There is some speculation that the animal that’s celebrating its year this year is a sheep. Yang the Chinese word describing this year can be translated in Ram, Sheep or Goat. However, most experts on folklore believe that the animal is a Goat, not a Sheep, for the following reasons. 1. The Chinese animal calendar was invented by the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic grouping [...]

I like to think of a comfort zone as a bit like a bunker surrounded by barbed wire. Keeps you really safe, you know. It doesn’t take a giant leap of imagination to step outside of the frame of reference and look at it from another angle. It’s amazing how when you change your view that looking out through barbed wire is akin to looking [...]

Physics comes up a lot when we’re training White Crane Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Balance, power delivery and body movement within martial arts are all subject to the laws of physics. Quite often we consider the properties of devices such as springs, cables, rods and other mechanical devices in order to understand how the body can deliver power through each martial art.During this seminar [...]

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]White Crane Kung Fu and Tai Chi is having an Open Evening of taster sessions in its new location – Leinster Cricket Club, Rathmines, Dublin 6 on Wednesday 22nd October.  The classes are free for the evening for all new attendees. One in every five of those attending on the night will receive a free year’s membership – worth 55 euro. The classes are as [...]

Tai chi literally translated means “supreme ultimate” and as a martial art its full title should be Tai Chi Chuan which means “supreme ultimate fist”. Tai Chi is the undiscovered treasure of the West. It is something that has amazing benefits for the young and old.  The health benefits to Tai are numerous but the ones most often cited are stress relief, balance, psychological health and [...]