Southern Crane Kungfu Summer Camp Diary 2014

By Sami Kargupta Day 1 The sun was shining and there was a light breeze blowing, offsetting the heat and making the weather nigh-on perfect. We were to set off from Sutton, our destination being the seaside town of Weymouth. We...

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Success for all at SCK’s summer camp

Southern Crane Kungfu recently held a training camp in Weymouth on the south coast of England, where a group of hard working students studied the finer points of their martial art under a burning but very welcome sun, overlooking...

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How Southern Crane Kungfu has changed my life for the better

By Julia Foggo, junior student, Southern Crane Kungfu Six months ago I wanted a new challenge, not just for my fitness but also something that would hold my interest and help me get to know people outside of my working...

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From World of Warcraft to kungfu fighting

By Sami Kargupta, student, Southern Crane Kungfu “Stop playing video games and do something productive!” The dulcet tones carried into my room, disrupting my epic session on World of Warcraft. The voice belonged to my father, who was clearly jealous of...

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New Kid’s Class at SCK!

We are very pleased to announce that thanks to the massive popularity of our Thursday night kungfu class for children, we are now opening a new class for kids on Monday night, at the same time and place, from...

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Winter Kungfu!

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...

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Give something back

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...

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Training perspective, from A to Z

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...

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From Russia to the UK

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...

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Kungfu kickers raise money for CF Trust

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...

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