The Art of Being Better

The Art of Being Better

The Art of Being Better Why do I train in the Martial Arts? – I genuinely believe that we should always strive to become better than we were yesterday. We should disassemble our minds, our identities and truly understand what it is that we fear, what it is that...
The Art of Being Better

[Video] Bulgaria Seminer 2019

[Video] Bulgaria Seminer 2019 On 28th July this year, a large group of us headed off for the Kung Fu Zone club’s first-ever training holiday. We stayed in the pretty village of Pismenovo in Bulgaria, enjoying panoramic views of the surrounding countryside from our...
The Art of Being Better

New Year, New You?

New Year, New You? The wonderful thing about a new year is the promise of fresh beginnings and the realignment of goals. The truth is we don’t really need an event like a new year to begin anew or set new goals and targets for ourselves. Still, as humans, the idea of...
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Reconciling the Hard & Soft Approach

Our fourth syllabus form is Shi San Tai Bao. Shi San Tai Bao translates to Thirteen Wonders and is a White Crane form that can be found in some Yongchun White Crane Lineages from Fuzhou. This form is unique, as the name tells us that unlike many external styles of...
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The Three Battles

The Three Battles There are different ways to look at one’s progression within the traditional Chinese martial arts. One way that I like looking at one’s progression is based on our Tiger Crane Combination systems teaching on the three battles. I have...