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Chinese New Year Celebration with Kung Fu Fitness

Chinese New Year Celebration in London China Town

Date: Sun 6th Feb 12-5pm
Where: London China Town

Kung Fu Fitness will perform Tai Chi & Self Defence on stage in London China Town. We got 8 mins to introduce Tai Chi & Self Defence to audiences.

KFF Grading Day

Date: Sat 19th Feb 2-3pm Children, 3-5pm Adults
Where: Tiller Leisure Centre
Cost: £10 per children, £20 per adult (cover venue, belt and certificate)
Dress: KFF t-shirt, black trousers or KFF Kung Fu Suit
Only students and parents are allow to attend.
If you want to take part in grading, speak to me and I will let you know if you are ready or not.

KFF Chinese New Year Family Day & Awards

Date: Sun 20th Feb 12am-5pm
Where: Function Room, Burrells Wharf

Cost: Free
Every one is invited, bring your family & friends! (Ask me for parking permit on the day)
Student wear KFF uniform other dress to impress.

Everyone will bring a national dish and some drinks to share (plate and cup will be provided). I will be cooking, so fingers crossed you guys can tell me If I have Kung Fu skill in cooking.

Entertainment plan:
11:30 Arrival & Set up, Mandarin lesson by Aldrich
12:00 Kung Fu Performance & Kung Fu Panda Dance by Students
12:30 Salsa lesson by Matt
13:00 Chopsticks lesson by Kawah & Lunch

Belt award and medal from grading result!

14:00 Live Acoustic & Classical Guitar by Badger
14:30 Meditation with Voice & Tai Chi lesson by Aldrich
15:00 Salsa lesson by Matt (Salsa Dj Tim & Background Guitar by Badger)
15:30 Kung Fu Film by Chris

Have a lovely Year of the Rabbit on Thur 3rd Feb. Eat more vegetables like rabbit and stay healthy!

How to do Bando Kick Boxing hand wraps

Free online lessons see link... more videos to come.

http://www.kungfufitness.co.uk/index.php/KFF/online-lessons.html

Meaning of Kung Fu

Kung Fu or Gong Fu or Gung Fu (功夫) is a Chinese term often used in the west to refer to Chinese martial arts. Its original meaning is somewhat different, referring to one's expertise in any skill achieved through hard work and practice, not necessarily martial.

In its original meaning, Kung Fu can refer to any skill. Gong Fu (功夫) is a compound of two words, combining 功 (Gong) meaning "achievement" or "merit", and 夫 (Fu) which translates into "human", so that a literal rendering would be "human achievement".

Originally, to practice kung fu did not just mean to practice Chinese martial arts. Instead, it referred to the process of one's training - the strengthening of the body and the mind, the learning and the perfection of one's skills - rather than to what was being trained. It refers to excellence achieved through long practice in any endeavour. You can say that a person's kung fu is good in cooking, or that someone has kung fu in calligraphy; saying that a person possesses kung fu in an area implies skill in that area, which they have worked hard to develop. Someone with "bad kung fu" simply has not put enough time and effort into training, or seems to lack the motivation to do so.

Kung Fu refers to all Chinese martial arts. There are four main pillars in Chinese Martial arts. Each art can be classified as internal (soft) or external (hard) art.

1. 太极 Taichi or Taiji (internal)
2. 八卦 Bagua (internal)
3. 少林 Shaolin (external)
4. 形意 Xingyi (internal)

This does not mean only train internal or external. All Chinese martial arts train both internal and external. e.g Tai Chi is internal art (soft) instead of using force against force, Tai Chi redirect forces. Internal art also known as Qigong or Chigong.

A common saying concerning basic training in Chinese martial arts is as follows:

内外相合，外重手眼身法步，内修心神意气力。

This can be translated as:

Train both Internal and External. External training includes the hands, the eyes, the body and stances. Internal training includes the heart, the mind, the spirit and strength.

Each pillar has many branches and styles. E.g Wing Chun, Hung Gar, Praying Mantis, White Crane and etc… they all originated from Shaolin. As well as many Japanese and Korean martial arts.

At Kung Fu Fitness we teach a wide range of Chinese Martial Arts, that’s why we call Kung Fu Fitness!
In addition we also offer Burmese Martial Arts. Combat Bando and Yoga.

Self Defence + Yoga = Kung Fu Fitness . co .uk

Christmas and New Year present for your love one!

Are you struggling with christmas and new year present for your love one! Afraid of will not receive on time before christmas. Why not get a Kung Fu Fitness gift e-vouchers, value from £50 and more. They can redeem for tailor made private lessons or group classes.

Simple and easy to use theres no waiting for the post man to diliver your voucher. Kung Fu Fitness gift e-Vouchers are quick and easy and are electronically delivered to your email inbox so the chances of lossing it is impossible.

You can buy KFF gift e-vouchers online now, see below link...

http://www.kungfufitness.co.uk/index.php/KFF/gift-e-vouchers.html

New Year's Resolutions!

The Christmas season is a time for New Year's resolutions. Have you achieved last year resolutions? People make them and break them every year. It doesn't have to be that way for you, however, if you keep in mind that a New Year's resolution is no different from any other personal goal. Goals should be SMART: specific, motivating, achievable, relevant, and trackable. You're more likely to actually achieve a goal that meets these criteria.

Are you bore of going to the gym and pump those cold irons in order to improve your health and fitness. Paid your gym membership and only visited once or twice. Why not try something different for this New Year’s resolutions.

Martial Arts are a great way to get fit and learn useful self defence skills at the same time. In addition make new friends and increase your social network. Unlike gym membership requires you to sign a year contract. You can try a class and if you like it you can attend all classes with monthly fee. Mind you the fees are a lot cheaper than most corporate gym.

With one to one private tailor made lesson, you will be surprised how fast you can achieve your goals.

Book private lessons in Jan 2011 and get £10 off for every lesson you booked.

Call Aldrich on: 07595509116

Change your diet...
http://www.kungfufitness.co.uk/index.php/KFF/healthy-diet.html

Review from Healthy for Men Magazine

The inner rewards of martial arts

After three week of regular martial arts training, practitioners will have improvements in blood sugar and pressures, as well as calcium metabolism.

These changes translate into better functioning of the body and brain, and overall risk reduction for such diseases as hypertension, diabetes, heart and respiratory diseases, osteoporosis, anxiety, depression and some cancers.

Martial arts also bring about remarkable change in brain chemistry. Higher levels of serotonin, endorphins and dopamine have been recorded following training.

These will boost moods and increase self-confidence. Those who use the right side of their brain are likely to be better at martial arts as they have superior spatial perception. Aldrich Sawbwa, founder of Kung Fu Fitness, explains: ‘In terms of mental strength, everything we do in life requires self-confidence. By controlling balance and power in martial arts, we learn to control anger. If you can’t focus you can’t see and then you get hit, which is why martial arts are a way of meditation. Even with small amounts of practice you’ll find beneficial effects to mind and body’.