Weymouth Camp success

At the end of August SCK hit Weymouth with an armful of keen students for a weekend kungfu camp in the sun. Over the course of the weekend students learnt a rare Yong Tai Tiger Boxing pattern named Baby...

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Respect your style

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu No matter what style of martial art or martial sport you have chosen, it is important to dedicate yourself to that style. This is not only a matter of commitment in order to...

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Legacy of London 2012

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu After the two most amazing weeks, the London 2012 Olympics is finally over. What an inspiration to all of us Team GB, and every other team in the event, has been. A Games...

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Why kungfu is better than the gym

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu Over the years I’ve heard students say some funny things, and some that are downright irritating. From miss-translations of movements, such as where ‘the lobster throwing out its pincers’ somehow becomes ‘the crab...

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Don’t walk before you can run

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu At Southern Crane Kungfu we teach patterns to students at a faster speed than they would be taught by Masters in China, but at a much slower speed than many UK-based martial art...

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Biggest event of health Qigong ever held in the UK

Some 300 people welcomed the modern practice of the ancient art of Health Qigong to the UK last weekend (Saturday 21 April 2012) at a Health Qigong event held in Epsom, Surrey. Visiting Chinese professors and teachers demonstrated the...

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Going for Gold at the BCCMA Championships

By Ken Sim, student, Southern Crane Kungfu My alarm clock went off very early on a Sunday morning in May last year. As I was waking up my first thought was that the day had finally arrived, the day of...

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The most important pattern

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu I have been asked several times over the past couple of weeks about San Zhan, the first of the basic 16 patterns in our system, by new members. The first question I have...

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You need soft qi gong

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu People come to us to learn kungfu, thinking it will be great fun to learn to hit things while getting fit. Few come to us to learn Shuang Yang, our Taoist Temple style...

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Year of the Dragon: Work hard

By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu Welcome to the year of the Dragon! The Dragon, one of the 12 creatures in the Chinese astrological cycle and the only mythological member, spells a year of good luck and prosperity for...

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