Hong Ying Kung Fu School England

Schedule South-East England (Kent)

Whitstable time table click here
St Marys Parish Hall
Oxford Street

Other places:

Choy Li Fut Kung Fu Classes

Tuesday	HERNE BAY	St Philip Howard School Avenue Road	6.00-7.00 pm Kids Kungfu 8.00-9.30 pm Adult Kungfu
Wednesday	CANTERBURY	Northgate Ward Community Centre,Military Road	6.00-7.00 pm Kids Kungfu 8:00-9:00 pm Adult Kungfu
Thursday	FAVERSHAM	Bysingwood Comm. Centre	6.00-7.00 pm Kids Kungfu 7.00-8.30 pm Adult Kungfu
Friday	HERNE BAY	St Philip Howard School Avenue Road	6.00-7.00 pm Kids Kungfu 7.00-8.30 pm Adult Kungfu

Free style Karate / Kickboxing

Tuesday	HERNE BAY	St Philip Howard School Avenue Road	7.00-8.00 pm Free Style Karate
Wednesday	CANTERBURY	Northgate Ward Community Centre,Military Road	7.00-8.00 pm Free Style Karate

Private lessons are available by request on an individual or small-group basis.
All private lessons are conducted by the Senior instructor.
For details/registration please contact ; Leo Alderman

Lion Martial Arts Tel/Fax 01227 280677
Mobile number 0402 011970
or Email

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The school first opened in England about 18 years ago when Sifu Mark Horton achieved his Black Sash.
The first school was in the North of England, in a town called Chester, and then later moved South to settle in Kent.
The success of the school "Fighting Lions" team has been very good over the years and continues into the new millenium under the guidance of 3rd Degree Black Sash Leo Alderman.
With assistance from Brown Sash students, Nathan Ellis and David Jones, Leo ensures the further success of the school in England and is producing high level students in all age groups and disciplines.
Many of the students in Holland have now met and trained with Sifu Leo on his visits, and also, many of the English students have taken lessons from Sifu Jay Clayson(2nd Degree) who although now lives in Holland, spent many years training first in the Hong Ying schools around Kent.
We hope that the relationship between our Dutch & English schools continues to grow over the coming years....

Sifu Leo Alderman
3rd Degree Black Sash
Chief Instructor: Hong Ying England

The following disciplines are taught at Hong Ying Schools:

• Choy Li Fut Southern Chinese Boxing
  focused on very explosive & powerful technique with a very direct application.
• Choy Lay Fut Weapons Forms
  including Sword, Staff, Halberd, Chain, 3-section Staff, Knife, Spear,Dragon Fan.
• Meihuazhuang & Lau Ga 'unweaponed' forms
• Freestyle Sport Sparring
  for National & International Semi Contact competition fighting.
• San Da
  Chinese Freestyle Fighting (Full-Contact)
• Chi Kung/Qi Gong
  ancient Chinese forms of Breathing exercise intended to develop the Chi (bodily energy) and Shen (mental energy), which are actually the 'father' of all Martial Arts/Acrobatic Arts.
• Lau Ga Traditional Family System
  focused a lot on jumping and kicking techniques.

Training in Kung Fu/Wushu:

When a student wants to begin training he should first choose the School very carefully. He should visit some schools in his area and find the one which suits him best. A good Martial Art school can be hard to find ! Try to find a school which offers a complete system of unweaponed and weaponed skills, and also cultural aspects of the sport, with opportunity to compete if that is where your interest lies. Unfortunately there are many schools who are nowadays only focused on one or two small parts instead of on the whole Martial system.

Joining a martial art school does not mean that you are joining the army and in many 'traditional' Chinese schools the focus is more on a 'family' training together to push their collective skills higher and higher. This, rather than discipline and money, should be the principle of a good school.

When a student begins to train he will need to begin by learning to condition his body and then begin with simple unweaponed forms. As the student develops he will learn more dynamic and complex forms gradually developing to a higher level. Those students who wish to can later go into competition for "forms" or "sparring" to test those skills. Some students however will NEVER enter competition, after all, the major principle behind the Chinese Martial Arts is NOT competing but actually, 'personal development' to enhance your life and achieve 'balance' in all.

After many years of training the body the student can begin to really focus on the 'internal' body through the practise of Qi Gong which means literally "air exercise". Qi Gong is perhaps the greatest single aspect of Martial Arts development and has been proven to aid illness, old age and physical injuries. Also many amazing feats of strength and endurance have been performed through the practise of Qi Gong. Also one very famous Wushu teacher 'rebuilt' his life through use of Qi Gong following a nearly fatal car accident and his recovery amazed Doctors and friends !

In case you have questions, please e-mail Leo Alderman.