Kung Fu Animal Forms
Kung Fu animal forms increase strength, balance, flexibility, stamina…..why wouldn’t you want to try them? Much more fun than lifting weights! Give us a call to schedule a free introductory lesson, and explore what the forms can do for you.
Women’s Self-Defense
Women helping women learn–it’s a great approach.
Learning self-defense skills takes practice, and a willingness to let go of inhibitions and “just do it”. That’s why having a friend (or two) take the Danger Awareness course with you makes it all the more interesting.
This course, over approximately 5 hours, teaches how to get out of various grabs, where to strike for the greatest effect, and the best techniques for getting away from an armed or unarmed attacker. Discussions of realistic scenarios versus television drama are also included, as well as tips on being aware of your surroundings. Call us to schedule your sessions today! Classes are flexible. We work hard to accommodate your schedule.
Kung Fu Learning
Learning about self-discipline, self-control, patience, respect, and honesty is all part of our program for children’s martial arts. We’re more than just physical skills! Understanding when, how, and even whether to use those skills are also important. We give simple life lessons, illustrating how good kung fu is part of everyday life.
Good Luck or Effective Technique?
The Praying Mantis has long been considered a symbol of good luck or good fortune. In the kung fu system, mantis techniques are quite effective at controlling an opponent, and forms based on mantis movements offer low stances and plenty of opportunity to test one’s strength and balance!
Recently this little fellow visited our studio. We’re happy to receive whatever good fortune may come of the visit!
Appreciation
It’s always great to hear that we make a beneficial impression on lives!
“Break” into a New Summer Routine
Kung Fu summer! Board-breaking, weapons training, animal-based forms! All cool new things to try this summer. Call us!
Strong Kung Fu Focus
As we often say to our students……It’s all about the stances. And, stances require good focus. If you want your little ones to improve their ability to focus on a task for longer than a few seconds, try Kung Fu!
Spirit of Shaolin – True Kung Fu Spirit
Catherine and Jason Thorn were recently awarded the Spirit of Shaolin award from Grandmaster Steven DeMasco. The award recognizes a great amount of kindness, compassion, and selflessness to others. The Thorns have shown these traits everyday in their commitment to the Portsmouth studio. Both have given of their time and energies to help teach, as well as maintain and clean the studio. Kudos to them both!
Rewards Help!
It’s certainly not the best way to encourage discipline, but sometimes getting an award for the effort is worth it. Practicing for competitions should bring its own reward, just through the sheer improvement in skills and the internal knowledge that a “demon” was faced and beaten. But, it does help to get the shiny medal to validate the hard work! Portsmouth SDSS students were quite successful at the recent State Tournament…..lots of these shiny medals were taken home.
Kung Fu Martial Arts teaches Mental AND Physical Strength
Discipline. It works for both mental and physical strength-building. To consistently exercise, you need discipline. To consistently fight the battles of low self-confidence, you need discipline. It’s so easy to say “I’ll exercise tomorrow”, or to give up when you make a mistake and say to yourself “I’m no good.” Kung fu martial arts helps one develop discipline by providing a consistent method of working out and working up. Yes! Working UP! Every work out builds physical strength. Every belt advancement builds self-confidence. Work your way up the ladder to a higher level of mental and physical strength through kung fu!