Never satisfied with “good enough” Richard Gamboa credited over 30 years are impressive by any standard:
• 3rd degree Black Belt Tae Kwon Do
• 3rd Degree in Hawaiian Kempo
• 1st Degree Black Belt Shuai Chiao
• 13 yrs Black Sash Bak Mei White Eyebrow under Jack Moy
• Black Sash Chu Gar Mantis 25 yrs
• Black Sash Jook Lum Mantis 23 yrs
• USA Representative of the ChuKa Mantis Clan
• 109 Standing Chairman of the Hong Kong Chu Gar Tang Lang Cheng Wan MA Association
• Member of the Hip Sing
• Triple Crown Champion (fighting, forms, weapons)
• Placed 3rd on the National Karate Team
• Was on the USA Shuai Chiao Team against Taiwan Police Academy
• Expert in the Chinese 18 Classical Weapons
• 2 yrs experience in Wing Chung
• Brown Belt in Ninjutsu
• 4yrs Northern Shaolin
• 3 yrs. Hung Gar
• Instructor of the Butterfly Hand System
• Skilled in both Northern and Southern Drunken Form
• Champion Lion Dancing 1998
• MA Hall of Fame, 2004
• MA Film Consultant, and Actor
• Owns 3 school ( Chicago , New Jersey , California )
• Seminars nation wide
• Appeared on the Rockford news for women self-defense
• Consulted for the Guardian Angels on Carpentersville Street watch
• Consulted for the “Stranger Danger” program in Illinois
• President of Shaolin Brand
• President of MA of China Historical Society and Hall of Fame
• Owner of Hong Kong Chef Chinese Restaurant
• Degree in Chinese Sports Medicine
• Degree in Tui Na Massage
• Degree in Chinese Herbology
• Produces and distributes Dit Da Jow world wide.
• Stars in the soon to be released TV show OCTF
• Starred in the theatrical play Dracula (part: Dracula)
• Kung Fu instructor in the film festival Broom Stick Closet
• Martial Arts Choreographer on various movies.
Sifu Richard Gamboa has been involved in martial arts from a very young age. With over 30 years experience in the martial arts, his strong determination and effort has helped him achieve black belts in several styles, including but not limited to Jook Lum Southern Mantis, Chu Gar Southern Mantis, Tae Kwon Do, Shuai Chiao, Bak Mei and Kempo. He is a proven champion with true skill having won a triple crown for forms, weapons and sparring, as well as being a Lion Dance Champion and placing 3rd on the US National Karate Team.
To support the martial arts community, Sifu Gamboa has been teaching martial arts for over 20 years and is President of Shaolin Brand Martial Arts Supplies. He is sought worldwide for his knowledge of Southern Praying Mantis, Weapons Forms, Iron Palm Conditioning Skills and Lion Dancing. At Action Kung Fu, his main school just outside of Chicago , his chief interest is the positive effect that martial arts training has on the community to help individuals achieve their full potential. For Sifu Richard, kung fu is more than a sport or form of exercise; it is truly a way of life. This is what he teaches this to his students.