About Us

White Tiger Family Martial Arts (WFTMA) is an educational, non-profit program dedicated to educating and training youth for a better future.
This program works in partnership with school districts and city recreational programs to provide youth with affordable high-quality instruction. Our mission is to develop a more fit, focused, respectful, and disciplined youth. We teach that there is nothing free in life and that it takes hard work and effort to achieve goals.
We are not affiliated with any commercial schools, which require contracts and charge over $100 a month per child plus testing fees of $50 to $1000 per each belt level. Unfortunately, professional sales and marketing have taken over martial arts making money the focus. When looking for a school/instructor, please be aware that there is no regulatory body in martial arts and anybody can open a school and claim to be a master. Beware of schools that will not provide prices over the phone and bait you in with specials leading to contract obligations.
Additionally, in contrast to commercial schools, which teach a limited curriculum and focus on a single style, we utilize the best from many styles and give your child a well-rounded experience in martial arts. This experience could not be attained anywhere else at any price. Sifu Mayberry has received training and continues to train with some of the highest level grandmasters in the world. He has combined the accumulation of their knowledge and experience into an understandable and practical format (combining old with new in a fun and safe environment), where hardwork and effort are the criteria for advancement rather than money .
The philosophy of teaching is to go from the simple to more complex in a stepwise process using the "inch by inch, it's a cinch" teaching method [i.e., hard style karate / taw kwon do to the flowing styles of kung fu (such as Jackie Chan / Jet Li)]
Tiger Kids is a member club of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), which, since 1888, has been the largest youth, non-profit, multi-sport organization helping athletes achieve their goals from the grass roots to the Junior Olympics.

The TIGER DIFFERENCE: Learn more and pay less - from the most accredited and certified instructor in the area

About the Classes

Your child will be learning the basic foundational moves of martial arts including blocks, punches, and kicks of karate and tae kwon do and the stances of kung-fu. Advanced forms/weapons are introduced as your child progresses.
Exercises for conditioning and flexibility will be used for warm-up. The program also uses bag kicking, games, and padded sword and staff sparring to develop skills and to practice techniques.
Stranger awareness and some self-defense techniques will also be taught.
Classes run 45 minutes for beginners and 30 minutes for Tiny Tigers. Yellow belts and more advanced students stay longer. Classes run year round. If your child misses a class, he/she can go to another location to make it up.
Classes run year-round in 7 week blocks and are held in several locations. See the schedule for details.
NOTE: This class is designed for self-defense purposes only. We do not teach bullying tactics. Respect for the instructor and fellow classmates is expected at all times. Any student creating problems will not be permitted to continue in the course.

About the Instructors

Chief Instructor Mitch Mayberry has over 45 years of training and more than 35 years of teaching. The instructors below were personally trained and certified within the White Tiger program. Tap or click any instructor to open the full profile, certifications, and photos.

About the Styles

The White Tiger curriculum draws from Japanese / Okinawan, Korean, Chinese, and Filipino systems. Each regional grouping below contains individual style cards. Open any card to view the full background, lineage highlights, and related images.

Selected Certificates

The following gallery represents a cross-section of the many certificates and affiliations connected to the styles above. Use the arrows or swipe to browse, then click to enlarge.

About the Forms

The forms curriculum spans basic empty-hand material, Okinawan and Japanese kata and weapons, Chinese systems, and Filipino martial arts. Each card below preserves the original form listings for that track.