are entirely new to martial arts, or if you are already a seasoned martial artist seeking a collaborative community with challenging and engaging material, I highly recommend exploring what FTA has to offer.
Josh Flood
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.
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Andrew
This is a top notch martial arts academy! I’ve been taking classes with FlyingTortoise for about three years now & it has been a transformative experience It’s more than just a place to learn self defense it’s also a colorful community of LGBTQ+ friendly people who rally behind the motto “Agony and Tedium”
Nick Diaz-Hui
I am so grateful to have found Flying Tortoise. You can tell the instructors see their lessons as labors of love, and they are all so supportive. The teaching philosophy is not only very trauma-informed, but also incredibly rooted in the traditional lineage of the school while also keeping things modern and accessible to new audiences. They offer plenty of classes for folks of all ages and schedules, and they are always so welcoming that you can just pop into a random one and you're guaranteed to make a friend by the end of it. I have nothing short of praise for the Flying Tortoise team, especially Masters Chris and Joey in the Baguazhang program. If you were waiting for a sign to enroll for a class, this is it!
