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Karate Kid Movie Trip
The Karate Kid film starts at 2.25pm on Sunday 1st August at Vue Purley way, Screen 4.
Here is a link to the cinema's information page for directions plus other info
Here's a little letter from Cypress Hill School:
Thank you for supporting Cypress Schools Summer Fair 2010.
Thanks to the help of your generous donation the event was a huge success.
Best wishes,
The PTFA and the children.
It was a pleasure helping out.
Raffle News
Here are some pictures of the winning ticket being drawn by Phil at Solar-Com, and the winner Kallum with his prize and Si Je Jo, Sifu and his Mum!
Graduation June 2010A big well done to everyone that graded - congratulations!
1st Student Grade
Rafel Uddin
Matt Robinson
Gregory Askew
Ayden Griffin
Stephen Hyde
Rebecca Lee
John Thurgood
Ben Spencer
Errol McKenzie
Oliver Phillips
Gerald List
Steve Mayell
Alex Phillips
Joe Wilson
Michael Espinosa
Kowthem Dharmary
Philip Gardiner
Liam Farrelly
Peter Magliocco
Sam Watson
Michael Beaumont
Fred Odong
Barry Boxall
Paul Preston
Kapil Vara
Joshua Lowen
Fhorkan Uddin
Stephen Harris
Stephen Bolt
Cransten Galindo
Tidor Nieddu
Adan Lora
Craig Hilliard
Steven Preston
Anjali Pattani
Edward Man
Zeyang Gao
Debbie Hanton
Jonathan Dower
Raymond Lydon
Rajan Patel
Mark Andrews
Nicholas Man
Helen Shillito
Alastair Macleod
Emma Brown
Dennis Milinevsky
Nick Brace
Kar Kit Li
On Saturday 31st July at 1.30pm - 5pm there will be an adult Seminar by Total Care Security on Personal and Family Awareness. The cost is £50 to members of the school and £75 to non members (general public).
Specialist Instructor the longest serving member of the SAS Ken Connor, author or Ghost Force and The Secret History of the SAS. Also Instructors in Chris Wheeler and Terry Cambridge, experts in close protection (bodyguards).
Covering Risk Assessment, personal space, surveillance awareness, body language, safe havens, carrying bags etc. Also travel and vehicle awareness, improvised weapons and reaction to emergency.
Raffle Draw resultTicket number 489 serial number ad 184194 has been drawn, the winner has up to Saturday 17th July to collect the prize.
Kung Fu Schools will be visiting school fates
During the summer we'll be visiting several school fates:
Saturday 12th June Atwood primary school
Saturday 26th June Hayes summer fare
Sunday 27th June Ridgeway primary
Saturday 3rd July Selsdon primary
Saturday 10th July Parish Church primary
Saturday 17th July 'The Laurells'
On April 30th 2010 Sifu Alan Paterson and Master Paul Hawkes met the Chinese ambassador Liu Xiaoming and his Wife for the Shanghai EXPO 2010 at the Chinese embassy London, along with fellow members of the Confucius Institute.
It was a great honour to meet the Ambassador and his wife and talk about Kung Fu Schools Croydon, the positive reward scheme we offer to both adults and children and the cultural diversity within our school.
Also present was the Minister Counsellor Tian of Education who was impressed by the fact that students, through the Kung Fu ethos of WingChun, found inspiration and a common interests with each other.
The Ambassador was also impressed with how Kung Fu Schools has helped students with special needs by the application of balance, focus, coordination and concentration to help build and all round individual.
Sifu Alan said "It was one of the most memorable occasions I have had the pleasure of participating in as Head Instructor of the School."
Grading Week Passes
A big well done to everyone that graded!
Michael Esanosa
Alex Phillips
Oliver Phillips
John Blezard
Joe Wilson
Gerald List
Jason David
Shaquiel Galindo
John Thurgood
Kasia Leszczewski
Neerom Jotangiya
Melanie Nourse
Dorothy Onyekwe
Steve Mayell
Alexander Berdugo
Raveen Kumarasinghe
Fred Odung
Liam Farrelly
Barry Boxall
Michael Beumont
Peter Magliocco
Sam Wilkins
Fhorkan Uddin
Rachael Fernandes
Stephen Harris
Joshua Lowen
Paul Preston
Stephen Bolt
Craig Hillard
Conor Daly
Tidor Nieddo
Nicholas Darling
Steven Preston
Cranston Galindo
Jonathan Dower
Greg Aslangul
Zeyang Gao
Jo Driscoll
Wing Wo Kwai
Stephen Bew
Edward Man
Debbie Hanton
Mark Andrews
Rajan Patel
Nicholas Man
Christopher Cummings
Daniel Gray
Raymond Lydon
Michael Garlick
Helen Shillito
Alastair Macleod
Ajayan Manivannan
Karl McPherson
Emma Brown
Valentino Gaio
Alex Martionchev
Steve Henty
Christian Cassar
Fraaz Akhter
Rohan Mehra
Kit Kar Le
Dennis Milinevsky
Nicholas Brace
Anish Pillai
Tristan Wholey
Wayne Marden
Charlie Fox completes Sport Relief as Kung Fu Panda
Si Hing Charlie Fox finished his Sport Relief 3 miles by mistakenly doing 6!!
He was the only runner to complete the event in a Kung Fu Panda costume while others (a sandwich and a banana) quoted the panda as ÒmadÓ.
The day turned out to be a complete success having everyone take pictures and welcoming Sing Charlie as Kung Fu Panda, whom to date has raised
nearly £400 for Sports Relief.
Just a reminder that we are closed Easter holidays the 3rd and 5th April.
BIG Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Paul Hawkes on their recent wedding (11/03/2010)!
Sifu Alan meets the Chinese Ambassador to the UK
Si-fu Alan Paterson had a chance to meet the Chinese ambassadors Liu Xiaoming on his first official engagement on Saturday 13th March at
the LSE (London School of Economics) in London since becoming the UK's new Chinese ambassador on February 28th 2010.
Also in the other photo is Si-fu Alan Paterson with the head of south bank university, Si-fu Paul Hawkes and Ming, head of the Confucius institute.
And here is a video from Chinese TV of the event:
One of our instructors Si-Hing Charlie Fox will be running for Sports Relief as Kung Fu Panda for 3 miles on the 21st of March.
If you would like to sponsor him please by Clicking Here.
(If you do not have pop-ups enabled, copy and paste www.mysportrelief.com/foxyfund in to your address bar.).
Ann Bailey from Kidscape was invited to our Little Dragon Graduation ceremony. Many of these students
took also part in our Sponsored Board Break raising money for this charity that helps to protect children
and prevent bullying.
It was good to meet you, your staff, the parents and children on Friday afternoon. It was a privilege to be part of the award ceremony. Thank you all for the warm welcome.
As a small children's charity, we depend largely on kind donations and individuals and groups. Your donation will help to make a tremendous difference in our ability to keep children safe.
Yours sincerely,
Ann Bailey
1st Student Grade
Liam Farrelly
Barry Boxall
Ben Spencer
Peter J Magliocco
Philip Gardiner
Katie Derrig Adams
Jade Derrig Adams
Michael Evans
Fred Odung
Michael Beamont
Sam Wilkins
Ryan Dickenson
Joshua Lowen
Adan Lora
David Styles
Craig Hillard
Stephen Harris
Forkan Uddin
Steven Preston
Paul Preston
Valerie May
Nicholas Darling
Kapil Vara
Cranston Galindo
Tidor Nieddo
Dean McDermont
Stephen Bolt
Jo Driscoll
Zeyang Gao
Stephen Bew
Greg Aslangul
Wing Wo Kwai
Edward Man
Debbie Hanton
Gary Stewart
Jonathan Dower
Wendy Allen
Nicholas Man
Daniel Gray
Anjali Pattani
Mark Andrews
Rajan Patel
Anna Patock
Matthew Smith
Alastair Macleod
Michael Garlick
Steven McLeod
Emma Brown
Valentino Gaio
Rachel Keanie
Fraaz Akhter
Nick Brace
Rohan Mehra
Dennis Milinevsky
Karkit Li
Wayne Marden
Daniel Wynter
Elisha Sarraute-Gabriel
Chris Mack
The total from Kung Fu Schools Croydon board break just keeps on going higher and higher, reflecting the
huge effort that the student's put in, and the support they've been given from their friends and family.
The total raised for KidScape is now £7410, and Brenda Stafford (of KidScape) is over the moon!!!
Sifu Alan and all the team of very proud of everyone that has contributed to this excellent sum!!
The Confucius Institute (based at London's South Bank University) visited on Saturday 20th February.
Kung Fu Schools were very honoured to have some very special guests, as performers from north east China gave two packed out performances in front of
parents and children, with demonstrations of lion dancing, weapons and Wushu kung fu.
There were also dancers from the Chinese opera and they performed the fire dance, the paper cutting dance and
the tai chi fan dance.
The performers have done demonstrations in front of a hundred thousand people up and down the UK this year on behalf of the Confucius institute.
They were also at Trafalgar square on Sunday 14th February to celebrate the Chinese new year, which was attended by the mayor of London Boris Johnson.
Chinese New Year Martial Arts Demonstration at the National Portrait Gallery
Yesterday (14th February) we performed at The National Portrait Gallery for Chinese New Year, year of the Tiger.
We did 3 shows, MP Simon Hughes and various Chinese dignitaries was in the audience.
All the shows were fantastic, all the instructors, children and parents had a great time.
We wish you all a happy Chinese New Year, Gung Hei Fat Choi!!
A reminder that it's Grading week from Saturday 20th - Thursday 25th February.
Following the Grading week, the Graduation times are as follows:
FULL UNIFORM IS ESSENTIAL
Little Dragons : Friday 26th
- Beginners: 4:00 - 4:45pm
- Intermediates & Advanced: 5:10 - 6:00pm
- Beginners: 2:00 - 2:45pm
- BBTC & Advanced: 3:15 - 4:00pm
Megan Raises £1500 to Beat the Bullies
Kung Fu Schools and Kids Kung Fu Student Megan has featured in the Croydon Advertiser for the sum she raised during the sponsored board break. Here are some photos of Megan with Sifu Alan. All of the students worked really hard, and the instructors are proud of them all, but for Megans special black-belt effort she won the gold cup.
Kids Kung Fu sponsored board break - UpdateWe recently received a letter from Brenda Stafford Kidscape thanking all of our students for their efforts...
Thank you for your generous donation of over £4000. I hope everyone who took part in the sponsored "board breaking" enjoyed it.
This is a fantastic amount of money to have raised, for which we are very grateful. Please pass on our thanks to everyone involved
in the fund raising event, including the students, staff and all their family and friends.
As a small charity we depend largely on donations from individuals and organisations. Your donations will help us support and keep children and young people safe.
Kidscape wishes everyone at kung fu schools a happy and healthy new year.
Yours sincerely
Brenda Stafford
Students show the Martial Artists spirit
Well done to all the students that made it through the snow to classes during the recent snowy weather!
The martial artist's attitude of perseverance and tanacity came through in many students who still attended their Kid and Adult classes
to improve their Wing Chun Kung Fu last week. Remember that a black belt is a white belt that never gave up!
We would like to thank all the students that used their martial arts skills for the sponsored board breaking, helping the national anti-bulling charity, Kidscape, which helps people and schools grasp a better understanding of bullying. We would like to embrace that Kidscape recognises the positivity behind martial arts in which we promote.
We also attended a number of Christmas School Fayres over December, in and around the local area. We held free Kung Fu lessons and helped with the schools with lots of fun and games.
Sifu Alan with sponsored board breaker
Congratulations to these adult students who have have recently achieved the following grades.
1st Student Grade
Edward Reed
James Wells
Tidor Nieddu
Cranston Galindo
Dean McDermott
Stephen Harris
Serhat Salman
Adam Lora
Debbie Hanton
Kapil Vara
Greg Aslangul
Joshua Lowen
Paul Preston
Steven Preston
Nicholas Darling
Conor Daly
Wing Wo Kwai
Zeyang Gao
Jonathan Dower
Gary Stewart
Jo Driscoll
Wendy Allen
Edward Man
Stephen Bew
Allan Clyne
Nicholas Man
Gwyne Roberts
Miho Roberts
Rajan Patel
Mark Andrews
Raymond Lydon
Michael Garlick
Alastair Macleod
Christopher Cummings
Victoria Gregoire
Helen Shillito
Emma Brown
Ajayan Manivannan
Rachel Keanie
Greg Orton
Valentino Gaio
Fraaz Akhter
Nicholas Brace
Rohan Mehra
Dennis Milinevsky
Wayne Marden
Daniel Wynter
Chris Mack
Charlie Fox
Jason Ludwig
On Monday January 11th SiHing Keith Monk will be opening Kung Fu Schools Sutton.
For location details Please click here.
Kids Kung Fu sponsored board break - over £4500 raised so far!
We would like to thank all the students that used their martial arts skills for the sponsored board breaking, helping the national anti-bulling charity, Kidscape, which helps people and schools grasp a better understanding of bullying. We would like to embrace that Kidscape recognises the positivity behind martial arts in which we promote.
We also attended a number of Christmas School Fayres over December, in and around the local area. We held free Kung Fu lessons and helped with the schools with lots of fun and games.
Sifu Alan with sponsored board breaker
We were at Fairfield Halls on Monday 16th for the workshops of ICE UK (Inspiring Creative Entrepreneurs), organised by Justyn Hollett. We were holding conflict management and self defence workshops with the college and secondary school students of Croydon and South London. Sifu Alan Paterson and Si-hings Wayne Agnew, Keith Monk and Jason Ludwig all had a fantastic time.
Sifu Alan with School Students
On Saturday 14th we were at Royal Russell School Fair, it was a great turn out and we really enjoyed helping promote the school.
Si-hing Charlie and the Kung Fu Panda greet the guests
Anti-Bullying week is from the 16th November, and Kung Fu Schools (Croydon) will be supporting this event through Free Anti-Bullying classes for
Children and Parents.
Our Martial Arts classes not only equip your child to deal with immediate physical threats, but help your child to discover the Confidence that is in them to communicate with
their Parents and Teachers.
Limited spaces are available, so Please see the Contact Us page for more details on how to book your class.
At the end of November, Kung Fu Schools (Croydon) will be holding a Sponsored Board Break for Kids in support of Kidscape. Kidscape is the leading anti-bullying charity for Children, and
supported by TV presenters Gok Wan (who himself was bullied at school) from Channel 4's "How to look good Naked" and Philip Schofield from ITV's "This Morning".
Sifu Alan does everything he can to equip you to beat the bully, not necessarily through applying the physical martial skills but through the increased confidence and ability to communicate clearly to Teachers and Parents.
Master Paul Hawkes (5th degree) will be visiting for an end of year seminar with Sifu Alan Paterson (3rd Degree) on the Saturday 28th November at 2:00pm till 5:00pm at Kung Fu Schools Croydon, book now (limited space available) cost £25
Kung Fu Schools at the Royal Russell SchoolOn Saturday 14th November come and see the instructors at Royal Russell school Christmas fair from 1pm.
Adults Grading WeekDon't forget it's Adult's grading week Monday 2nd till Thursday 5th November, and DTC will be on the 7th November.
Kids Grading NewsCongratulations to all the children that have graded and graduated, with a special well done to the little dragons and juniors that have received their Black Belt!!
Chinese Wellbeing WeekOn Saturday 3rd October the junior students of Kung Fu Schools (Croydon) were invited to perform 3 demonstrations at The Chinese Wellbeing Week at the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square, with Head Instructor Sifu Alan Paterson. The event was put on by the prestigious Confucius Institute, which promotes Chinese culture, wellbeing and traditional Chinese Kung Fu. The children performed along with 2 Wushu Warriors from Northern China, and participated in work shops with them, and traditional Chinese dancing. The children had a fantastic time and the whole event was a great success and seen by many.
ASDA Wallington
We had a great day at ASDA Wallington introducing many people Kung Fu Schools - a premier martial arts school, with full time teaching facilities and professional CRB checked instructors.
We will be at ASDA Wallington on Sunday 13th September from 11am - 4.30pm. Be sure to come and see us!
GradingsCongratulations to these adult students who have have recently achieved the following grades.
Grade 1
Daniel James
Allan Clyne
Melanie Philipides
Nicholas Man
Raymond Lydon
Mark Andrews
Rachel Fernandes
Jade Whitewood
Emma OÕsullivan
Danny Gurney
Sam Watson
Rajan Patel
Kevin Truong
Adam Bassett
Alastair Macleod
Michael Garlick
Matthew Smith
Archunan Manivannan
Anna Patock
Bryan Jack
Steven Mcleod
Emma Brown
Helen Shillito
Victoria Gregoire
Michael Horkan
Ajayan Manivanna
Rachel Keanie
Rohan Mehra
Fraaz Akhter
Dennis Milinevsky
Chris Field
James Mcfarlane
Nick Brace
Connor Wenham
Alex Martioncheu
Chris Mack
Wayne Marden
KarKit Li
Charlie Fox
Daniel Wynter
Albert Vas
Precious Arthur
Elisha Sarraute-Gabriel
Anish Pillai
Richard Sullivan
Abi Higgs
Vicente Hudson
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Kung Fu Schools would like to thank everyone that is taking part in our fund raising for Damelza Hospice Care for Chrildren. We have received the following letter from Demelza in thanks for all your efforts. You can even read about it on the BBC website, CLICK HERE UPDATE: Currently we have raised �7,673.28 |
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Dear Kung Fu Schools (Croydon)
On be half of all the children, families and staff at Demelza, I would like to thank you for your generous donation of �4711.28 received on the 25/3/08. Your support will go towards our new hospice, which is being constructed at wensley close in Eltham
Demelza cares for over 450 life-limited children and their families across Kent, south London and east Sussex providing:
- Hospice at home care
- Hospice care
- Planned short breaks
- Emergency respite
- Therapies
- Symptom control
- End of life care
- Bereavement support
Your support will make a vital difference to the children and families we care for. A mother said recently �To watch one of your children pass away bit by bit is really hard, but to have somewhere like Demelza makes that passing not so lonely�
Yours sincerely
James Hanaway
Director of fundraising
Kung Fu Schools (Croydon) is one of a network of Kung Fu schools throughout the South East of England.
For further information please contact us on 0800 197 4660 (0208 916 2102) or
school@kungfuschools.co.uk
The Confucius institute which stands for Chinese culture, wellbeing and medicine