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  • End of 2017 is near..

    Hello All

    My back issues had persisted much longer than anticipated but i am for the most part on the mend. But unfortunately my Instructor has ceased classes for the Holidays while he recovers from Surgery. So when he returns i will continue the classes again in 2018, but as i write in my last post i’ll be trying out other Martial Art systems such as Hung Gar, TKD and Taichi.

    I did in fact try a Hung Gar class before my back pain came back again and it was fantastic, the students and instructors were all focused, putting 100% into the class, with a strong emphasis on overall fitness and the basics of punches and kicks with Pads and such. There was even a little bit of forms work near the end of the 2 hours class. I did have asthma-like problem at the beginning of the class as it was a particularly cold night that day, which effected my chest. But it did not ruin the overall experience.

    I was not expecting the Hung Gar to be as good as it was, especially the students. But i was really impressed with the quality being exhibited compared to various Wing Chun classes and seminars I’ve witnessed.

    So i end this with hoping that you will all continue your own training into 2018. Have a great christmas and a new year 🙂

    MA

  • Session 17 – Shuang Yang & Sanzhan

    I had notes from Session 17 so i thought i should document what i recall from the session back in April.

    We focused again on the two forms Shuang Yang and Sanzhan as well as the hand pushing drills were covered prior to those. At the time i was doing the physically harder classes as i want to improve my overall physical fitness as some of the advance forms in white crane are quite demanding.

  • Hi Folks

    Long time no post – Sorry everyone for this.  Life has been very very busy with Work, Wedding preparations and so forth.

    So as soon as my back pain has gone away i will be getting back to training. This will not just be Bai Hi Quan (White Crane) but also i am looking into additional systems to study , this may either be Karate or Taekwondo. Tai Chi is also on the list for me to check out as there is a new instructor in the area.

    It also looks like i have much work to do with the look of the site as well to think about.

    I’ll be posting again soon guys 🙂

    MA

  • Session 16 – 14th February – White Crane Gung fu

    So i did two hours session today. Alot of warn ups and we all worked on the shuang yang and sanchin forms. We practised the palm facing  down strikes for the last 10 minutes of the class.

    Ill update this post further tomorrow 🙂

    MA

     

  • Session 15 – 9th Feb – My Gung fu Journey

    Hi Folks

    i did a one hour class today. We did more warm ups than usual as it was a particularly cold evening. We practised one of the Shuang yang techniques on some air shields today, we made good progress getting the movement synced up to deliver the strike sigh weight behind it. We then practised a similar move with 1 hand near the face for defence and the other an open palm (tan sau- looking) against the face to destabilise the opponent.

    we then practised a form of our choosing. I focused on sanzhan. I got further than the 3 steps forward and 3 steps back.

     

    ill polish up this post more tomorrow. Goodnight!

     

    MA