Dec
20
2012
By Morgann Campbell, a six year old Southern Crane Kungfu Kids Class Student
The stars are out, and Thursday night is here!
On with my sash, quick let’s make a dash,
As quick as a flash.
Horse stance,
Tiger swipe,
Cat stance...
Nov
06
2012
Welcome to autumn! This is the season of festivals, with Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, Samhain, and Guy Fawkes Night here with us right now, we also have the festive build up to Yule Tide, Christmas, and many...
Nov
06
2012
Southern Crane Kungfu assistant instructor, Jon Evans, talks about how he sees the patterns training in our styles of kungfu.
"My kungfu is different from yours. Your kungfu is different from the person you stand next to in class. That’s...
Nov
06
2012
Here, one of our younger members, Sami Hoq, speaks about his move from Russia where he was born and where he began to learn karate, to the UK where he was convinced to start kungfu by his brother, another...
Sep
28
2012
By Heather McLean, Instructor, Southern Crane Kungfu
On Thursday 27 September Southern Crane Kungfu Kids’ class raised over £1,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust in an hour long kickathon. Students aged from four to eight years old beat their target...
Sep
25
2012
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...
Aug
21
2012
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...
Aug
16
2012
By Sam Nicklin, Student, Southern Crane Kungfu
Ever since I was a kid I’ve always wanted to study in martial arts, so when the day came that I would finally be going to my first kungfu class I was both...
Aug
13
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...
Jul
05
2012
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...