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Sifu Paul, family & kids from the Kung Fu School hit China
It’s been a manic few days.. traveling to China and whizzing around various parts of Beijing. As a Confucius Institute Classroom and allied with the London Southbank University, they have arranged for us to visit lots of historic places, train and have Kung Fu lessons here in Beijing. During some of this, we will be filmed by the Chinese Education TV for a documentary they’re making about our experiences of training Kung Fu in China with the focus being on the children & Lindsey. Lindsey, our son Leo (9 months old), Dara & Connor (7 years old) their mums (age
The Golden Diet
There’s so much mixed advice regarding diets,what you should and shouldn’t eat, recommended daily allowance yarda yarda. The truth is… there’s no “Golden Diet” that suits everyone perfectly… however there’s some good advice and there’s some bad advice …. unfortunately quite a lot of the general advice is pretty poor. You may experience it yourself… you eat more or less what has been suggested but don’t see or feel the results… This Friday at the Kung Fu Schools HQ in Crawley, I have a Dr from China who will be explaining ancient Chinese methods and ideas for healthy living, in
Ancient Chinese Secrets
Over the last 25 years I’ve tried a ton of different fitness programs, diets (to gain weight in my teens and twenties, 30ish plus to lose it) and one area that I have constantly relied on more than any other is the health, martial and spiritual teachings and practices from Asia, in particular, China. Not to say there isn’t a lot of superb information via other sources, I consider myself very fortunate that during my time training and studying that people who are incredibly knowledgeable and skillful have shared so much with me….. however you have to look carefully for
Kung Fu Instructors from China
As part of the Confucius Institute we work closely with a variety of Kung Fu instructors, dancers, linguists, acupuncturists, scholars and other therapists from China. They asked if several of their Wu Shu instructors could be a part of our martial arts school so that they could watch and participate in the classes to better understand how we teach. 3 instructors came, one of whom studies & teaches Hsing-I (I’ll post a clip soon of his short demo). They were really nice guys, easy going and eager to help where ever they could. They were also happy to give short
Hayfever treated with Acupuncture
Earlier this year I was plagued by severe hayfever like symptoms…. I was sneezing so hard it was doubling me over and rather than dose on on one of the regular hayfever treatments I booked an appointment with Dr Liu an acupuncturist quite close to my Kung Fu School. Dr Liu allowed the treatment to be videoed… I know a lot of people are interested in having acupuncture but are not sure what it’s like. Will it hurt? what’s involved? … so have a look and see for yourself an overview of the treatment that I had. They do vary