About Us
We started our classes teaching young children helping to bring out the best of each young individual. Our classes are run in a friendly social environment and we encourage our students to work together as a group to help assist each other. There is no place for ego among friends and we discourage those who harbor such thoughts. After a few persuasive chats we've now managed to involve many if not all the parents to join their kids in the classes.
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We pride ourselves in our quest for self excellence and we endeavor to use the same ideals when we teach students. We understand that everyone is different and each will progress in their own ways and at their own speeds. Our role is to make sure we help our students to learn new skills and develop those skills to the best of their abilities.
STRETCHING
Stretching forms a part of the warm up process, not only to avoid injury but to also improve flexibility. With better flexibility students will be able to take their training to a higher level.
SPARRING
With sparring training students will learn to hone their skills in combat, improve reaction and overcome their weaknesses.
TRADITIONAL FORMWORK
The essence of our system is contained within our formwork. Within them lie the generations of refinement and knowledge for which lay the foundations for our system.
WEAPONRY
The system teaches many traditional chinese weapons. The staff is the first weapon most students will learn and is recognised as the foundation of weapons trainnig - Sabre, straight sword, spear, three section staff, small knife, buttefly swords are but a few of the many weapons we teach.
CHI GUNG
Or 氣功 in chinese, is the combination of controlled breathing along with posturing of the body and specific movements that when combined is widely used in the assistance of meditation, spiritual training and martial arts.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
We recognise the importance of the practical side of the applications we teach.
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Instructors
SINCHI (Centre Instructor)
My life of Martial Arts started from when I first did Karate whilst still in Primary school. Coming from a time when orientals were frequently picked on at school and potentially on the street my mother felt it was important I knew self defence as well as improving my physical health.
After leaving karate I started training with a traditional school that taught lion dancing. Studying eventually became priority and a busy schedule combined with schools going from Monday to Saturdays meant I had little time left to train so I stopped doing any martial arts for a few years before eventually taking up Chu Gar Kwon for which I left after a couple of years leading up to 1996 when I took up Nam Pai Chuan.
One of the first students at the Chiswick branch of Nam Pai Chuan I've grown to not only love what I do but also see it as part of my life. After 20+ years of training with Nam Pai Chuan my interest has not diminished but instead expanded the more I delved into the art. Having been an assistant instructor at Chiswick for almost two decades now under the tutelage of Sifu Jerome De Silva and continuing to assist in my mother club, it was only a matter of time before I set off to start my own branch of the system.
​Currently a fourth degree black belt following my exam in 2017 it's become more important for me to now focus on passing the knowledge onto others and continue the age old tradition of ensuring the art continues for future generations.
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