Super Kicks Martial Arts Academy
Super Kicks Kung Fu is a martial arts and training center located in Plainfield, Illinois. Super Kicks opened its doors in August of 2003 to address the need for a traditional Shaolin Kung Fu academy in the southwestern suburbs of Chicago. Currently, we have nearly 200 students and our enrollment continues to grow.
The school is directed by Master Gia Wilson and Sifu Charles Wilson. Master Gia is a seventh degree Black Sash in Shaolin Kung Fu. She has trained with International champions such as 1988 Olympic Tae Kwon Do Gold Medalist Arlene Limas. Master Gia has competed and won on virtually every level of martial arts competition.
Sifu Charles has a diverse martial arts background which features Kung Fu but also includes Tae Kwon Do, Brazilian Jujitsu, Kickboxing, American Freestyle Karate and Western Boxing. Combined, Gia and Charles have over 30 years of teaching experience.
Super Kicks is part of the Tsai family Shaolin Chuan Fa Kung Fu System under Grandmaster John Chi Yaun Tsai. Grandmaster Tsai began his Kung Fu training in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, at the age of seven. Master Tsai studied under Great Grandmaster Si-Chun San (a traditional Shaolin Kung Fu stylist, universally respected and considered by many as the world's foremost expert at the time), and the Honorable Great Grandmaster Wu-Chen Zhan (fifteenth generation Grandmaster of the Plum Flower Kung Fu system and considered the Kung Fu treasure of Taiwan).  Grandmaster Tsai founded the first Shaolin Temple in Chicago in the early 70's and has established twenty-six schools in the Midwest as well as being a vital contributor to the largest martial arts tournament held in the Midwest duringKung Fu schools under the Tsai Family system have trained some of the top fighters in the Midwest and around the country. Our system has yielded students holding National, World and Olympic Gold medal championship titles. They include Olympic Gold Medalist Arlene Limas and National champions Master Kaimin Kenny Tsai and Master Waysun Johnny Tsai. Other notables include Don “The Dragon” Wilson, Frank LeBron, Steve Abbate, Kevin Grissum, Mike Locanti, Rocky Lombardo, Fred Miller, John Springer, Charlie Webb, Glenn Wilson and Master Tim Wright. Super Kicks Kung Fu continues this tradition with its instructors and several students who compete in all areas of the martial arts.