Thursday, June 11, 2009

sun salution

This is great it caught the actual sun as he did it.

grandmaster jim

just kidding he isnt he is the caretaker and will kick our asses if we dont finish the class on time

Don with the nunchaku


Don demonstrates a crossover swing with the nunchaku very deadly very effective its like a figure 8 motion and for what it si it does the damage.

end part of kick

as u can see well executed nice form

Robs kick

as u can see would u like to stand next to this ha ha

dragon stamp from different angle

Tom shows this kick from back angle


the dragon stamp kick


graham and ashley attack defend


here we see a good defense against an overhead attack

Rob practicing kicks

si gung showing nunchaku defense

here we see connor defend against don's attack

nunchaku defense

here we see don block an attack from connor

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

shar inside the circle being attacked by men

here we have roleplay which we do we, take in turns to attack shar and she defends not to worry this is a picture Tom wont actually attack with the broad sword

snake stance A.K.A pu bu

here we see the snake stance or pu bu or some may even call drop stance, this stance is good for developing balance flexibility and strength regular practice of stances will indeed help us later in life.

shar demonstrates the horse stance

Here we see shar do the horse stance or ma bu stance it is the most common stance in gong fu stances are very important without no balance no strength nothing . sifu may ask u do do low ma bu when he feels ur ready.

connor


here we see connor demonstrate a part of a kuen or quan or kata if one wants to call it that.

Tiger claw

connor demonstrates the tiger claw

Don with the nunchaku

here don does a pose with the nunchaku or in chinese shuang jei guan thats the pin ying for it we sometimes practice with an iron pair which builds up strength in ur shoulders foreams and hands.

go shar go!!

yep pretty much or asses are in trouble women given the correct training can just be as a effective as men however a woman is best better to use her palm in attacks or elbows ... due to build not the fist ...

dave shows a tiger in ma bu stance

here we see dave show us the ma bu with tiger claw

basic china

instructor Tom demonstrates a very vicious but basic chin-na attack for self defence only

the palm works well for women

as u can see shar nicely threw connor off balance with a palm strike...

oh that hurt i bet!

shar shows whoes boss with this kick taken from the first quan(kuen)

basic chin-na

shar does this basic chin-na two finger snap.

guang dao clash with broadsword

Tom clashes with dave ...

Chin-na

again shar does a finger break

cross over stance to crane

Thomas and dave demonstrate a clash with stances

jumping attack with broadsword

Tom leaps and shows a landing attack using a broadsword

Sunday, June 7, 2009


the present school...

Thumb break



a simple thumb break technique quite painful ...this is demonstrated by Tom the thumb can be manipulated in several directions.

arm take down

many of the locks hold restrains have come in useful for people working in the security field,door work, women can easily use this methods techniques etc to great effect.