Fu For You – Spring 2024
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Make Time to Take Care of Yourself
It is important to self-monitor and to have outlets for maintaining your own well being, including emotional, spiritual, mental and physical strategies to stay healthy.

The Mercurial Nature of Perfection
The pursuit of perfection can be both a blessing and a curse, because perfection is an illusion that moves farther away as we reach out to touch it.

5 Tips To Make Sparring Less Scary
Sparring can be scary, whether you’re just starting or you’ve been sparring for a while. Luckily there are lots of ways to make sparring more fun.

Eating and Kung Fu
It is never a good sign when your child stops in the middle of a Kung-Fu class because they’ve developed a cramp. This is often due to food, both what was eaten, when they ate it, and how much.

Weapons 101: Weapons Are Not Toys
When you start to use weapons in your training, it’s imperative that you first understand this most important rule: weapons are not toys. You must adopt the mindset that focuses on effectively wielding and controlling a weapon, rather than playing with it.

Reflecting on the Year that Was to Prepare for the Year to Come
Those of you that have followed my articles over the past year know that I’ve taken a deeper look into the mental side of our Kung Fu training. Surprise! This is what it was all leading toward.

Your 2023 Academy Award Winners
We were honoured to present our annual awards on January 27, 2024, at the Schwaben Club. Please congratulate our list of award recipients!

Trust yourself. Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with all your life.
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into the flames of achievement.
~Foster C. McClellan