Martial Arts Family Tree

Primary Instructors (Chronological Order: Name of Teacher & Style or Art)

1. Master John Leoning (Kajukenbo Kenpo Karate & Kung Fu)
2. Master Isao Takahashi (Aikido)
3. Master Richard Wan (Yau Kung Moon Kung Fu)
4. Grandmaster Ralph Shun (5 Family/5 Animals Kung Fu & Yang Tai Chi Chuan)
5. Grandmaster Haumea “Tiny” Lefiti (Mok Ga/Monk Fist Kung Fu & Lima Lama)
6. Grandmaster Ark Yuey Wong (5 Family/5 Animals Kung Fu)
7. Grandmaster Share K. Lew (Tao Tan Pai Kung Fu & Nui Kung/Chi Kung)
8. Master Chao Li Chi (Yang Tai Chi Chuan)
9. Grandmaster Doo Wai (Bak Fu Pai Kung Fu)
10. Sifu Peggy Knorr (Yang Tai Chi Chuan)
11. Dr. York Why Loo (Tai Chi Chuan & Lu Ho Ba Fa)
12. Master Daniel Mizukami (Aikido)
13. Sifu Richard Quintero (Pa Kua Chang)
14. Grandmaster Remy Presas (Modern Arnis)
15. Grandmaster John Fey (Kung Fu, Tai Chi Chuan, Hsing-I, Pa Kua Chang, Lu Ho Ba Fa, Tai-I Chuan, Da Cheng Chuan, Nei Kung/Chi Kung)
16. Grandmaster Al Garza (Matrix System & Lima Lama)
17. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang (Chen Tai Chi Chuan)

Secondary Instructors and Advisors

1. Grandmaster Edmund K. Parker (Kenpo Karate)
2. Grandmaster Tino Tuiolosega (Lima Lama)
3. Master Ron Chapel (Kenpo Karate)
4. Master John Yee (Hung Gar & Shaolin Kung Fu)
5. Master George Xu (Chen Tai Chi Chuan)
6. Grandmaster Zhang Xia Xin (Chen Tai Chi Chuan)

Professor Carl Totton’s Current Martial Arts Rankings

• 1970: Black belt/sash in kung fu & Chinese karate from Ralph Shun
• 1971: Instructor’s certificate in the 5 Family Style of kung fu from Ark Yuey Wong
• 1971: Instructor’s certificate in kung fu & Chinese karate from Ark Yuey Wong
• 1973: Instructor’s certificate in kung fu from Haumea “Tiny” Lefiti
• 1974: Senior instructor’s certificate in 5 Family & 5 Animals kung fu from Ark Wong
• 1974: Instructor’s certificate in Bak Fu Pai (white tiger) kung fu from Doo Wai
• 1975: 3rd degree black belt from Hsu Hong Chi’s Tang Shou Tao Assn. in Taiwan, Republic of China
• 1983: Instructor’s certificate in kenpo karate from Ron Chapel in Ed Parker’s IKKA
• 1985: 5th degree black belt in kenpo karate from Ron Chapel in Ed Parker’s IKKA
• 1987: Master of Martial Arts Certificate (Bak Fu Pai) by Doo Wai
• 1991: 7th degree black belt in kenpo karate from Worldwide Kenpo Karate Association
• 1997: Grandmaster, 9th duan black sash from Cloud Forest World Chinese Martial Arts Association
• 1999: 7th degree black belt in Limalama from Tino Tuiolosega
• 1999: 9th degree black belt in kenpo-jujitsu from American Federation of Jujitsu
• 2005: Recognized as Founding Grandmaster of the Core System of Shaolin Chuan Fa and promoted to the “rank beyond ranks”, Sijo: Founding Grandmaster by the Whipping Willow Martial Arts Association