POW kickboxing, offers Brazilian jiu-jitsu, thai boxing, krav maga, western boxing, and kung fu. It is located on 950 W. Washington in the loop 312.829.7699. Talk to Dino Spencer and tell him Scott sent you.
Hong-Chao Zhang
Chinese Gong-Fu Institute.
4614 N. Western. (Its on the Brown train at Western)
Ph 773 728 8682
Ken Harnish
Direct Student of Ho Kam Ming , Direct Student of Yip Man .
This is probably one of the best Wing Chun schools in the country . http://www.chicagowingchun.com/about/sifu.htm
Check these guys out in the South Loop
Monitor Bambu
Axe Capoeira
1329 S Michigan Ave (2nd Floor)
Chicago, Illinois 60605
773-368-4777 http://www.axechicago.com/
Wicker Park :
Groupo Resistencia Nago
Professor Ulisses
1341 N Western
Green Door
Chicago, Illinois 60622
773-272-6325 Ulisses
First class Free
Carlson Gracie teaches in Chicago .
Better than Dino for the same style of training , IMO . http://www.graciejiujitsu.net/
Ive done enough with the Products of both schools to hold thisd Opinion . I get payed to show up in that Direction often enough ...
Im shot on Time today . So lets cut to it ...
The fact is that when we REALLY get down to this I think that its going to boil Down into a
"Jack Of All Trades Versus Master Of One"
Style argument , Ant I think Gracie makes better Masters of one , wich Ive ALWAYS felt makes better Fighters . I think that Platypus-Stylists get wrecked against ppl that have one core system with a little Blancing after theyve mastered said system versus someone that tries to do everything and the kitchen sink at once .
And We can go back and forth citring certqain Sportive Standouts on both sides of the Coing , but for the MOST PART this is how MOST HUMANS learn best . Are there some Physical Geniuses that break the rule ? Sure . But even in Sportive (MMA) Circles the top guys are typically thought of as one thing or another with just enough Training in something else to get by/Get back to their favored gameplan .