Kevin Wikse began his martial arts training and fighting tactics over thirty years ago in Southern California under members of the Hop Sing Tong (secret society) Benevolent Association (a mutual aid club) in Los Angeles, China Town. His teachers, or Sifus, introduced him to Southern Dragon, Baguazhang, and Xingyiquan, styles of Chinese boxing that had won the day (and night) in street wars fought in Hong Kong and later in Sacramento, San Fransico, and Los Angeles, California, merging the Wah Ching and Hop Sing Tong triads. Kevin Wikse has absolutely zero affiliation with any criminal Triad. However, he honors, deeply respects, and owes his life to their martial practices.
Kevin Wikse earned a high rank from Sensei Joe Rosa in Kenpo Karate in Chino, California, and practiced with his son for many years.
In Boise, Idaho, Kevin Wikse was able to learn Hung Gar and further his understanding of Southern Dragon, Baguazhang, and Xingyiquan from one of the last living Hop Sing Tong members remaining in Garden City, Idaho, after the Boise, Idaho chapter of the Hop Sing Tong went defunct. Kevin Wikse studied with a student of Sifu Paul Zink, learning Tall Moneky and Stone Monkey, and branched out into Hop Gar and Lama Pai, both long bridge (long arm) styles from Tibet.
Also, while still in his teens in Boise, Idaho, Kevin Wikse won both an in-school and competition-level “batsugun,” systematically defeating 11 or 12 other Judoka starting from white belt to black belt and being awarded his black belt in Judo.
In the last decade, Kevin Wikse has focused his attention on Chu Gar, or Southern (Hakka peoples) Mantis, furthered his practice of Monkey Kung Fu and Lama Pai (Lion’s Roar), and has finally begun to cognitively, not just intuitively, understand the exceedingly profound applications of Baguazhang’s unlimited potential for personal development and self-preservation. In addition, Kevin Wikse has been permitted entrance into a non-criminal “brother-friend” Daoist/Buddhist Benevolent Association and allowed to begin learning and practicing their Qigong, Daoyin, and Shen Kung, or “Spirit Work.”
