Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, July 25-27
Lil’ Leopards
In Lil’ Lepoard’s we utilized our colourful scarves to work on our balance and hand/eye coordination. By throwing the scarves in the air, catching them with different parts of our bodies, all while trying to stay strong on our feet, we are developing key physical skills that we will carry forward in our Kung Fu.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you a butterfly breath.
Tiny Tigers
This week in Tiny Tigers, we played a bridge building game. By using a variety of items (dots, a shield, and rubber feet) they found a way to construct a “bridge” that their team could safely cross. We like to use creative games like this to encourage the students to work together as a team, each of them contributing and utilizing their individual strengths. This type of game also encourages problem solving, a corner stone skill that we all need in order to succeed in whatever we might do.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to do 3 sit-ups.
Young Dragons Level 1 & 2
In our Young Dragons classes this week we focused on our Wuxin curriculum. In chinese, Wuxin translates to “no mind”. When applied to our Kung Fu, it means having the ability to react and apply our lessons, without thought, in a realistic situation. Above and beyond the physical component of self defence, is our ability to remain calm in stressful situations. If we can’t remain calm, our technique will quickly be lost in the panic. To develop this, we will often practice with partners. Working with a real-life partner helps us to become more assertive and more confident in our movements, while in a safe environment. The more realistic our practice, the more likely we will be able to apply these things in a real-life situation.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they have done their homework (if they have forgotten, it was to practice the opening bow of Stick form).
Special Announcements for All Classes
No announcements at this time.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, July 18-20
Lil’ Leopards
One of the biggest things we focus on with the younger students is balance. Balance is an integral component in the martial arts. We need to be solid and strong on our feet and in our stances in order to perform almost any technique competently. This week we used an obstacle course with a variety of obstacles that challenged the students to test their balance in really fun ways.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they know the name of the instructor in the picture above.
Tiny Tigers
In addition to balance drills, we also worked on some of the Keystone Fundamentals of martial arts, such as kicks and punches. These basic techniques not only provide important physical conditioning, but are, of course, very important aspects of self defence. We learn to fight so that we never have to.
And this week was extra special because we got to practice our techniques on Bob!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they know the name of the instructor in the picture above.
Young Dragons Level 1 & 2
In our Young Dragons classes this week we utilized scarves to practice several parts to various forms. From a technical standpoint, the use of colourful scarves provide a visual for the students to truly see the path their hands take when performing certain techniques. It also gives them something to focus on when we are trying to make our movements really big and exaggerated. From a “fun” standpoint, utilizing the scarves provides an opportunity for the kids to get creative with their movements. We will often perform the techniques different ways. such as with our eyes closed, super slow, super fast, etc. Practicing our Kung Fu in these different ways often provides insight into many things such as what methods make us feel calmer, which make the techniques easier or harder, or which allow us to really feel how how body is moving.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they can name one of their instructors.
Special Announcements for All Classes
No announcements at this time.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, July 11-13
Lil’ Leopards
Because young children learn the best through play, we often utilize games to develop our Kung Fu skills. This week in Lil’ Leopards we played our “shark” game. In an ocean of coloured dots, the students were challenged to find a safe path through the “sharks”. This type of game not only develops our spacial awareness and problem solving, but also our balance and reflexes because we have to react quickly while also being careful not to fall off the dots into the shark infested waters!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they know their last name.
Tiny Tigers
In all classes, including the Tiny Tigers, we often utilize our warm ups for both static and dynamic stretching. Both types are incredibly important for our overall physical conditioning. Through stretching we increase our flexibility and strengthen our muscles, including all the tiny little ones we don’t use very often, while also learning how to take good care of them so they stay strong and healthy for many, many years. Dynamic stretching, in particular, helps us develop our balance and control. This is vital in mastering many of our Kung Fu techniques, especially kicks, where we need to utilize many muscles, all while standing, or pivoting, on one foot. In the clip above, you will see the students doing one of their favourite dynamic stretches that we call “roll back and splat”!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to do 3 “roll back and splats”.
Young Dragons Level 1
A primary focus in Young Dragons Level 1 this week was the Vocabulary of Motion curriculum. This includes “combinations”, where we combine 2, 3, 4 (or more!) techniques into one sequence (or sentence) that flows with speed and precision. This is high level curriculum that will be a staple in the students’ training as they progress up the ranks and is integral as they begin to spar. We specifically worked on an advanced combination called “Jab/Reverse/Roundhouse/SpinningBack-kick”, which you can see them practicing in the clip above.
Kung Fu At Home: Remind your child about the Horse Stance Challenge given to them by Sifu Rybak!
Young Dragons Level 2
In our Young Dragons level 2 class, we seized an opportunity to work on our forms in small groups, utilizing our many black belt instructors. Some of our students were lucky enough to spend that time 1-on-1! If ever in doubt on what to practice, we will always recommend practicing forms. A single form repetition allows our students to practice a variety of skills and techniques (kicks, punches, blocks and strikes), while also challenging both mind and body in things like balance, flexibility, strength, stamina, intent, flow and harmony. A single form includes an enormous wealth of knowledge and an infinite number of lessons. It doesn’t take long to learn a form, but it will take a lifetime to master. This week’s focus was specifically on 2 of our school forms, Lao Gar and Da Mu Hsing.
Kung Fu At Home: Remind your child about the Horse Stance challenge given to them by Sifu Rybak!
Special Announcements for All Classes
No announcements at this time.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, July 4-6
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we played our “Pit of Doom” game. Using a large space filled with various “stepping stones” such as small coloured dots, large padded shields and long skinny belts, the students are tasked with finding their way from one side to another by stepping on certain objects, and avoiding others. This game incorporates fun and imagination, while also developing important physical skills like balance, speed and agility. It also provides a means for the students to practice problem solving, while testing, and pushing, their physical capabilities and turning “I can’t” into “I can”.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you “red light” and “green light”.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we utilized the same “Pit of Doom” game that we played in Lil’ Leopards, reaping all those same benefits. In addition, we had some animal races where we mimic the movements and physical attributes of different animals. Gorillas, snakes and bears are a few examples. By copying animals, who move very naturally and instinctively, we can learn how our own bodies move and react, eventually learning how to maximize our own speed and strength.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the 3 rules of concentration are.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
In our Young Dragons classes we focused on our Traditional Tenets curriculum, specifically practicing our dragon dancing. Not only is our dragon dancing a traditional, historical aspect of our Kung Fu training, it is used to develop many skills such as stamina (it is 95% running), strength (those poles aren’t light) and agility (we need to be quick and precise to get into those complicated poses). It also provides us with lessons in teamwork and shows us that when we each do our part, we can accomplish some really amazing things. This lesson holds true far beyond Kung Fu, and will impact our ability and desire to contribute to the world outside of the Kwoon.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child who they follow in a dragon dance (the answer is the person in front of them).
Special Announcements for All Classes
The next Open Training is this Saturday, July 15 from 10am-noon.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, June 27-29
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we practiced balancing on the beams and kicking on the heavy bags. We also got to go inside the lions!!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what part of the lion you look through when you are inside.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we worked on our balance using bean bags. We also got to do an obstacle course AND go inside the lions!!
Kung Fu At Home: Time your child holding a crane stance and see how long they can hold it!
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we focused on our Dynamic Control Curriculum and practiced with our sticks. We also spent a large portion working on our kicks and then finished the week with some bean bag games.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you the opening bow to our Stick form. (If they don’t have a stick at home, a broom or mop works just as well!)
Special Announcements for All Classes
Silent River Kung Fu’s I Ho Chuan team will be performing at Heritage Park in Stony Plain TOMORROW for July 1, Canada Day. There will be a lion dance, dragon dance and personal demonstrations. We’d love to see you there!
The next Open Training is Saturday, July 15 from 10am-noon.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, June 20-22
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we practiced our kicks and punches by doing relays on the heavy bags.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you there favourite animal pose.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we worked on various techniques and skills using our Circle of Dots game and ended the week with relays.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you their favourite kick.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we used our “Gumby Game” to develop our eye for detail. We also worked on one of our main forms, Lao Gar and then finished the week with an obstacle course.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you the proper foot position for a front thrust kick.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Silent River Kung Fu’s I Ho Chuan team will be performing at Heritage Park in Stony Plain for July 1, Canada Day. There will be a lion dance, dragon dance and personal demonstrations. We’d love to see you there!
The next Open Training is Saturday, July 15 from 10am-noon.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, June 13-15
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we utilized colourful scarves to hone our reflexes and hand-eye coordination.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to do 2 kicks with each leg.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we practiced team work and dynamic control with our parachute. We also worked on various techniques like kicks and punches with our relay drill.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you a proper fist (no thumbs tucked in!!).
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we continued with our Wuxin curriculum and worked on our takedown situation with partners. We also focussed on our Lion dancing and learned how to “stalk the lettuce” and even did some drumming!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to name one of the drumming patterns.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Silent River Kung Fu’s I Ho Chuan team will be performing at Heritage Park in Stony Plain for July 1, Canada Day. There will be a lion dance, dragon dance and personal demonstrations. We’d love to see you there!
The next Open Training is Saturday, July 15 from 10am-noon.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, June 6-8, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we practiced various skills and techniques using an obstacle course.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you their tiger hands.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we utilized scarves to develop our reflexes and hand-eye coordination.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to name one of their instructors.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we focused on our Wuxin curriculum and practiced single and double arm wrist escapes. We also worked on our Lion dancing and even practiced inside the Lions!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to name one of the school’s Lions.
Special Announcements for All Classes
There will be Open Training tomorrow, June 10 from 10-noon.
Thank-you to everyone that came out for the Farmer’s Day Parade! It was a fantastic time.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, May 23-25, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we practiced our relays and our pool noodle sword fighting in preparation for the Tiger Challenge.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to name all 5 animals of Kung Fu.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we got to do two of our most favourite things, pool noodle fighting AND an obstacle course! I think we are well prepared for the Tiger Challenge tomorrow!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to see how high they can keep their knee in a crane stance.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we did a lot of preparation for the Tiger Challenge with hand forms practice, weapon form practice, board breaking and even practiced tournament protocol and etiquette.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the name of their Kung Fu school is.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Tiger Challenge tomorrow!!!! Can’t wait to see you all there!
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, May 16-18, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we practiced our hand-eye coordination with our ball circle game. We also developed our team work with a ball relay!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you a crane stance and see if they can hold it for 10 seconds.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we worked on our stamina and agility with relay races to the heavy bags. We also used our ball circle game to practice our patience, listening and hand-eye coordination.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to do 3 front thrust kicks on each leg.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we focussed on our Vocabulary of Motion curriculum with various sparring drills. We also worked on our Hsieh Chien and Lao Gar forms.
In preparation for the Tiger Challenge we talked about board breaking and practiced some of our techniques that we can use for that event.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to hold a perfect horse stance for 15 seconds.
Special Announcements for All Classes
The Tiger Challenge is less than a week away Saturday May 27. Registration is required. Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information and access to the registration form.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, May 9-11, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we practiced our shuttle runs in preparation for the Tiger Challenge. We also mixed in some animal running and animal postures.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the 5 animals of Kung Fu are.
Everyone focused on the Instructor. Discipline and respect at it’s finest.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we practiced teamwork and Dynamic Control by trying to walk with a partner while holding a ball between our backs, arms and hips! We also worked on some of the Tiger Challenge events with a contest to see what team was able to do the best animal postures and who was able to hold the crane stance the longest.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to see how long they can hold a crane stance.
Group warmup with lots of kicks!
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we continued to work on our “takedown situation” and also spent time on our Lion Dancing. We focused on The 3 Bows, Unicorn Stepping and The Wave and even added the drumming patterns to our dance.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the drumming is called for The 3 Bows.
One of our Young Dragons 2 students defending against an instructor from the ground.
Special Announcements for All Classes
This years Tiger Challenge takes place Saturday May 27. Registration is required. Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information and access to the registration form.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, May 2-4, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we worked on various skills and techniques with a super fun obstacle course!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you their favourite Kung Fu animal posture.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers we got to practice our ninja skills using an obstacle course AND the parachute. Two of our favourite things all in one week!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to see how long they can hold a crane stance.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we spent our time focused on our “takedown situation”, which is how we defend ourselves from the ground. We also did some stick work while focussing on our Bow stance, one of our basic and most important stances in Kung Fu.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what a “safety standup” is.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Our next open training is Saturday, May 13 from 10-12noon.
This years Tiger Challenge takes place Saturday May 27. Registration is required. Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information and access to the registration form.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, April 25-27, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we used stations to work on our ninja kicks, breakfalls balancing and animal postures.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you how long they can balance on one foot.
Tiny Tigers
In our Tiny Tigers class we got to practice our pool noodle fighting and our bean bag relays. Both of which are events in the upcoming Tiger Challenge Tournament!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you all 5 Kung Fu animal postures.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we had some fun making up our own class form as a group. If we chose to, we also got to perform our form in order to practice being in front of an audience. We then continued with our “Vocabulary of Motion” curriculum and progressed to a “jab-reverse-wing block-downward foot block-reverse” sparring sequence, while also travelling!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what a “wing block” is.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Our next open training is Saturday, May 13 from 10-12noon.
This years Tiger Challenge takes place Saturday May 27. Registration is required. Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information and access to the registration form.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, April 18-20, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we worked on our hand-eye coordination and accuracy by throwing a ball through a hoop.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you “star-pencil-star-pencil”.
Tiny Tigers
In our Tiny Tigers class we rotated through various stations while working on all kinds of skills like kicks, hand-eye coordination and animal postures.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you how to make it rain.
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For our Young Dragons classes we got creative with scarves while learning all kinds of things about our Opening Bow and our “jab-jab-reverse” sparring sequence. We also worked with partners and expanded our skill with sparring by learning how to travel back and forth and in circles.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what a “Cantonese Corkscrew” is.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Our next open training is Saturday, May 13 from 10-12noon.
This years Tiger Challenge takes place Saturday May 27. Registration is required. Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information and access to the registration form.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, April 11-13, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we did a station drill where we worked on a variety of things including animal postures, kicks on the heavy bags, block defense and jab jab reverse.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you “jab-jab-reverse”.
Tiny Tigers
In our Tiny Tigers class we worked with partners using bean bags to develop our hand/eye coordination. We also went face to face against our classmates in a Kick-off race!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to do 10 kicks as fast as they can.
Young Dragons Level 1
For our Young Dragons Level 1 class we focused on our Traditional Tenets curriculum by working on both our dragon dancing and lion dancing.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the stepping pattern is called for Lion Dancing.
Young Dragons Level 2
This week in Young Dragons Level 2 we split our focus between our Traditional Tenets and Wuxin curriculums. We worked on both our dragon and lion dancing and also worked with partners on wrist escapes.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what the technique is that they are practicing in the video above.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Earth Day Rotary Park Cleanup on Saturday April 22. Everyone is welcome to join! Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information.
This years Tiger Challenge takes place Saturday May 27. Registration is required. Please see the link on the website calendar under “Our Events” for more information and access to the registration form.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, April 4-6, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we worked on our listening skills and our ability to follow direction while having all kinds of fund in an obstacle course!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they know their last name.
Tiny Tigers
In our Tiny Tigers class we worked on our speed, agility and balance, as well as specific techniques like kicks, punches and rolls using both an obstacle course and our loopty-loop bag drill.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to do 5 jumping jacks as fast as they can.
Young Dragons Level 1 & 2
For both Young Dragons Level 1 & 2, we focused on our Wuxin and Dynamic Control curriculum. We began with developing our Stick techniques and eventually progressed to some “real-life” applications while working with a partner. We also worked on our wrist escapes by simulating a “grab” scenario.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child how many pounds of pressure it takes to break a joint.
Special Announcements for All Classes
Our next Open Training will be Saturday, April 15.
Earth Day will take place on Saturday, April 22. SRKF will be organizing a group to participate in the Stony Plain “Pitch In” and will be doing a cleanup of Rotary Park and area. You can find the article with all information on the website.
This years Tiger Challenge will be held on Saturday, May 27. Make sure to sign up! All information can be found on the website.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, March 21-23, 2023
This week we invited the parents in to watch first hand what we do in our classes. We had a great turn out and we thank-you all for coming!
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class, we wanted to show our parents our ninja skills by doing a Ninja Obstacle course. We always have so much fun with this!
Kung Fu At Home: Tell your child what your favourite part about watching their class was.
Tiny Tigers
In Tiny Tigers this week we practiced our hand-eye coordination with bean bag tossing. On Thursday we used various stations to show our parents our kicks, punches, break-falls and agility. We all did amazing!
Kung Fu At Home: Tell your child what your favourite part about watching their class was.
Young Dragons Level 1 & 2
For our Young Dragons classes we continued to work on our grappling curriculum with things like break falls, scoot position, safety stand-ups and shrimping. For our parents, we used a large bag drill to show off all kinds of our different skills like kicks, punches, slide stepping and even things like duck and crab walking and a military crawl! We finished the class with an action packed game of Bean Bag Dodgeball that the parents got to participate in. We all had alot of fun!
Kung Fu At Home: Tell your child what your favourite part about watching their class was.
Special Announcements for All Classes
There will be no formal classes during Spring Break from March 27-31.
Don’t forget the Mad Minute Challenge happening during spring break! This is an easy way for your children to stay engaged with their Kung Fu with only 1 minute a day. They should have brought home a tracking sheet, but if not, all of the info is available in postings on WhatsApp as well as the website.
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, March 14-16, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we got to do one of our favourite things and used our parachute! We made popcorn with balls, worked on breakfalls and even got to hide underneath!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you a breakfall (aka. “splat”). Make sure they are on a softer surface such as carpet or a bed.
Tiny Tigers
In our Tiny Tigers class we practiced various Kung Fu techniques such as kicks, punches and break falls with relays to the heavy bags. We also worked on our speed, agility and endurance with our “Circle of Dots” drill.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you a breakfall (aka. “splat”). Make sure they are on a softer surface such as carpet or a bed.
Young Dragons Level 1 & 2
For our Young Dragons classes we spent much of our time this week focused on our grappling curriculum. This included things like break falls, scoot position, safety stand-ups and a NEW technique for most of us called “shrimping”!
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you what “shrimping” looks like.
Special Announcements for All Classes
We’d like to invite all parents/guardians to a Parent Class Viewing on March 22 (for lil leopards) and March 23 (for all other children’s classes). This is a great opportunity to come in and see what kinds of things we are working on!
There will be no formal classes during Spring Break from March 27-31.
Parent's Class Viewing - March 22 and 23, 2023
Hello Silent River Kung Fu Parents!
We are extending an invitation to you all to come in and view your children’s classes on Wednesday, March 22 or Thursday, March 23.
We know that the changes to your access to classes has greatly benefited the kids and instructors alike. There is no denying that the focus and advancement of the kids has grown without the distractions that come with parents inside the Kwoon.
We have several tools for you as the parents to better engage with your childrens’ training. In addition to accessing your child’s class via Zoom, a weekly synopsis of every class is posted (with photos!) so you can keep up with the lessons, plus with a little nudge to help you engage with your children at home in their training.
Our doors are opened to you on a regular basis throughout the year; including next week on Wednesday, March 22nd for the Lil’ Leopards and Thursday, March 23rd for the Tiny Tigers and Young Dragons. This will give you an opportunity to sample what we are doing with your kids in person. No two classes are ever alike, but you will have the chance to see what we are currently working on and how your kids are progressing.
Space is limited so please ensure your timely arrival. We will be asking all parents to exit the building before we end the class to open up the benches for the kids to don their boots and jackets, after which we will be letting them out in the same fashion as we do every class.
You can find all our events, including all other dates for class viewing, on our school event calendar.
See you on the mats!
Children's Class Weekly Re-Cap, March 7-9, 2023
Lil’ Leopards
This week in the Lil’ Leopards class we balanced with bean bags and practiced our aim and listening by tossing bean bags into a hoop.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child if they can pick up a bean bag (or a pair of socks (rolled), small stuffy, or other small soft item) using just their elbows.
Tiny Tigers
In our Tiny Tigers classes this week we worked on our punches and learned how to do a backfist. We also worked on our teamwork, hand-eye coordination, foot-eye coordination (lol) and our patience with our ball passing drill.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child to show you a proper fist (hint: make sure they aren’t tucking their thumbs in!).
Young Dragons Level 1&2
For both Young Dragons classes we continued working on our Lion Dancing and practiced being both a head and a tail. We also did a “Sifu Swap” drill where we covered all kinds of things like kicks, punches and sparring. Alot of effort was put into specific techniques from our Lao Gar form (Level 1) and our Da Mu Hsing form (Level 2) and we also started to work on both Buddha Dancing and Dragon Dancing.
Kung Fu At Home: Ask your child what their favourite traditional dance is…Lion, Dragon or Buddha dancing. Post to WhatsApp so we know!
Special Announcements for All Classes
Spring Break takes place from March 27-31. There will be no formal classes during this week, but there is always Kung Fu!