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GOLDEN EDITION 2014



             WHAT WAS AWESOME?: Coming from a Kung
             Fu background I loved the atmosphere of a tra-
             ditional school. But what really stood out to me
             was the philosophy of “many trees, one forest.”
             You will see this quote on the website and in
             everything that Shifu Wayne is teaching. When I
             spoke to with him, Shifu Wayne explained to me
             that a number of his students had backgrounds in
             numerous Martial Arts. He had two choices, he
             could try to remake each student in his image or
             embrace the differences in his charges.

             Thankfully, Shifu Wayne has chosen to embrace to
             the later. Instead of forced conformity he provides
             a framework for his students to follow but encou-
             rages them to add their own flavour. By giving
             a structure and system the students have all the   School of Chinese Martial Arts is a great place to
             tools they need in order to effective fighters yet the        train Traditional Kung Fu.
             freedom to grow and experiment.
                                                               * Translating ancient texts is always tough and I
                                                               found a couple of translations of Sun Tzu’s words.
                                                               If you don’t like my translation you can find plenty
                                                               of other takes on the saying at:


                                                               www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/sun_tzu.
                                                               html#l3etShClpRv2myDP



                                                               If you are interested in training together I
                                                               would love to get together with you. Drop
                                                               me a line on facebook and we can connect. I

                                                               would love to learn from you.



                                                               Martin “Travelling Ronin” Fransham


               Continuing to drive forward I crash into my
                                 partner.


             CONCLUSION: I had a great time with Shifu
             Wayne learning about Lohan Kung Fu. It is both
             amazingly simple and incredibly complex. I can
             see why the basic techniques are staples of top
             MMA Fighters. Kung Fu will always be a balance
             of grace and raw power. Lohan Kung Fu has both
             these qualities in spades.



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