October 2024 Newsletter

The Junior grading on Saturday the 7th September was a great success with a number of additional commendations were awarded to those that achieved a score of 80% or more in one or more of the grading sections. The combination of the grading and a course proved tiring especially as we ran over the allotted time in order to fit in the free sparring!!

We would like to especially thank the audience for their support and Ray, Neil, Emily and Ruby for their help on the day.

Gus..............1st Black Tab Sash

Oliver............Red/White Sash

Melina...........Red/White Sash

Socrates.......Red/White Sash

Surraya.........Purple/White Sash

Lola...............Purple/White Sash

Henry............Green/White Sash

Jack..............Green/White sash

Nooria...........Green/White sash

Jasper...........Orange/White Sash

Sohan...........Orange/White Sash

Simran..........Orange/White Sash

Flo................Yellow/White Sash

Julia.............Yellow/White Sash

Please take a look at some of the photos from the day. If there are any youngsters that would like to join the classes, please contact Tracy (07941 340284) for more information.

On Sunday the 8th of September we were pleased to participate in an all day Emergency First Aid and Sport course provided by PULSE First Aid Ltd. We are pleased to now have nine (!) more first aiders in the Club. The nine new first aiders are: Nigel, Tracy, Ray, Steve, John G, John B, Adam, Ruby and Marcus.

On Saturday the 28th September we welcomed a smaller contingent of enthusiasts to the Fight Club. Despite several people succumbing to colds and flu, we still managed to have a good three and a half hours of continuous sparring in addition to having more opportunity to focus on the technical aspects.

The next follow up course for Nan Shaolin Wuzuquan Applications was held over six hours on Sunday the 29th September. It was refreshing to get such an interested group together in this relaxed forum where we were able to 'dissect' the forms and extract useful application information. The two forms that were used as the basis for improving self-defence as well as sparring were Sanzhan and Ershiquan. A lot of effort as well as conditioning was required by the participants. Some of the subjects covered included (not in order of priority); footwork, hips for combinations, timing (very important), mind set (Yi), controlling nerves under pressure (breathing and relaxation), power generation (coordinating hips and body), conditioning (minimising damage) and psychological considerations.

We would like to have another of these courses in the new year 2025.

If anyone would like more information, please get in touch...

WELL DONE to the following winners of the KIXX KIDz Chinese Boxing Merit Certificates for September...

Evie, Martha, Melina, Julia, Socrates, Sophia, Jack and Simran

Please note that these certificates are awarded to acknowledge their extra effort in a range of skills and disciplines that were exhibited during the class (eg; effort, determination, flexibility, etc. etc.)

For those that would like to come and train Kung Fu, this class is on Thursdays from 5pm to 6pm (+8 yrs)...

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CALENDAR DATES TO REMEMBER...

Sunday 10th NOV - Remembrance Day Parade through Maidstone Town Centre. We would be very please to have any members and / or friends of KIXX join us on the march through town. If you would like to come along, please get in touch.

9th to 13th Nov 2024 – The Annual Nan Shaolin Wuzuquan Friendship Association meeting and competition in Quanzhou, China. More details will follow as we get them... Deadline for those that are eligible to attend is 22nd July 2024.