Adult Kung Fu

Wu Dao’s Adult Kung Fu program is designed to help students improve their overall health and to learn foundational martial concepts and movements. We focus on helping students to develop their strength, endurance, flexibility and coordination through striking techniques, forms practice, and working on connecting the whole body in motion. 

Our curriculum is based on Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu, which is a Southern style built on accessible arm movements and footwork. It is designed to rapidly build confidence and coordination in a self- defense situation. While Choy Lay Fut has it's roots in the South of China, there is a Northern influence to our style, which includes high kicks and agile footwork.

Our Shaolin curriculum is available to senior students, as the style is generally more intricate and the applications are less obvious than in Choy Lay Fut. Wu Dao benefits from visits by 31st generation Shaolin Monk, Shifu Shi De Cheng to pass on authentic Shaolin Kung Fu.

Kung Fu Forms and Applications
Learning to use Kung Fu for self defense and fighting is an essential part of Wu Dao’s training curriculum, and includes techniques such as striking with the hands, striking with the legs, locking your opponent, or throwing your opponent. In class,

Adult Tai Chi

Wu Dao teaches Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan). In the beginning, students practice foundational Tai Chi footwork and patterns. They then work with aspects of longer sequences in repetitive drills to help solidify strong body mechanics before moving onto more complete Tai Chi forms. Students improve strength, flexibility and coordination through practicing drills and forms, as well as participating in stretching, strengthening, and breathing exercises. 

The Tai Chi curriculum at Wu Dao starts with the Yang 24 form. Once students gain proficiency with the short form, they move into the Yang Long 108 Form. More advanced students progress to the Classical 54 Sword form. Senior Tai Chi students move on to learning Liu He Ba Fa (Six Harmonies, Eight Methods) as taught by Master Wei Lun Huang.

As part of the physical fitness aspect and chi building of Chinese Martial arts, our Tai Chi students learn several Qi Gong series. Beginner students focus on Ba Duan Jin (Eight Sections of Brocade) and eventually move on to Yi Jin Jing (Muscle and Tendon Transformation Qi Gong). Each of these Qi Gong series focuses on specific fitness and types of energy building in the body.

Push Hands and Tai Chi Applications
Push Hands is a multi-person training practice that is based on the Internal Chinese martial arts. In Tai Chi, forms practice is usually done alone, with an internal focus on one's own structure and energy flow. In Push Hands and applications, students practice techniques with partners to help deepen the understanding of structure, sensitivity, and movement while trying to push their opponent off their root without losing balance themselves.

Youth Kung Fu

Wu Dao’s Youth Kung Fu classes consist of basic exercises,  footwork and striking drills, and traditional forms work. Material is taught through demonstrations and individual training to help enrich the learning experience, ingrain technical material, and instill values of respect and discipline. As your daughter or son improves in her or his martial arts skills, the foundation for respect, focus, and discipline is laid in such a way as to educate students to use their Kung Fu for their self-improvement through all age levels

Tong Zi Gong
With our younger students, we maintain the traditional practice of children’s flexibility movements or “Tong Zi Gong” to instill strong discipline, correct body mechanics, flexibility, and balance that will stick with students all their lives.