The system of Chinese martial arts that we call Kung Fu has existed and evolved for thousands of years. The word “Kung Fu” originally meant, “ability” or “excellence” and was used to describe the amazing feats that many Chinese Boxing experts could perform.

Today Kung Fu has come to represent the vast network of styles of Chinese marital arts that are practiced for health and defense. The Chinese martial arts that are practiced at the Kung Fu Center schools are a blending of several prominent styles of Kung fu - creating a well-rounded, effective defense and personal development system.

At the Kung Fu Center we offer a full range of Chinese Kung Fu styles to train in. Beginners start off learning the skills of Chinese kickboxing, which is very similar to the skills of the Japanese art of Karate. This training, however, is just to develop the foundation to learn the more dynamic skills of the higher levels of our system which include: Seven Star Praying Mantis, Chin Na, Mongolian Grappling, Long fist, Drunken boxing, and the famous Animal Boxing styles. All of these skills are taught to develop a well rounded approach to self defense, but more so to challenge every individual in the areas of MIND, BODY, and SPIRIT.

Below are brief descriptions of several styles that comprise our system:

Chinese Boxing
The Chinese boxing skills are very similar to the skills of Karate. These skills provide the foundation for the rest of the system’s training.

Northern Praying Mantis
Based off of the insect, Northern Praying Mantis relies on fast (and often hooking) hand strikes and skilled foot work.

Chin Na
In this practical Grappling style, the student masters the ability to perform joint locks, holds and throws against their opponent.

Animal boxing comes from martial artists of the past observing the movements and mannerisms of animals from nature, and mimicking how those animals acted and defended themselves to survive in the wild (often against larger predators).

Leopard
The leopard represents a deceptive fighter that stalks its prey and rapidly changes levels of attack and defense.

Snake
The snake is about speed of hand and foot. Rapid, high speed footwork brings the fighter in close to attack and defend with a flurry of extremely fast strikes.

Crane
The focus of a crane fighter is long hand strikes that represent a crane’s beak and wing attacks. The crane fighter also develops long and graceful kicks.

Tiger
The tiger fighter is ferocious and relies on strength and power to deliver awe-inspiring attacks.

Monkey
The playful ones of nature, Monkeys represent a deceptive fighting style that confuses and overwhelms their opponent.

Dragon
The dragon is a mythical creature that represents a fighting style that is a blending of all the other animal styles. It is deceptive like a monkey, powerful like a tiger, graceful like a crane, fast like a snake, and stalks like a leopard.

Drunken
Another deceptive style of fighting, the drunken warrior uses changing and erratic movements to deceive the opponent into making mistakes in a fight.

*To learn more about these, and the other styles we offer, please contact us and an instructor would be happy to share more information with you.

The internal arts of Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Healing Breaths, and meditation have all been practiced for thousands of years in the Far and Near East. They are peaceful and relaxing arts focused on the inner regions of our selves. Studying the internal arts helps in developing a stillness that we are able to carry with us throughout our daily lives.

The internal arts have been found to have a dynamic impact on ones health and well- being. They can help to relieve stress and have been shown to lower blood pressure, as well as many other health benefits. We approach these arts from a scientific stand point in that there are explanations for why Tai Chi works. The medical community in the West is now starting to recognize the health benefits that the cultures of the East have been practicing for thousands of years.

Almost every culture around the world has developed the skills of grappling. We can see in Greek pottery thousands of years old the grappling skills of athletes and warriors. The Chinese culture is no different in that they have developed the skills of grappling as well. Our Grappling skills are based off of the Chinese system of Chin Na. We also combine the joint manipulation skills of Mongolian Grappling from China’s northern neighbor - Mongolia. These styles, when combined, create a well-rounded fighting and grappling style which is deadly in application, yet safe for all to learn.

Weapons training is available at the studios for our students. We offer many types of weapons from swords to staffs, as well as other traditional Chinese weapons. We teach weapon forms, and also teach students how to spar with these weapons. We emphasize training safety when dealing with weapons, and also develop a sense of respect and honor in taking care of our weapons.

This is a fun, yet challenging, way to work out. The students have a blast hitting and striking focus mitts and bags while they get toned and lose weight. We offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced workouts to match your level of fitness. Our training regimen will burn fat, tone muscle, build strength and endurance, and provide the proper cardiovascular workout that you will need.

We know that some individuals do not wish to go through the Kung Fu training, yet still wish to have the practical self defense skills. We do offer training in pure self defense and dangerous situation training. These classes are offered to provide training and skills for an individual to protect themselves from predators and threatening individuals that you may encounter.

We believe that martial arts are more then just a way of defending oneself from the bullies and the predators of the world. It is an art form that allows for individuals to develop a strong sense of self and a strong belief in their own abilities. When a person no longer has to fear for their own safety because they can now defend themselves, it gives them freedom to grow as an individual - to explore and enjoy the life that they have been given. Yet, we still must maintain humility of self; for we always have areas that we can improve on to cultivate compassion for all of life in its many different forms.