Artes marciales en Estados Unidos

KUNG FU

https://www.quora.com/Who-brought-the-martial-arts-to-the-United-States

The Chinese martial arts came to the US with Chinese immigrants in the 19th century. When the Chinese martial arts first came to America, they were taught within Chinese communities through the social organizations which organized these communities, which generally restricted membership along native place, lineage or religious lines. It is common for people to say that they didn't teach non-Chinese, but they didn't teach any non-members. So, a guy I know was the first non-Chinese to learn from the lineage of a specific style of Praying Mantis Kung Fu in New York, but he was also the first non-Hakka to learn. I assume there were exceptions to this case, but that was the general rule. Zheng Man Ching was brought to New York to teach for a social organization. But he was willing to teach anyone, and attracted a bunch of hippies who wanted to learn Tai Chi, and the organization eventually kicked him out because of all the long hairs that were hanging around to learn from him.

There were a few non-Chinese who learned martial arts in China before 1949, and taught in the United States. This includes Sophia Delza, a French dancer who studied Wu Style Tai Chi in Shanghai in the 1920s, and later taught in the US, and WE Fairbairn, who learned Chinese martial arts while working for the Shanghai Municipal Police Department. Fairbarin later taught hand to hand combat for the OSS, which was the precursor to the CIA.

GOJU RYU

Nisei goju ryu

Joe Artesi. Olympic Center

Alumno: Eddie Andújar. Campeón de la PKA al vencer a Tom Bakalakis en 1978.

http://americangojuhistorytraditionsvalues.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-is-who-in-american-goju-karate.html

FULL CONTACT, KICK BOXING

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Karate_Association

http://www.worldkickboxingnetwork.com/history/