Kung Fu / kickboxing / self defence classes

Cheng Long offers classes & personal training for everyone to enjoy the best in martial arts, health & fitness, with programs for children, women & men of all ages & abilities. All the best elements of different martial arts are covered, including kickboxing, karate, kung fu, aikido, general self-defense. They are combined to create an effective & practical freestyle martial art. Private lessons are also available. From day one students are in good hands with instructors being highly skilled in the arts, as well as in first aid & injury treatment.

Cheng Long is Fun for Children: Children love martial arts. It’s a great opportunity for them to let off steam, & they can benefit a great deal from training. Cheng Long has students from the age of 7 upwards. Classes are designed to be fun & easy to follow, & not to over-stress young limbs. Fantastic Fitness for Women: Bored with aerobics or find it hard to motivate yourself in the gym? Get fit & firm, lose inches, & enjoy a new way to keep in shape with kung fu. Kung Fu is fitness with attitude. We will get you in better shape fast. About 50% of our students are women, so don’t feel you are entering a ‘man only’ environment!

Cheng Long For All: Whatever your grade, ability, age or preferred style, Cheng Long has what you need. You will be given techniques relevant to your ability. Beginners receive the attention they need at a pace that is appropriate to their abilities. Senior grades will be given the moves they need to challenge & improve their skills. Martial arts is great cross-training & gives you a good aerobic work-out, combined with intense muscle firming & toning, with the punches & kicks we practice. This training also empowers students, improves confidence, peace of mind & builds a positive attitude. Sparring is optional, with very light contact & safety being a priority. Injuries are an extremely rare occurrence. Sparring will dramatically improve reflexes & reaction times essential for self defense.

Cheng Long kung-fu opens the door to martial arts to the average man on the street. It can be difficult to get into a martial art but our school is accessible with a friendly atmosphere where everyone helps each other to attain their individual goals. The classes have a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, where you work hard but have fun .
Martial arts has transformed peoples’ health & fitness for more than one thousand years & now Cheng Long brings those benefits to you. Martial arts improves your shape, increases reflexes, co-ordination & flexibility, faster & more effectively than other fitness forms like swimming, jogging or football, for example. As your training develops, you achieve more & feel good about yourself. You will be learning a new skill that hopefully you will wish to improve on & develop. This, combined with regular gradings, gives you incentive to go to each lesson, maintaining your fitness & enthusiasm.

We use various techniques such as kicks, strikes, locks, throws, street self-defense, close combat including ground holds & defenses. In most techniques we use the attacker’s power against themselves, in other words we attack the attack. (minimal effort is needed) . We also prepare you to be ready for the the unexpected which will help you avoid problems from the outset. Fighting should always be a last resort. We learn & teach only useful, practical techniques that can be used in real situations. The style is adapted to meet a large range of the situations. We do not specialise in one specific range of techniques. We take from all other styles what works & reject what doesn't.

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