Philosophy

At Cambridge Kung Fu our number one aim is to help our students become more confident people. We believe it is the most important resource a person can have and it is something worth working hard to achieve. When you have self confidence and you believe in yourself, you are able to create the life that you want to live in enabling you to live a safer, happier and healthier life.

At Cambridge Kung Fu we teach in a relaxed and friendly way. When you are training with us it is your time off, your time to enjoy yourself, so we do not want to make your life more stressful. We teach in a positive way, our society is filled with stressful situations we want to make your training time a relaxing experience. This does not mean that you will not work hard just that you can move at your own pace, whether that is fast or slow and that we want to support your progress not undermine your self esteem.

The martial arts we teach are an expression of the human beings wish to understand him/her self. Both Wing Chun and Escrima are martial arts based on a deep understanding of body mechanics synergistically combined with combat strategy and tactics. Anatomically human beings are made up of a strong structure (our skeleton) mutually supported by soft tissue (our muscles and internal organs etc) and connected by materials that span the entire range of strength and flexibility, aptly named connective tissue (our tendons, ligaments, fascia etc). The martial arts we teach mirror these fundamentals of the physical nature of what we are made of. You will learn to be strong and to be soft, these are not two mutually exclusive states, but a way of being that allows you to move confidently through life with the awareness to respond successfully to both internal and external changes. In order to be strong there are two fundamentals whether its a bridge or a human. The first is the structure and the second is the material of which it is made. You will learn to align your skeleton allowing you to become a kind of force conductor contacting the ground with another person through you. Your soft tissue will relax, this does not mean being weak and floppy but rather toned,flexible and responsive. When you are strong you can choose to be soft because you understand it is in yours and everyone else's best interests. When you are weak you have no choice you are forced to change whether it is the best thing to do or not. This is the difference between softness and weakness... Softness is a choice, weakness is a necessity!

So your body will change it will become strong and responsive to change. The modern western approach to teaching is to teach our minds and expect our bodies to follow. The approach in the east has been to teach the body and allow the concepts to filter up to the mind. At Cambridge Kung Fu we take the middle path, fundamentally we teach the body to teach the mind but we also give mental stepping stones. The problem with teaching the mind is that what I have in my mind will not be what you have in yours. My picture of a car will always be different from your picture of a car no matter how good I am at explaining it. The problem with teaching the body is that you may not realise that I have a car in mind for a long...... long time. So first up it is important to understand that when it comes to martial arts, it's a good thing that your car looks different from mine. I do not want clones of myself, I want mature people able to make their own choices and be successful given any obstruction or problem. Essentially what we teach is a system for overcoming obstacles in the most globally efficient way possible. This is the way of softness, of responsive strength. So our philosophy is to describe the car, to show you the car and to let you feel the car as best we can. We all learn in different ways and by combining these methods you will make the best progress for you.

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