  Sunday 8th October 2017 Community Centre, Worcester Close, Istead Rise Gravesend Kent, DA13 9LB    10 am – 1 pm                            Training session will cover Self-defence and application techniques to Karate and Tai Chi Chuan. Practical , simple and effective techniques relating back to kata and why each art has its own system of self[…]
Shi Zen Do Weapons Course   Sunday 10th September 2017 Community Centre, Worcester Close, Istead Rise Gravesend Kent, DA13 9LB                     10 am – 1 pm                            Training session will cover Tonfa, Stick, Tanto, pole and Tai Chi Sword. Training session will be kata/form with a look to practical application . Also how the use[…]
Shi Zen Do Weapons Course            Sunday 21st May 2017 Community Centre, Worcester Close, Istead Rise Gravesend Kent, DA13 9LB                     10 am – 1 pm                            Training session will cover Tonfa, Stick, Tanto, pole and Tai Chi Sword, structure of the training session will be kata/form with a look to practical application . Also[…]
Sunday 19th March 2017      PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS FOR WEAPONS COURSE       Memorial Hall, Lewis Rd, Istead Rise, Gravesend DA13 9JQ                          10 am – 1 pm This training session will consist of kobudo (weapons) training. The session will cover Tonfa (side handled baton) Knife and Stick plus introduction to the Sai . Students[…]
ShiZenDo Kobudo Training Session        Sunday 21st May 2017 Community Centre, Worcester Close, Istead Rise Gravesend Kent, DA13 9LB                   10 am – 1 pm This training session will consist of kobudo (weapons) training. The session will cover Tonfa (side handled baton) Knife and Stick plus introduction to the Sai . Also included on the[…]
Sunday 5th February 2017 Sunday 12th March 2017 Sunday 23rd April 2017 Sunday 28th May 2017 Sunday 2nd July 2017 Sunday 13th August 2017 Sunday 17th September 2017 Sunday 22nd October 2017 Sunday 26th November 2017
Friday night 7.15pm at Cascades Leisure Centre is Concept and principle night. This session covers every aspect of martial arts training, from kata, pair’s work, hand drills, boxing combinations to weapons, blending into various training formats. These individual training aspects of the syllabus are trained on a Friday night into a complete free flowing integrated[…]
My old and newly refurbished wooden dummy, repositioned for training in the garden and next to the Koi Carp pond.Wooden dummy training enables one to develop creative applications and to carry these over into partnered training in class. The concept of correct angles, distance, hand and foot coupled with correct body positions are important aspect[…]
The new updated Tai Chi Site is now live, hopefully in the next few days. Will keep you posted.
2017 will see the start of new course throughout the year. These regular course will focus on sections of the grading syllabus and will cover a more in depth look at each section. The courses will focus on each Kata and associated Bunkai, application and other aspects in connection to the kata. Other courses will[…]