A Chinese farmer's neighbours came over to offer him their sympathy after his horse ran away. "I'm not so sure it's a misfortune", said the farmer. The neighbours left, shaking their heads. The next day, the farmer's horse returned, and three wild horses came home with him. The neighbours returned to congratulate the farmer on his good fortune. "I'm not certain that it is good [...]

On Saturday 9th August we had our first outdoor camp and the day kicked off in glorious sunshine. We warmed up with some Tai Chi exercises and then performed the very apt “Salute to the Sun” exercise, which stretches pretty much every muscle in the body, in a nice way. Warmed up by sun and exercise we began practicing our Bagua Tai Chi pattern which [...]

Kung Fu, in ancient times, was a matter of life and death…. It’s the same today… Kung Fu, in ancient times, was a literally a matter of life and death. You trained to avoid death and thereby prolong life. Avoiding death may have been defending yourself in war or from a bandit attack, for example. There would have been a real sense of danger to [...]

We’re allocating August to be trim up month. I want all of you to look great as well as feel great. Any of you that want to get trim, please let me know and we’ll come up with a plan specific to you. Don’t forget that camp will be on Saturday the 9th Aug. See you all in class. Eddie