Category Archives: Kids

Skills, Patience and Payoff

Some days Kung Fu class is filled with learning and/or reviewing many kicks, punches and blocks.  Other days class is taking one or two skills and spending the whole hour looking at them in detail. Today in kid’s class we … Continue reading

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From Tiger to Rabbit

With Chinese new year only a couple of months away, it’s time to bring out the lion, practice our footwork and our drumming. The goal?  Parade the lion around Hillsdale on the first Saturday in February and see what happens.  … Continue reading

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From Tiger to Rabbit

With Chinese new year only a couple of months away, it’s time to bring out the lion, practice our footwork and our drumming. The goal?  Parade the lion around Hillsdale on the first Saturday in February and see what happens.  … Continue reading

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From Tiger to Rabbit

With Chinese new year only a couple of months away, it’s time to bring out the lion, practice our footwork and our drumming. The goal?  Parade the lion around Hillsdale on the first Saturday in February and see what happens.  … Continue reading

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Contact and Respect

Today for kid’s class, we worked a simple 3 strike combination.  First – a double armed hard block against an incoming roundhouse punch.  Second, a pivoting elbow strike and third, an instep kick to the shin. After learning the combination … Continue reading

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