Main Styles

Taichi
Taichi (or Tai Chi) is a set of moving meditation exercise. It incorporates slow, fluid movements with rhythmic breathing patterns, designed to put you in harmony with nature. Taichi was created by the Chen family in a small village in Henan province China. Today Taichi is becoming a very popular modern exercise, practiced by millions of people all over the world.

Chen Style Taichi
Chen style Taichi was created by Chen Wang Ting in the seventeenth century, and is the oldest of all the Taichi styles. The principle of Chen Style Taichi is the pair concept: keeping balance of Yin and Yang, soft and rigid, fast and slow, with a magic method of twining force called Silk-Reeling.

Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin Kung Fu is the origin of Chinese Martial Art. Shaolin kungfu has a vast content and numerous forms. There are some important aspects of gong fu such as: internal kungfu, external kungfu, hard kungfu, light kungfu, qi gong, etc. The internal kungfu mainly focuses on practicing the strength of one's body; the light kungfu focuses on the jump especially; qi gong includes practise and maintenance of qi. Shaolin Kongfu includes hand-to-hand defense as well as the use of weapons. There are forms: staff, spear, broadsword, straight sword, various other weapons, combat, equipments, performance sparring, sparring with weapons, etc.

Wushu
Wushu has over time become a formal branch of study in the performancing arts by the Chinese. It is the most popular national sport in the country of China, and is practised by people of all ages. Modern wushu has shifted it's emphasis from combat to performance, and it is practiced for its method of achieving heath, self-defense skills, mental discipline, recreational pursuit and competition. Wushu is characterized by it dynamic and fluid motions along with its arial kicks, rolling techniques and weapons.

Sanda
“Sanda is the full contact ring sport version of Wushu. The Sanda student learns how to punch, kick and throw, the emphasis of this is on simple and direct combat rather than learning the traditional forms for artistic or cultural value. Techniques in Wushu can be applied for self-defense, Sanda techniques concentrate on one on one combat within a set of rules. Sanda produces powerful fighters with good long, medium and close range techniques.”

Sansao
What is Sansao? It is Chinese for ‘Fighting Arts’
In essence, at this School, it is the applications of martial arts in VERY realistic ‘Everyday Street Self Defence or Attack’ scenarios that will be taught. This ‘attack’ is normally totally unexpected, there are no rules, referees, backup or Police within calling distance – YOU are on your own!

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