Club Notes and Events

First Gradings

The 16^th of June 2005 was an auspicious occasion for our Club as it was the first time that we had Gradings.This was as a result of the Students themselves rightly wanting to measure their abilities and to enable them to gauge what each individual needed to focus on in order to progress to the next Grade.

This was a great achievement for those Students who successfully completed their Grading as it acknowledges their commitment, hard work, skills and improvements over the past few months.The successful Students were:

White Sash: Christopher Maxwell, Shane Reid, Kristofer Harte, Christopher Foley, Robert Reid,Sean Brown, Cathriona White,Sinead Tobin, Yvonne Kennedy,Rachel Dougliss, Fiona Dougliss, Peter McConnell.

Orange Sash: Irwin Boyle and Kyle Warnocke.

Another Milestone was reached recently when on the 21st of June 2007, we were invited to start teaching in Kilcash Community Centre.Sifu Chris was assisted by Sifu Colin Boyle.While there were 12 people trining that first night, by the second Thursday night this had whittled down to 7, a natural result of the other seven discovering that Kung Fu Training is not easy.Hopefully we will see an increase over the next few weeks.

Recent Gradings:

The following Students were successful in the Gradings held recently in Bridgewater House.

White Sash:

Damien Walsh, Stephen Carty, Shola Muke or the Doc as he is better known and Colum Madigan.

This Sash incorporates 1 minute of Horse and Bow Stance, Basic Moves and the San Sao Set.

Blue Sash:

Peter McConnell, Christopher Fahey, Kristofer Harte, Robert Reid, Shane Reid and Christopher Maxwell.

For this Sash the Students had to perform Horse and Bow Stance for 2 Minutes, Mixed Basics, San Sao and Mui Fa Kuen or Plum Blossom Fist Set.

Purple Sash:

Kyle Warnock and Irwin Boyle.

These Students had to perform San Sau Set, Mui Fa Kuen Set, Chin Cheung or Arrow Fist Set, Wo Heng Kuen or Five Element Boxing Set, Gun Gee Fuk Fu Kuen or the I-Form and the Six Foot Sour un Kwun Staff Lau Gar. They also had to endure 4 minutes of Horse and Bow Stance.

Congratulations to all the above Students who were successful, it is just reward for all the hard work and dedication you have shown.However, you won’t be allowed to rest on your laurels, we have training on Thursday night the 22^nd of December and will be starting back shortly after the Christmas, so keep up your training at home or it will be harder for you to make it through the Classes, which will be progressively more demanding on you as you advance.

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