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Dragon Staff Workshop, this Week’s Theme


Hi everyone,

Thanks for a great week last week! Let’s go again, only better. Tonight – forms, dummy, chi sau, kicking and hand strikes. The technical theme is defending and coutering kicks using the footwork / counter striking blueprint.

Mayur’s 7:15pm will have the addition of striking flow drills and technical sparring.

See you there,
Kuen Yao Sum Faat

DRAGON STAFF WORKSHOP

Well it’s here at last. I have not taught this awesome weapon for a few years now. One of my favourite weapons alongside Dragon Pole.

The seminar will include 1st form, plus blocks, tactics and techniques. Pack a lunch it’s going to be a great day. Plus no need to purchase a weapon unless you want your own, as the school has plenty to borrow on the day. That being said, if you want your own Staff, just enquire at the desk with either Amy or myself.

Date and time: Sunday 21st February, 11am – 3pm (4 hours).

Member Prices: $149 no weapon / $199 with a Staff

Purchase Workshop without weapon: https://bit.ly/3tzcAJz 

Purchase Worshop with Weapon: https://bit.ly/3rJkU83 

Non-members add $50.

YOUR MORAL COMPASS

Your moral compass is and will always be your guide. Without it you are a rudderless ship. You may have a goal or destination in mind, but good luck without a compass. More about morals later…look out for the mat chat.

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Tonight’s and Tomorrow’s Classes





Tonight’s 6:30pm class with Vadim is all about palm strikes, back fists and hammer fists! Followed by cross arm sparring to clinch and takedowns.

Tomorrow is 9am with Francey’s killer conditioning class, Wing Chun at 10am and Kids Kung Fu at 11am.

Kids Kung Fu will cover puching combinations, then grips and grappling.

See you on the mat!

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Boxing Class Tonight – Ring Generalship





Greetings and Salutations,

Tonight’s True Boxing Class will cover an extremely important topic – how to control the distance on your opponent.

If the other guy has a reach advantage, or height or hand-speed advantage, you must take the fight to them.

So tonight, we are going to cut off the ring, force our opponent into the corner, and keep them there.

Don’t miss it!

Regards,
Sifu

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Beginners Kung Fu and Martial Arts Classes

Beginners Kung Fu and Martial Arts Classes

Beginner’s Kung Fu starts Wednesday night!

Run as a 4 week course, starting the first Wednesday night of the month at 7:15pm, but open to all active members.

If you have been wanting to get started in martial arts but unsure of when, where and how to begin then this course is for you!

Contact us at info@redboatkungfu.com to book in.

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This Week’s Training and a Change to Thursday Lunch.




Greetings and Salutations,

Well, another intense training week. A big effort from everyone. Respect.

This week is a smorgasbord of traditional drills. Seniors will be concentrating on Chum Kil, Bil Jee, Wooden Dummy and Chi Sau. Blues will be detailing the second half of Sil Lum Tao and trapping hands. White belts will be foundation essentials… see you on the mat.

As some of you may have heard, Andrew will no longer be teaching the lunchtime BJJ class. This is a decision he does not take lightly, so I would like to take this opportunity to share some of your BJJ history. 

At the 1996 Martial Arts Hall of Fame Awards I was hanging out with John Will and he was really pumped about how BJJ was going to change the landscape of martial arts in Australia. He said “Rick, you should really think about integrating it into your system.” 

So John came up and did an amazing seminar, and that was that. We were hooked. We didn’t have mats at the time but we dove in and the rest is history. And a big part of that history is Andrew.

The two of us rolled and rolled and rolled. We both knew how important this discipline was for strengthening our Wing Chun and the future of our system. I may have brought BJJ to our mat, but Andrew has consolidated it. When I could not continue teaching due to injuries, Andrew took up the slack and forged ahead so we never lost momentum.

I am forever grateful for that and countless owe him a huge thanks for the BJJ skills they possess today. 

So once again, thank you old friend, for all your contributions, coming in on Thursdays regardless of numbers and giving your best. I personally look forward to some Sunday sessions with you when my body is able. You’re simply tops in my book.

Much love and respect,
Sifu


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Kids Classes Resume Tomorrow! Plus Tonight’s Kung Fu Theme.





Reminder to parents that the 11am Kids Kung Fu class is back on again as of tomorrow! We hope you all have had an amazing Christmas/New Year break and the kids are ready to get back into it!

Tonight’s 6:30pm Wing Chun class with Vadim will start with bil gee strikes and finish with cross arm sparring… and plenty of goodness in-between!

See you on the mat.


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BJJ Tonight: Peruvian Dozen


Tonight’s 6pm BJJ class is the second part of the Peruvian dozen – attacking turtle and attacking from sprawl. 

See you on the mat.

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Tonight’s Classes: Traditional Drills & Skills with a focus on Movement





Greetings and salutations!

Monday was a detailed study on impregnable defence using pak, tan, bon, wu sao. There’s more to it than that, but these are critical foundation skills.

Tonight will be a feast of Traditional drills and skills with an emphasis on movement plus 6 stretches that activate the posterior, anterior and lateral chains. Perfect prep for any workout. 

See you on the mat.

Kuen Yao Sum Faat.

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IMPREGNABLE DEFENCE…WING CHUN BLUEPRINT…SIFU ON THE MAT

Hi everyone …well first week of coaching under the belt …thursday threw my first sidekicks about hip high on both sides..very very cautious but masive thrill…and definately hope for the future ..my coaching stamina is returning …monday felt like i was hit by a truck but by saturday could barely contain myself …tonight we will be studying part of the defence component of the Wing Chun blueprint ..Impregnable defence …super excited …see you on the mat!

Reminder too that kids and teens classes start this week with 2 on Wednesday (4:15 kids under 10 and 5:10 teens over 10) and 1 on Saturday all ages at 11am.

Next month the 4 week Beginners Course resumes on Wednesday nights (from 4/2/2021) at 7:15pm, to do the course only it’s $99, but anyone with an active membership of any other kind (ie monthly unlimited and 12 Block Passes) can attend for an extra workout or work on your foundations.

See you on the mat.

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DAY 1 Tomorrow’s Facebook Live Stream at 7:15am

Hi everyone …tomorrow morning at 7.15 will be the first class on the revised grading structure …dont miss it …exciting times ahead !

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