Training in Kung fu is like rowing a boat up the river against the current you will move forward with each training session, As long as you put the effort in.

Stop your effort and you won’t stay in the same place, 

The current in time will take you backwards. 

Master Jeremy Yau 2001

Kung Fu  means to apply oneself to something or Skill

 Wushu is the Chinese term for martial arts.

 The term Kung Fu gained popularity in the 1960,s and 70's with the help of Bruce Lee. Kung Fu  was brought to China from India along, with Zen Buddhism, by a man named Bodhi Dharma around 520 AD. (some might argue that it was already in existence as far back as 3,000 BC.)The Shaolin temple in China was where Bodhi Dharma taught the local monks and this became the centre of martial arts development for hundreds of years. It was from the Shaolin temple that Kung Fu spread throughout Southeast Asia and branched into the Korean, Japanese, Okinawan, Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, and Indonesian styles that we see today. Kung Fu itself has fragmented incredibly over the years and there are now as many as 1500 styles practised. Sometimes written as Gung Fu.

  Have you ever had a month off to recover from an injury or a long holiday? when you come back, the people you train with just seem so much sharper than you are. That's how quick you can lose your fitness levels. If you are not training at a higher physical level then it won't really make any difference one month or six as you have to get fit before you can lose your fitness.

 What makes a martial artist different from the average person in the street ?

 Their training

If you train properly your body will go through change's as it gets more use to the additional strain being put on it through the extra effort of training on a regular basis.

Diet is a big part of any physical training program. What you eat  and drink will have a major effect on how the body performs. Kung fu is the art of self control through exercise and technique this includes the discipline of diet.

·         You are what you eat!

·         Eat clean and exercise daily and drink plenty of still  water. 

·         This will allow you to train hard and recover quicker. The difference in your energy levels will show within a few weeks

·         More energy = more mental awareness=  more options open to you in a fight

 VO2 max is the maximum volume of oxygen consumed by the body each minute during exercise, while breathing air at sea level. Because oxygen consumption is linearly related to energy expenditure, when we measure oxygen consumption, we are indirectly measuring an individual's maximal capacity to do work aerobically.

 Skipping with a rope, jogging, running hill efforts, sprint efforts, are aerobic activity.

 Cardiovascular work increase’s lung power by exercising at a harder V02 max level than normal, meditation will help control  breathing and create calmness, which will increase recovery times after a hard session.

Your cardiovascular strength,  will effect your heart rate levels, the stronger you become the more efficient your body will be when placed under the physical pressure of training your Kung fu,  you will become faster, lighter, healthier, and more analytical in your approach to sparring, fighting and learning.

 Cardiovascular strength, and meditation are key factors to the higher levels of Kung fu training they are the glue that hold all your technical work together.

Training your breathing can’t be replaced or by passed,