Click below to see a short Bio of each of our Chapter Presidents:
San Antonio President - Robert Jenkins
San Antonio Vice President - Robert Narvid
Austin Chapter President - Tony Scott
Austin Chapter Vice President - Scott Young
Houston Chapter President - Tim Ward
Robert Jenkins -- Robert Jenkins attained his Black Belt in Hsing-I Kung Fu in 1979 from Sifu Harold Bellamy, becoming his first Black Belt student. Since then, he has continued to enjoy learning, practicing, and teaching Kung Fu and considers it a life long journey.
He is a Sales Manager for the U.S. Postal Service and has been with the organization for over 28 years. He is also currently an instructor with the University of Phoenix, San Antonio Campus, where he teaches Project Management and Quality Management and Productivity courses. He also enjoys riding motorcycles and has two Harley-Davidsons.
Robert Jenkins
e-mail: rdjenkins@txtsta.org
Robert Narvid - Robert Narvid ""Bobby'' initially studied Moo Duk Kwan and Kendo in the early 70's but found the styles incompatible with his philosophy. He was introduced to Hsing-I and Sifu Harold Bellamy by then student Anthony Walker and has been with TST since. Bobby achieved his Black Sash in 1983 and has gone on to teaching intermittently including a 1 year period at Lackland AFB. Bobby currently resides in San Antonio and is a practicing Physical Therapist for over 25 years.
Robert Narvid
e-mail: robertnarvid@txtsta.org
Tony Scott began his study of the internal arts in the late 1970's when he studied YOGA with Esther Vexler of San Antonio. Esther is the oldest YOGA teacher in the state of Texas and highly regarded. In the early 80s he began studying with the TANG SHOU TAO group which had been established by HAROLD BELLAMY. He attained the rank of black sash. He also studied Taiji with Sal DeLaRosa and Horacio Lopez, and Bagua Zhang with John Ethredge. Eventually he opened his own school called "Hsing-I of San Antonio" which he operated for several years. He later moved to San Diego where he studied Tang Shou Tao with MIKE PATTERSON.
Eventually moving back to Texas, he is currently studying Chen Taiji And Chang Chuan(Long Fist) with Dr. Liao Shih-Jen, his finest teacher to date. Dr. Liao is a highly accomplished student of Longfist master, LI MAO CHING and classmate of Dr. YANG JWING MING.
Tony Scott currently teaches Tang Shou Tao, Xingyi, Bagua, Yi Chuan, and Taiji in Austin, Tx. He holds weekly classes Sat and Sun mornings in Fiesta Beach park on the banks of the Colorado River, and holds private classes by appointment.
Tony Scott
e-mail: tonyscott@txtsta.org
Scott Young - Scott began his Xing Yi training in grade school and eventually received a Black Sash just before graduation. Shortly after high school he entered the Army as a Graphics Specialist. After his service Scott moved to Phoenix AZ and began working in the electrical automation and robotics industry. During this time he began studying at the Gracie Jiu Jitsu training academy. He now lives in Austin TX where he works as a Home Energy Efficiency Auditor and studies primarily the Tang Shou Tao method of Xing Yi
Scott Young
e-mail: scottyoung@txtsta.org
Tim has been a black belt since 1984 and is currently living in San Antonio, Texas. He has continued his learning by studying Cheng style Bagua with Master George Hu.
Tim works in the IT industry and teaches kids and Adults in San Antonio.
Tim Ward
e-mail: timward@txtsta.org
website: wutaoma.com
phone: 281-647-9129
