Southpaw Martial Arts & Fitness Center

About

Southpaw Martial Arts, located in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a premier martial arts school offering tai chi, meditation, and kickboxing classes. Coach Brett Guidry has 14 years experience training in martial arts starting in Matsubyashi-Ryu karate right here in Acadiana. He achieved the rank of Sandan (3rd degree) black belt in karate before moving to Yantai, China to study Chinese kungfu and culture. He trained under his master, Shifu Guo Xinmen for 2 years in kickboxing, tai chi, bajiquan, wing chun, Qigong, and calligraphy. During his time in China he was awarded certificates for excellent international student 2 times, 7x gold medalist in kickboxing and wushu, and 1x silver medalist.