Instructors

All of our instructors are volunteers who are teaching these classes because they truly love the martial arts they practice and they want to share them with you.

Jenny has been practicing Shaolin Kung Fu and Tai Chi since 2005 and holds a third degree black belt in the Shaolin Kung Fu system. As the owner of Many Roads Martial Arts Center her main focus is nurturing a supportive and safe learning environment while challenging everyone to keep growing and improving. Jenny loves the physical and mental challenges of martial arts and is very excited to share them with the students and instructors at the center.

Brian Pike has been training in a variety of martial arts since 2004, focusing on Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Hapkido, Silat, Tai Chi Chuan, and Taekwondo. He has been teaching martial arts at universities since 2008. Brian continues to expand his understanding of martial arts by travelling to train with high level instructors, such as Guro Dan Inosanto and Cikgu Maul Mornie. His efforts to “research his own experience” and “absorb what is useful” have resulted in teaching credentials through Martial Concepts (Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Martial Arts), the Inosanto International Martial Art Instructor Association (JKD, FMA, and Silat), the United Federation of Taekwondo Instructors, and the United States Hapkido Federation.

For more info on his classes and training opportunities, contact at martialconceptsportland@gmail.com

Jay has studied various martial arts systems including boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, taekwondo, aikido, hopkido, kumdo, and muay thai kick boxing since he was 10. In other words he has been used as a punching bag for over 30 years by masters and lifelong practitioners of these systems. His lifetime of experience getting kicked, punched, choked, kneed, elbowed, and thrown are invaluable in teaching others how not to be. Balancing his martial studies, Jay has 20 years of experience as a massage therapist and movement specialist, offering him a deep knowledge of the human body as more than just a punching bag. Jay shares his “how not to be a punching bag” skills in Sunday sparring classes.

A lifetime student of martial arts, Joel has been training Shaolin Kung Fu and Tai Chi since 1999, teaching since 2009. His teaching goal is to provide tools to improve every student’s physical, mental and emotional health in a supportive, encouraging learning environment.

Joel’s primary teaching focus is Chen Tai Chi as taught by Master George Xu (Xu Guo Ming). He also teaches our black belt Shaolin curriculum, Yang style Tai Chi, and 5 Element Qi Gong.

Myk has been a Tai Chi Chuan practitioner since 1997 and has been teaching since 2013. His primary teachers have been Gao Jamin, and Yu Shaowen. Over the years, Myk has learned a multitude of forms in Yang, Chen, Wu, and Sun styles - both open hand and weapons (straight sword, broadsword, staff, spear, cane, deerhorn knives, and daggers). While he used to compete in both forms and Push-Hands, Myk now focuses more time on teaching. His teaching style is student centered and is focused on achieving a balance between the meditative and martial aspects of the forms. Myk also teaches a Tai Chi class specifically geared toward those with mobility and balance issues on Sunday afternoon.