Laoshi Tess Schwartz

Martial Arts Bio

Tess has been studying martial arts since 1995 starting in Tae Kwon Do and competing in national tournaments. In 1997, she got her 1st Degree in Tae Kwon Do under Grandmaster Chul Wu Lee in Chicago. 

 In 2000-2003 Tess studied Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu under Sifu Rick Gamboa in Algonquin, IL. Since then, she moved to Florida in 2004 and started training martial arts under Shi-fu Kam Lee. Laoshi Tess is an ardent competitor. Hard working and diligent, she is also very creative when it comes to creating forms for her competition.

Since 2005 till 2017, she had won 57 Gold medals, 8 Silver, 10 Bronze and 4 Grand Championship titles! She was also inducted into the International Chinese Martial Arts Circuit, ICMAC Instructor Hall of Fame in 2019. She is presently a 5^th Generation Wuzuquan “5 Ancestors Fist” and 13^th Generation Chen Family Taijiquan successor under the tutelage of Master Kam Lee.

Position:

• Instructor - Kids Martial Arts Program
• A. Instructor -  Adult Martial Arts Program