Kung Fu Styles at the Academy
All of the following styles of Chinese Kung Fu are part of our weekly training schedule. However, some of them are offered in optional classes, but all of them can be trained full-time if you wish to. |
Shaolin Kung Fu is the origin
of all Chinese martial arts and more than 1500 years old. The
Shaolin temple and its monks are best known and admired in all the
world. Shaolin Kung Fu training includes power, indurance, flexibility,
smoothness and mind - everything an excellent martial artist
needs.
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Tai Ji is an internal style
of Chinese Kung Fu and the most widely practiced martial art in the
world today. It is based on the principle of the soft overcoming the
hard. The term 'Tai Ji' refers to the ancient Chinese concept of the
interplay between two opposite yet complementary forces
(Yin and Yang).
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Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese energy
practice. 'Qi' means energy, 'Gong' means work. It is based on
the Chinese concept of Qi flowing through the body. Qigong is a
self-healing art that combines movement and meditation.
It is used for medical and health purposes and to improve ones martial
arts practise.
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Sanda is the Chinese way of kickboxing.
It is also called 'Sanshou', which roughly translates as "actual
combat". The simple concept of Sanda is two people fighting
against each other without weapons.
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Baji is a school of traditional
Chinese Marital Arts that features explosive, short range power.
It was also known as "rake fist" due to the fist being held loosely and
slightly open when not striking, resembling a rake. It
also involves many downward strike moves, like a rake's movement in the
field.
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Bagua Zhang is one of the three
orthodox internal styles of Chinese martial arts (the other two being
Xingyi and Tai Ji). 'Ba Gua' translates to eight trigrams,
'Zhang' means palm and designates Bagua as a style of martial arts,
which emphasizes the use of the open hand in preference
to the closed fist.
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Xingyi is known as one of the
excellent traditional Chinese internal styles, emphasizing not only on
training the body but also the mind. Xingyi focuses on the unity
between the external form and internal energy.
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