Classes.
Tai Chi: originally a martial art, now practiced primarily for physical and mental health, techniques are usually performed slowly, with emphasis placed upon relaxation, mindfulness, breath and coordination. Most beginners classes also incorporate flexibility, balance, and postural stability training. Over time, you have the opportunity to learn self defence drills and techniques such as the famous "push-hands" exercise, as well as longer traditional routines, some with weapons such as the sword, spear and fan.
Kung Fu: popularly practiced as an athletic martial art and for the development of self defence skills, key components of Kung Fu training also include mindfulness and breath work, focus and concentration techniques, as well as postural and core stability training. In some ways, it is much like Tai Chi. Kung Fu has a long monastic history in China, and so the primary emphasis was always mastery of the self, above the physical resolution of disputes (fighting). When you can negotiate conflict within yourself, negotiating conflict outside of yourself becomes easier too. Over time, you will learn a range of Kung Fu techniques and forms, self-defence exercises, and weapons routines including staff/cudgel, sword and spear.
All Tai Chi and Kung Fu classes incorporate Qigong (Breath Work) techniques into the training.
For more information about Tai Chi and Kung Fu, please get in touch or visit our sister site: Song Mountain Wushu.
Learn to Lift: a workshop-based weightlifting class. The emphasis is not high intensity circuit training, nor is it busting your ass and burning more than you've ever burnt before, instead it is technical: we cover many different aspects of training from the physical techniques of squats, lunges, deadlifts, bench press, kettlebell swings, chin-ups and push-ups, etc., through to how to structure your training and apply yourself to progress your strength, fitness and mobility over time. So classes are as much theoretical as they are practical. We talk about warm-ups and avoiding injury, we talk about what to do if you are injured, and how to improve movement quality. Once you are confident in your technique, in the way you move, then you can apply work as you desire.
Kung Fu: popularly practiced as an athletic martial art and for the development of self defence skills, key components of Kung Fu training also include mindfulness and breath work, focus and concentration techniques, as well as postural and core stability training. In some ways, it is much like Tai Chi. Kung Fu has a long monastic history in China, and so the primary emphasis was always mastery of the self, above the physical resolution of disputes (fighting). When you can negotiate conflict within yourself, negotiating conflict outside of yourself becomes easier too. Over time, you will learn a range of Kung Fu techniques and forms, self-defence exercises, and weapons routines including staff/cudgel, sword and spear.
All Tai Chi and Kung Fu classes incorporate Qigong (Breath Work) techniques into the training.
For more information about Tai Chi and Kung Fu, please get in touch or visit our sister site: Song Mountain Wushu.
Learn to Lift: a workshop-based weightlifting class. The emphasis is not high intensity circuit training, nor is it busting your ass and burning more than you've ever burnt before, instead it is technical: we cover many different aspects of training from the physical techniques of squats, lunges, deadlifts, bench press, kettlebell swings, chin-ups and push-ups, etc., through to how to structure your training and apply yourself to progress your strength, fitness and mobility over time. So classes are as much theoretical as they are practical. We talk about warm-ups and avoiding injury, we talk about what to do if you are injured, and how to improve movement quality. Once you are confident in your technique, in the way you move, then you can apply work as you desire.
