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
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...
Apr
30
2012
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...
Apr
23
2012
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...
Apr
19
2012
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...
Mar
22
2012
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...
Feb
19
2012
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...
Feb
02
2012
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...