A kung Fu camp was held this year just below the Magliesberg mountain range at a facility called Konka, which specialises in team building and sports of all kinds and for our benefit the training and teaching of Traditional Chinese Kung Fu.
Only four schools were invited to this camp this year and all come from a very Traditional Chinese Martial Arts background, having the aim of exposing students to the different and powerful aspects of other Traditional Chinese Kung Fu.
The systems covered were Jow Ga, Hung Gar, White Crane, Chin Na and Tai Chi.The camp was a resounding success with students training hard and being balanced by having a lot of fun at the same time.
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Southern Tiger Kung Fu School is situated in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
Here the dedicated student can learn the rich and authentic practice of Chinese Kung Fu passed on from generation to generation, where old values and traditions of respect, discipline and passion for the martial arts come together to build the mind and body for a healthier life.
The main system taught is the Jow Family Fist or more commonly known as Jow Ga Kung Fu, passed on from the the Famous Five Tigers or five brothers from, the most famous being Jow Lung.
Sifu Brett indoctrination into the powerful and graceful art of Chinese Kung Fu would begin at the age of 6, unfortunately due to circumstances beyond his control, including the secrecy to which authentic Chinese Kung Fu was kept in South Africa and the availably of traditional teachers, he was only able to join his first Koon in his teenage years.
Jow Ga (aka Chow Gar, Chow Ka, Chau Ka, Zhou Jia, Chou Gar, and Jow Gar) was founded by Jow Lung who was born in 1891, on the eleventh day of the third lunar month in Sa-Fu Village of the Canton Province. His father was Jow Fong Hoy and his mother’s maiden name was Li. At the time of its inception, the particular style of Kung Fu was labeled as having the head of Hung, the tail of Choy and the patterns of the tiger and leopard, or simply Hung Tao Choy Mei. It was so labeled because the essential techniques incorporated the muscular and mighty movements of Hung Gar and the swift footwork and complex kicking of Choy Gar Kung Fu, making it a very effective form of self defense with emphasis on simultaneous attack and defense.
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