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Instructors at Tye's Kung Fu
Current Instructors: [
Dr. Tye W. Botting |
Dr. John T. Paulson |
Rita Botting
]
Guest Instructors: [
Abel Martinez |
Dan Schmitt |
Dr. Michael Hume |
Chris Rivers |
Dr. Dan Nowlan
]
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Dr. Tye W.
Botting, Matandang Punong Guro, Sifu (Head Instructor)
- Dr. Botting began his study of the chinese martial arts
at age 16 in 1981 while living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has trained
in a number of arts since then, but considers the three arts he
holds instructor rank in as his core: Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
(black sash 1989), Modern Arnis (black belt 1995), and Yang Style Taijiquan
(instructor 1992). He teaches kung
fu and Modern Arnis at Tye's Kung Fu, and he founded the original
TAMU Kung Fu and TAMU Modern Arnis clubs at the requests of GM Wang in 1989 and
Professor Remy A. Presas Sr. in 1994, respectively.
Dr. Botting is Vice President and serves on the Board of Examiners in the
Yellow River Tanglang Quan Association (YRTQA) that promotes Northern Praying
Mantis knowledge exchange and understanding.
He also serves on the Senior Council for the
World Modern Arnis Alliance (WMAA) that carries on the Presas
family combat systems of Modern Arnis and Kombatan.
He teaches Modern Arnis, Taijiquan, and Kung Fu in Gettysburg, PA. He also guest teaches periodically at
Wang's Martial Arts (WMA) where he has attended since the
start of 1983, making him GM Wang's longest-running and seniormost-ranked student.
He makes it a point to participate in the WMA Annual Chinese New Year Celebration and Reunion.
He has taught seminars and individuals in kung fu and arnis across the United
States in 21 states (CA CO CT DC DE FL GA IL KY LA MD MI MO NC NH NJ NY PA TN TX VA),
and internationally in the Republic of Ireland, Canada, Germany, and the Philippines.
Dr. Botting has a successful Youtube channel tyeskf
providing instruction in detailed basics of Modern Arnis (and FMA writ large) and kung fu.
He is also available on the web,
his blog,
,
FaceBook, and more. He holds the following martial arts ranks and certifications:
9th degree black belt (Lakan Siyam, Matandang Punong Guro), 2022
- Presas Arnis,
Modern Arnis, and 4th degree in Kombatan
Associate Instructor, Level 1 T.U.S.K. Tactical Tomahawk Associate Instructor, Level 1 Panantukan 8th degree black sash (Ba Tuan, Sifu and Master Instructor), 2022
- Northern Shaolin /
Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
5th degree black belt (Godan), 2023
5th degree black sash (Wu Duan), 2017
6th degree black belt (Rokudan and Kyoshi), 2018
- Bushi No Te organization, recognition for kung fu and Filipino martial arts
1st degree black sash (Sifu/Instructor), 1992- Yang style
Taijiquan
(1983-present)
Grand Master Yun-Yang Wang
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu,
Yang Style Taijiquan
(1992-1993) Guro Eric Alexander
(1993-2001)
Professor Remy A. Presas [camps/seminars and personal training totalling 500+ hours], and many others
(2014-present)
GM Datu Tim Hartman
- Presas Arnis, Kombatan, and
Astig Balintawak
(1981-1982) Sifu David Jackson Yap
- Southern Shaolin, Hung Gar, and Wing Chun Kung Fu
(1992-1993) Yang Daho and Allen Lee
(Liu
Yun Qiao line)- Praying
Mantis Kung Fu (8 step and 7 star), Chen Style Taijiquan
(1991-1993) Hanshi Raymond L. Montoya
- Shorin Kempo Karate-Jitsu,
Pressure-Point Control Tactics (PPCT)
(1994-1996)
Sifu Dr. John Paulson
- Hung Gar Kung Fu
He strongly believes that it is very important to keep learning and
has attended a multitude of training seminars and camps, including:
- GM Victor Cheng
(qigong, kung fu, qinna),
Mike Sigman
(internal strength),
Chen Xiaoxing
(Chen style zhang zhuan and silk reeling),
Shizu Dr. Mark Van Schuyver
and
Shifu Richard A. Tolson
(praying mantis kung fu),
Hanshi Terry Bryan
(Shorin Kempo Karate),
Hanshi Dan Kennedy
(okinawan kobudo),
Masters of Tapi-Tapi Dr. Randi Schea, Chuck Gauss, Ken Smith, and Brian Zawilinski
(Modern Arnis),
GM Datu Dieter Knüttel
(Modern Arnis),
Master Rich Parsons
(Modern Arnis and Buot Balintawak),
GM Rodel Dagooc
(Dagooc Arnis System),
GM Bruce Chiu
(Arnis International),
GM Bobby Taboada
(Balintawak Cuentada),
Master Rino Balinado
(Necopa Balintawak),
GM Nick Elizar
and
Master Cyrus Bongon
(Nicklestick Balintawak Eskrima),
Master Eugene Nepangue
(WOTBAG Balintawak),
Tuhon Bill McGrath and Tuhon Jack Latorre
(Pekiti Tirsia International),
Suro Jason Inay
(Inayan System of Eskrima),
Master Jon Escudero and Training Group Leader Angelo Garcia
(Lightning Scientific Arnis),
Mosi Jack
(FCS Kali),
Punong Guro Kibo Kim
(Visayan Sovilla Eskrima-Kali),
Guro Dan Inosanto
(JKD concepts and FMA),
Sifus Erik Harris and Dr. Chris Columbo
(Liu Seong Gung Fu),
Master Jhun Occidental
(Kapatiran Mandirigma),
Bapak Tristan Sutrisno
(Bushi No Te), Sifu/Guro John Bailie (Sheepdog Kombatives),
Professor Joe Lansdale
(Shen Chuan at two Camp Lansdales),
annual Bushi No Te gatherings (2013-present),
annual Arnis International camps (2014-present),
1995 Midori Yama Budokai Training Camp,
Hanshi Raymond L. Montoya's Annual Elite Retreats (2005-present),
Renaissance Martial Arts Festival (2015,2016), Saratoga Martial Arts Festival (2018, 2019),
2015 Balintawak Legacy - Gathering of Masters, 2017 Balintawak Invasion, 2018 Taboada 70th Birthday Balintawak Camp,
2019 16th DAV Modern Arnis Summercamp in Karlsruhe, Germany,
organizing DC Metro Area Annual Spring FMA Things (2015-present), and many more.
World Peace Martial Arts Hall of Fame Induction, 2014 Action Martial Arts Mega Weekend Hall of Honors Induction, 2014-
Outstanding Contributions in the Martial Arts
Mayor of Houston Proclamation, 2017-
January 21, 2017 declared "Dr. Tye W. Botting Day" in appreciation for contributions to martial arts teaching, health, and wellness
Action Martial Arts Mega Weekend Hall of Honors, Recognition, 2017-
Silver Lifetime (35 years) Award for Contributions to the Martial Arts
AMAA Who's Who in the Martial Arts: Legends Edition, 2017, pp 159-160 Featured in Modern Arnis: History & Practice, 2017, pp 105-108 Remy Presas Hall of Fame Foundation Induction, 2019 Mataw Guru International Council Millenium Commendation Award and Recognition as Senior Mataw Guru Mangamot Sunatuan, International Grand Master, 2025 6th Philippine Martial Arts Hall Of Fame Distinguished FMA Master of the Year, 2026
Dr. John T.
Paulson, Guro, Sifu (Instructor) 4th degree black belt (Lakan Apat, Guro), 2022
2nd degree brown belt (Likha Dalawa, Advanced Apprentice Instructor), 1995 from Prof. Presas and IMAF 3rd degree black sash (San Tuan, Sifu), 2003
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
2nd degree black belt (Ee Dan)
- ITF Tae Kwon Do
advanced student
- Hung Gar Kung Fu
(1983-1992)
Pacific Martial Arts
- ITF Tae Kwon Do
Hung Gar Kung Fu
(1992-present)
Sifu Dr. Tye Botting
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Yang Style Taijiquan from 1994-1996
(1993)
Master Yun-Yang Wang
- Yang Style Taijiquan
(1994-1995, 2012-present)
the late Professor Remy A.
Presas, Guro Dr. Tye Botting, and
Guro Eric Alexander
as well as attending various seminars by such people as:
- Grandmaster Victor Cheng (kung fu & qinna),
Hanshi
Raymond Montoya (Shorin Kempo Karate),
GM Bruce Chiu
(Arnis International),
Guro Kibo Kim (Visayan Sovilla Eskrima-Kali),
and
Mike
Sigman (internal strength)
Rita
Botting, Sifu (Instructor)-
Sifu Rita Botting attends and instructs kung fu classes at
Tye's Kung Fu. Before joining us here
at Tye's Kung Fu in 2002, she attended
and assisted at Wang's Martial
Arts of Houston, TX. She also trains in Modern Arnis.
Recently, she began teaching kung fu and self defense as part of a local home school coop.
Sifu Rita Botting was inducted into the World Peace Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2015.
She maintains an
address. Currently, her rank is:
3rd degree black sash (San Tuan), 2003
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
(1996-2003)
Master Yun-Yang Wang
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
(2002-present)
Sifu / Guro Dr. Tye Botting
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Modern Arnis
(2004)
Shihan Gary Ducote
- Tomiki Aikido from
Shiseiryu
as well as attending various seminars by such people as:
- Grandmaster Victor Cheng (kung fu & qinna),
Sifu Luis Garza (kwan dao),
Sifu Dr. John Paulson (spear vs.
sabre),
Guru
Mike Casto (sikal),
Master Earl Tullis (Modern Arnis),
GM Datu Tim Hartman (Modern Arnis, Presas Arnis, and
Astig Balintawak),
Punong Guro Chad Dulin (Presas Arnis),
Guro Jerome Teague, (Applied Eskrima),
Master Jhun Occidental (Kapatiran Mandirigma),
Master Cyrus Bongon (Nicklestick Balintawak Eskrima),
Master Zach Taco and Master Eugene Racaza Nepangue
(Balintawak),
Datu
Dieter Knuettel (Modern Arnis),
GM Bruce Chiu
(Arnis International),
Guro Jerome Teague (Applied Eskrima),
Master Jon Escudero and
Training Group Leader Angelo Garcia (Lightning Scientific Arnis),
Sensei Paul Obmaces (tonfa),
Sifu/Guro John Bailie (Sheepdog Kombatives),
Professor
Joe Lansdale (shen chuan / Camp Lansdale),
GM Will Higginbotham
(Ryukyu Kempo Karate),
Sifu Michael Billings
(Kenpo Karate), and
Reggie Padilla (street self-defense)
Abel M.
Martinez, Shihan, Punong Guro, Sifu (Guest Instructor)
- He sometimes attends and assists at
Tye's Kung Fu,
and he is also one of the original instructors for the
TAMU Modern Arnis Club.
He is a member of the
Yellow River Tanglang Quan Association, and
TNT Self Defense
is also an Affiliate School with that organization.
Sifu Martinez currently teaches at
TNT Self Defense in
Modern Arnis,
Progressive Ju Jitsu,
and Taijiquan. He regularly participates in classes and
seminars at Wang's Martial Arts
and Montoya's Shorin Kempo.
He is Dr. Botting's second student
to achieve black sash rank and his first student
to achieve black belt rank in Modern
Arnis.
In 2016, he was
recognized by the
YRTQA as Chu Duan Black Sash (1st degree) specifically for
his praying mantis kung fu.
Sifu / Punong Guro / Shihan Martinez was inducted into the World Peace Martial Arts
Hall of Fame in 2014. He maintains an
address.
Currently, he holds the following martial arts ranks:
6th degree black belt (Rokudan, Shihan), 2019
5th degree black belt (Lakan Lima, Punong Guro), 2019
5th degree black belt (Godan), 2017
5th degree black belt (Godan), 2020
4th degree black sash (Szu Tuan, Sifu), 2015
- Northern Shaolin /
Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
2nd degree black belt (Guro), 2009
- Luzviminda Arnis Kali Brotherhood
1st degree black sash (Chu Duan), 2016
4th degree black belt (Yodan and Renshi), 2015
- Bushi No Te organization, recognition for total experience
brown belt
- Okinawan Kobudo
1st blue belt
(2005-present)
Hanshi Rick Davis
- Progressive Ju Jitsu
(2005-present)
Sensei Dr. Peter Bell
- Danzan Ryu Ju Jitsu
(1993-present)
Sifu Dr. Tye Botting
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Yang Style Taijiquan from 1997-present
(1994-present)
the late Professor Remy A.
Presas, Guro Dr. Tye Botting, Guro Dr. Michael Hume,
Grandmaster Jeff Delany,
Guro Eric Alexander, Hanshi Raymond L. Montoya, and Hanshi Ken Baker
(1994-1998)
Sifu Dr. John Paulson
- Hung Gar Kung Fu
Aikido Jo Staff
(1996-present) Hanshi Dan Kennedy and
Hanshi Raymond L. Montoya
- Okinawan Kobudo, Shorin Kempo Karate, and Chinese Kempo
as well as attending various seminars by such people as:
- Grandmaster Victor Cheng (kung fu & qinna),
Mike
Sigman (internal strength),
John Machado
and Carlos Machado (machado jiu jitsu),
Datu
Dieter Knuettel (modern arnis),
Hanshi
Terry Bryan (shorin kempo karate),
Master Earl Tullis (Modern Arnis),
Bapak Tristan Sutrisno
(Bushi No Te),
Sifu Erik Harris and Sifu Chris Columbo
(Liu Seong Gung Fu),
Professor
Rick Moneymaker and
Professor
Tom Muncy (torite-jutsu camp),
Sean Winkler and Herbert Maier (Wing Chun Kung Fu - Wang Kiu line),
Hanshi
Raymond Montoya (Shorin Kempo Karate),
Kyoshi Dean Chapman (Texas Okinawan Goju Karate Federation), and
annual Bushi No Te gatherings since 2014
Dan
Schmitt, Sifu (Guest Instructor)
- Sifu Schmitt currently lives in Virginia and trains in
Modern Arnis and Pinakatay Arnis Sigidas,
but he has also studyied Hung Gar and Choy Li Fut at Eugene Ho's school in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Prior to that, Sifu Schmitt is Dr. Botting's third student
to achieve black sash rank. He maintains an
address.
Currently, he holds the following martial arts ranks:
2nd degree black
sash (Er Tuan), 2016
- Northern Shaolin /
Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Nidan (2nd degree), 2017
- Bushi No Te organization, recognition for total experience
basic instructor
- Hung Gar / Choy Li Fut Kung Fu
(1996-2002,2012-present)
Sifu/Guro Dr. Tye Botting
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Yang Style Taijiquan from 1997-1999
Modern Arnis from 2012-present
(2014-present)
Walter and Wes Crisostomo
- Pinakatay Arnis Sigidas
(2002-2008)
Si Fu Eugene Ho
- Hung Gar & Choy Li Fut Kung Fu
as well as attending various seminars by such people as:
- Grandmaster Victor Cheng (kung fu & qinna),
Datu
Dieter Knuettel (Modern Arnis),
GM Bruce Chiu
(Arnis International),
Bapak Tristan Sutrisno
(Bushi No Te),
Sifu Erik Harris and Sifu Chris Columbo
(Liu Seong Gung Fu),
Master Eugene Racaza Nepangue
(Balintawak),
Guro Kibo Kim (Visayan Sovilla Eskrima-Kali),
Training Group Leader Angelo Garcia (Lightning Scientific Arnis),
Master Jhun Occidental (Kapatiran Mandirigma),
Hanshi
Raymond Montoya (Shorin Kempo Karate), and
annual Bushi No Te gatherings since 2014
Dr. Michael
Hume, Guro, Master Instructor -
Master Dr. Hume instructs classes in
Modern Arnis at
The Academy of Modern Martial Arts, in College Station, TX.
He has also taught numerous Modern Arnis seminars
outside of these classes.
He is Dr. Botting's second student
to achieve black belt rank in Modern
Arnis. His current arnis teacher is Master Earl Tullis, of Houston, TX. Guro Dr. Hume maintains an
address. Currently, his ranks are:
7th degree black belt (Chil Dan)
- Tae Kwon Do
5th degree black belt (Lakan Lima)
(1989-present)
Master Dr. Steven Powell
- American Style Tae Kwon Do
(1996-present)
Master Earl Tullis, Guro Dr. Tye Botting,
Guro Abel Martinez, and
the late Professor Remy A. Presas
(1970-1989) various instructors
- Shotokan Karate (Mt. Home, ID)
Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate (Clark AFB, Philippine Islands)
Traditional Moo Duk Kwan Tae Kwon Do (Udorn Thani, Thailand and Richmond, VA)
as well as attending various seminars by such people as:
- Professor
Wally Jay (small circle jujitsu),
George Dillman (kyusho-jitsu),
Bill "Superfoot" Wallace (sparring),
Mike
Sigman (internal strength),
Guro Eric Alexander
Chris
Rivers, Sifu
- Sifu Rivers instructs at
Tye's Kung Fu, and attends regular
Instructor Training Weekends with Sifu Dr. Botting. He is Dr. Botting's fourth student to achieve black sash rank. He maintains an
address. Currently, his rank is:
1st degree black
sash (I Tuan)
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
Level I Instructor
- Si Ping Shaolin Kung Fu
(1999-present)
Sifu Dr. Tye Botting
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
(2005-2006)
Various instructors
- Si Ping City Martial Arts Academy, China
a great
many hours studying the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira as well as attending various seminars by such people as:
- Guru
Mike Casto (sikal) and
Professor
Joe Lansdale (Shen Chuan)
Dr. Dan Nowlan, Sifu
- Sifu Dr. Nowlan has attended and assisted at
Tye's Kung Fu, and attended regular
Instructor Training Weekends with Dr. Botting. Sifu Dr. Nowlan is Dr. Botting's fifth student to reach black sash rank in kung fu. He has moved to Minnesota and is looking to start teaching and training there. He maintains an
address.
Currently, his martial arts ranks are:
1st degreee black sash (I Tuan), 2005
- Northern Shaolin /
Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
high blue belt
(2000-present)
Sifu Dr. Tye Botting
- Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu
(2001-present)
Guro Dr. Tye
Botting and Guro Dr. Michael Hume
as well as attending various seminars by such people as:-
Guru
Mike Casto (sikal) and
Master Earl Tulls (modern arnis)
