Summer camp 2012
Following weeks of rain and more rain we arrived at the summer camp with our Wellies and waterproofs ready. And it was sunny! I think a summer camp first, and it continued to be so. After loading Neil’s Van with…
Trip to China, February 2012
Another year flies past and it’s time to travel to Fuzhou again to Visit Grand Master ZaiPei Lin. Each visit has it’s fun and this year was no exception... England was under a snow weather alert, so we left for…
Summer camp, Five Ashes 2011
The official kickoff time for the summer camp was 8:30 at Buxted station. A steady downpour began just on cue. Bryan arrived to lead us in convoy to join the rest. We joined up and got to our parking ground,…
Master Lin Comes to Visit England 2011
It had been 365 days and 12 hours until we had last seen Master Lin Zaipei. We had said goodbye at the Foreign Trade Centre Hotel on Wu Yi Lu in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, China. For the last…
Summer camp, New Forest 2010
Summer is here and it's time for one of the main events of the year – Summer Camp, which for the second year was held in the New forest, Dorset. We are seasoned professionals now, as our camping always involves…
Wudang Master Chen ShiXing comes to Lewes
Monday, 19 April 2010 By Wolfiewolfgang On Friday evening, an illustrious Chinaman came to visit our kung fu club, White Crane Fighting Arts in Lewes in Sussex in the United Kingdom. Master Chen ShiXing is a Wudang master from the…
Trip to China, February 2010
Day One Well we arrive in Fuzhou for the tenth time to date for me, so the crazy views and expectations are a little less strange than for most people on a first visit. China has never disappointed so far…
Summer camp, New Forest 2009
I watched folk strolling along Madeira Drive with their chins lifted, smiling, enjoying the gentle warmth of the English sun. Gold glinted on a shifting turquoise sea speckled with whitecaps and distant sails. This, I decided as I prepared my…
Trip to China, February 2009
Fuzhou 2009 Saturday 7th Feb Four likely lads Neil, Dave, Pete and 1st timer Mike set off from Heathrow airport just in time because as we left, the snow started. We wonder if we would be like the other 800…
Summer camp, Cornwall 2008
Day One It was summertime…it was Cornwall… it was the Kung Fu Summer Camp. This was the third year and the numbers just keep growing. That's even if you don't count our instructor's children, the ever-energetic Max and the tireless…
Trip to China, February 2008
Colin Bell’s diary of the trip – originally published as a blog on www.mansized.co.uk Thursday 7 February 2008 Well folks, we are off to China on Sunday for just over two weeks Kungfu training with two Chinese masters in Fuzhou…
Why is San Zhan so important? (Part 3)
Part 3 San Zhan practiced at an early level concentrates mostly on the external. You are learning the position of the body and how to keep true to the forms frame, posture and trigrams of strength. Learning how to flow…