May 2010 – Volume 2, Issue 4

THE DRAGON’S LAIR NEWSLETTER OF THE IRON DRAGON KUNG FU AND KICKBOXING CLUB 91 STATION STREET, UNIT 8, AJAX, ONTARIO L1S 3H2

MAY 2010 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 5

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COMMENTARY As we move into summer, I am always disturbed by the inevitable drop in attendance at the Kwoon. Kung Fu is more than a seasonal sport like Hockey and Skiing. Kung Fu is a holistic lifestyle not a sport!

Sure there are sporting aspects to it such as Competitive Kickboxing and Grappling but there are underlying principles that inevitably spill over into other aspects of our life that make this a valuable activity all year round!

Training in Kung Fu is a cumulative endeavor. Each skill once learned, becomes the foundation for the next skill to be developed. This is an activity where a continuity of effort will provide superior results!

Take the time to evaluate your own training experience and you will see that your best training results are achieved with a steady, workmanlike effort. Don’t stop for the summer only to start all over again in the fall.

Train consistently all year round and achieve consistent results all year round!

Lil’ Dragons and Young Dragons Lazyitis - an addiction to Laziness As parents we have all showered our kids with love, affection and material goods. We strive to give them what we, ourselves never had. We do our best to ensure that our children want for nothing. Unfortunately, one thing that we cannot purchase and give to our kids is a work ethic. That must be developed from within.

In years past, work ethic was developed through a determination to escape humble or even impoverished circumstances. Is it any wonder then, that our May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 2 children (who have everything) display a lack of initiative and a complete lack of work ethic?!! Their privileged existence gives them no impetus to defy the odds and succeed?!!!

So how can we develop a work ethic in a child that wants for nothing? Strict and Disciplined Martial Arts training at Iron Dragon, that’s how!!!!

I have discussed this matter with the parents of my students on many occasions recently. Parents have expressed their disgust at the sometimes minimal effort displayed by their children during their classes. Remember, our “privileged” children have been catered to since they were very small. It has taken years to create a lazy kid! It is unreasonable to think that we are going to be able to turn such a child around in a matter of weeks or months!

Change will come but this is going to take time. Improvements will come in baby steps at first and later leaps and bounds. There will however, be times where they “relapse” so to speak.

Experience has taught me that “Laziness”, “Lazyitis” as I prefer to call it, should be treated as an addiction. It is an addiction to being catered to and showered with gifts and ambience without a corresponding requirement to work for it.

So what is the first step to correcting the problem? Same as any addiction……ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM. Once we have established that there is a problem we can get to work on correcting the problem!

We as parents need to take a hard line with our kids. Make it clear to them that they are enrolled in our martial arts program for their own good. Make it clear that quitting is not an option!

The program will be fun but not easy and we will certainly require the children’s participation. That said, it needs to be recognized that a 100% effort during a workout at Iron Dragon, from a kid that practices 25% effort in all other areas of his life is unrealistic!

As long as a child comes to class it is ensured that his or her effort will definitely be more than the 0% effort produced while lying on the couch, watching TV and munching on potato chips!

Over time the level of effort will improve and your child will come to enjoy his or her classes, eventually looking forward to them! Again I repeat…”this will take time and patience”.

The time and patience you have invested in your child’s training at Iron Dragon will ensure that they reap the benefits of such training for a lifetime!

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TRADITIONAL HUNG GAR KUNG FU Forms training – much more than a traditional art form There has always been a great deal of controversy regarding the relevance of forms training in the Martial Arts. Traditionalists often view forms as rehearsed fighting while non-traditionalists view it as a waste of time. Both sides need a more complete understanding of the relevance of forms training in Martial Arts.

Non-traditionalists assert that forms have no relevance to actual fighting. Traditionalists assert that forms training teaches correct striking concepts and strategy. Both assertions are true to some degree but the truth of the matter is that forms are not intended to simulate actual fighting! In fact, forms should be regarded as a type of “moving meditation”. Forms should be considered a mental and physical exercise that can lead to better fighting technique and strategy.

Let me clarify what a form is first of all. A form is nothing more than a collection of martial arts techniques that have been strung together like a long striking combination. Often forms will group simpler techniques in the short beginner forms and then progress to the more advanced techniques in the advanced forms. In essence, a collection of forms is very much an encyclopedia of all the techniques contained within a given martial arts system. When you have mastered all the forms you have mastered all the techniques of a system.

Does mastery of all the techniques make that person an effective fighter? NO! Similar to other areas of knowledge such as Law, Martial Arts are a body of knowledge that can be acquired through learning. It is the application of that body of knowledge however, that will determine the fighting prowess of the martial artist. Similarly, all Lawyers will acquire a common body of knowledge. Some will go on to defend O.J. Simpson as prestigious and talented criminal lawyers while others will labor as public defenders for legal aid. It is not the knowledge that these people have garnered from the educational system but the way in which they apply that knowledge that will determine their stature in the long run.

The non-traditionalist who refuses to train forms is akin to a paralegal that encounters a lawyer in court. The lawyer has mastered more of the legal code than the paralegal who is likely to have specialized in a very small section of that code. The lawyer will have a broader knowledge of the law and thus more options available to him when fighting his case. In the same way, a fighter with a broader knowledge of fighting techniques will have more options when dealing with a confrontation.

On the other hand, the traditionalist who has practiced his technique without actually using it in combat will be at a decided disadvantage when facing an opponent who has actually applied a lesser variety of techniques. This would be similar to a Professor of Law with mostly theoretical experience taking on a seasoned Criminal Lawyer with many years practical experience!

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Clearly neither side is entirely in the right when incorrectly viewing Forms training as an adjunct to fighting technique.

Forms training is much more than fight training however! It is my opinion that forms training is more a mental exercise than a physical exercise! It is in fact more akin to moving meditation! Often, when meditating it is difficult to avoid thoughts from creeping into ones mind thus negating the benefits of a “still” mind. Some forms of meditation advocate the use of a mantra (a word repeated over and over again either verbally or mentally) to avoid this. With forms, it is the concentration on the movements that prevents the mind from wondering! In fact, I have found that forms practice will actually enhance your meditation when you practice it later without the movements.

Many people in the West are skeptical of the benefits that can be derived through meditation. In addition to that, there is a “giggle factor” attributed to most Far Eastern practices that are not fully understood in the West. This is unfortunate. Forms training may be a more palatable way to start exploring meditational practices. I hope that you will take the opportunity to explore this for yourself!

TRADITIONAL HUNG GAR KUNG FU The 5 Ancestors aka the 5 Elders of Shaolin Kung Fu Much of the history of Shaolin Kung Fu has been passed down verbally for many centuries. Very little information was ever documented in writing. As a result, there are many contradictory accounts of people and events. Regardless, the following are the most common variations of the “5 Ancestors or 5 Elders” story.

The “5 Elders of Kung Fu” refer to the 5 senior monks who escaped the burning and destruction of the Northern Shaolin Temple around 1674 and Southern Shaolin Temple at Fukien around 1768.

Traditionally the 5 Elders of Shaolin Kung Fu are: Gee Sin Ng Mui Lei Ba San Fung Do Duk Miu Hin

Gee Sin Gee Sin was a monk who escaped the destruction of the Northern Shaolin temple around 1674 AD (although this date is questionable given the fact that Gee Sin is was the Abbott of the Southern Shaolin temple at the time of its destruction around 1768). In any case, the young monk fled to the Southern Shaolin Temple at Fukien and eventually became the Abbott of that temple. Gee Sin carried on many anti-Ching government activities and supported and hid rebels at the Southern temple in Fukien. In response to this, Ching government forces were dispatched to the temple to destroy it and kill all residents. At this point the story of Gee Sin diverges. May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 5

Scenario 1 The Ching army was assisted in its attack upon the temple by a traitorous monk by the name of Fung Do Duk aka Bak Mei the White Eyebrowed Monk (one of the Shaolin 5 elders). It is said that Gee Sin attempted to save the other monks by engaging in a duel to the death with Bak Mei (Pai Mei - Mandarin). The beloved Abbott was killed by Bak Mei and the temple was subsequently destroyed. One of the monks that escaped the temple was Hung Hei Goon. Hung had trained extensively under Gee Sin and subsequently expanded upon the Tiger techniques that he learned from the Abbott by combining them with the Crane techniques that he learned from his wife. This Kung Fu system went on to become Hung Gar Kung Fu.

Scenario 2 The Ching army, assisted by traitorous monk Ma Ning Yee laid siege to the temple and succeeded in destroying it and killing almost all the monks. It is said that 5 senior monks (the 5 elders) escaped the attack along with a number of lower ranking monks. Most of the lower ranking monks were subsequently killed in an ambush. The 5 elders and other survivors scattered about the Southern Chinese countryside.

Legends indicate that Gee Sin hid amongst the Red Boat Opera troupes that travelled throughout Southern China in their flotillas of Red Junks. Gee Sin is said to have modified the techniques that he had taught to Hung Hei Goon at the Shaolin Temple in order to make the technique more effective in the cramped confines of the Southern Chinese cities. The modified Kung Fu techniques were further expanded upon by Hung Hei Goon when he combined it with his wife’s Crane style techniques. The combined techniques became known as Hung Gar Kung Fu.

Gee Sin is acknowledged (by most legends) to have influenced the development of Hung Gar and Wing Chun Kung Fu.

My personal opinion is that there is some truth to both of the scenarios. I feel however, that the first is the more plausible of the two. Gee Sin was quite elderly by the time the Shaolin Temple was burned down and it seems more probable that the 30 something year old Pai Mei would have killed Gee Sin in a duel to the death. I believe it was probably Hung Hei Goon that spread the art of Shaolin Kung Fu to the Red Boat Opera troupes.

Ng Mui Ng Mui was the oldest and only female member of the 5 Elders. The nun is said to be the creator of White Crane Boxing and went on to heavily influence the development of Wing Chun Kung Fu.

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Legend has it that Ng Mui witnessed a battle between a Crane and a Snake. The Crane quickly gained the upper hand in the battle and eventually killed the Snake. It is said that Ng Mui was inspired by the Cranes performance in combat and used this inspiration to subsequently create a unique Kung Fu system that she named White Crane Boxing.

In later years the Nun taught her fighting skill to a local girl by the name of Wing Chun. The girl had been tormented by a local bully. With the aid of Ng Mui she trained day and night and was eventually able to challenge and defeat the bully!

Wing Chun subsequently made her own contributions to the style. Ng Mui named the improved style Wing Chun after her student. This style was passed down for generations until it was taught by Yip Man to his student…. Bruce Lee!

Wing Chun became the foundation of Lee’s own unique style that came to be known as Jeet Kune Do!

Ng Mui is known to have killed another of the 5 Elders, Lei Bai San when he challenged her to a duel on Flower Plum Posts. See Lei Ba San below.

Lei Ba San Lei Ba San trained extensively at the Northern Chinese Temple. After its destruction, his skill level was respected to the extent that he became the personal bodyguard for an imperial official of the Manchu Ching court. He was considered a traitor by the native Han Chinese because of this.

Lei Ba San’s daughter married Loy Yang, head martial arts coach of a Ching General. Loy was killed by a teenage martial arts exponent by the name of Fong Sai Yuk during a challenge on a Lei Tai (fighting stage) which Loy had set up to take on all comers. The Lei Tai is a stage upon which challenge matches were held as a public spectacle. Loy had installed deadly spikes all around the stage and had killed several challengers before he himself was killed when Fonk Sai Yuk kicked him off the stage and impaled him on those very spikes!

Lei Ba San then sought revenge upon Fong Sai Yuk. Ng Mui was a friend of Fong Sai Yuk’s mother, prompting Ng Mui to a duel to the death with Lei Ba San. Lei Ba San chose to stage the duel on Plum Blossom Poles. Plum Blossom Poles are an array of wooden tree stumps that the combatants use as stepping platforms in a duel. The poles are often quite high. On this occasion Lei Ba San set up wooden spikes at the bottom of the Plum Blossom Poles so that the loser would be killed. Ng Mui kicked Lei Ba San off the poles to his death!

FONG DO DUK (aka Bak Mei / Pai Mei) Bak Mei literally translated as “White Eyebrow” is actually pseudonym for Fong Do Duk who was known for his prematurely white hair and eyebrows. Fong had May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 7 trained hard while at the Northern Shaolin Temple and had reached the skill level of the four other elders when he was only 30 years old.

Bak Mei (sometimes known as Pai Mai) is himself the subject of contradictory accounts.

Scenario 1 – see Gee Sin – Scenario 1 above

Scenario 2 Some legends indicate that Bak Mei led the raid upon the temple because the Ching government had captured a number of his associate monks and was threatening to torture them to death if he did not aid the Ching.

The true story of Bak Mei’s departure from the Southern Shaolin temple may never be known! What is known is that Bak Mei was unsatisfied with his skills and retired to a Taoist temple on Wudang mountain where he went on to found his own style, Bak Mei Kung Fu – White Eyebrow Kung Fu.

Miu Hin Miu Hin was a lay disciple that lived and trained at the Northern Shaolin Temple. Not much is known about him other than the fact that he was the father of Fong Sai Yuk (see Ng Mui above) and was an expert at catching and returning thrown objects at his assailants!

The story of the “Five Elders” or “Five Ancestors” is integral to understanding the history of most Southern Chinese Kung Fu systems including our own Hung Gar Kung Fu!

*It is interesting to note that the founders of the 5 Major Southern Chinese Kung Fu systems are sometimes referred to as the “5 Elders” but not in the same sense that we discussed the above: Hung Hei Goon, founder of Hung Gar Kung Fu Lau Sam Ngan, founder of Lau Gar Kung Fu Choy Kau Yee, founder of Choy Gar Kung Fu Lee Yau San, founder of Lee Gar Kung Fu Mok Ta Shi, founder of Mok Gar Kung Fu

TRADITIONAL HUNG GAR KUNG FU WEIGHT TRAINING IN HUNG GAR KUNG FU Iron Dragon’s Canton Hung Gar Lineage traces back to Chiu Kau, father of our Grandmaster Chiu Chi Ling. The Chiu Kau lineage of Hung Gar placed a great emphasis on physical conditioning and physical culture. Surprisingly, weight training played a part in Shaolin Kung Fu training for over 1,000 years before Chiu Kau!

Weight training played a part in Kung Fu training way before the current steroid fueled, bodybuilding fad. Shaolin monks have done a form of weight training for over 1,000 years in fact. The training they undertook closely resembled the “Kettlebell” training that has taken modern sports training by storm. This type of May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 8 training more closely conditions the body for functional muscle strength as opposed to the more aesthetic bodybuilding type of weight training. This kind of strength training will help you to excel at combat sports!

The Shaolin monks used what was called a “Stone Lock” – a piece of stone carved into a “Lock” shaped dumbbell. The handle was usually carved into the stone and it was hoisted in Kettlebell fashion. Here, take a look at a video I found on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_cxeBd5yig&feature=related

Shaolin Stone Lock Training Stone Lock – an early Kettlebell

Similarities to Western Kettlebell routines are striking. The Chinese have been hoisting these things for over 1,000 years!!

Iron Dragon’s lineage of Canton Hung Gar descends from Chiu Kao and his sons Chiu Chi Ling and Chiu Wai. Chiu Kao was a physical culturist who enthusiastically embraced western weightlifting as a method to improve his strength and physical condition. Weightlifting has been associated with the Chiu Kao lineage of Hung Gar ever since!

Chiu Kau Chiu Chi Ling Chiu Wai

Chiu Kao and sons Chiu Chi Ling and Chiu Wai’s physiques showed the results of years of Weight Training!

Iron Dragon’s Kung Fu Kickboxing lineage descends from my Sifu’s, Twin’s Mick and Martin McNamara, “The Twin Dragons” of Toronto. The Twin’s were physical culturists in their day as well!

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Twin’s Mick and Martin McNamara sported weight trained physiques

I recall many times walking up the dusty, steep staircase at the first Twin Dragon Kung Fu Club in Willowdale in the early 70’s and finding the Twins happily pounding out bench press after bench press! I remember also being ridiculed by them because my 14 year old physique resembled Pee Wee Herman’s! LOL! Needless to say I immediately took to the weights to rectify that situation!!! LOL!

ME FIRST FITNESS – GUEST COLUMNIST MARK ROBSON I decided to rerun the following article which appeared in last month’s newsletter because it is so very relevant to my discussion of “Stone Lock” training in the article above. I will be contacting Mark to see if I can arrange for him to come down to Iron Dragon and teach a course on Kettlebells. This course will be made available at a very reasonable cost. Stay tuned…I will let you know when the course begins and how much it will cost.

The following article was graciously contributed by my former student and good friend Mark Robson. Mark is a Certified Personal Trainer with numerous certifications in multiple disciplines of physical training. If you have specific fitness goals that may need additional help, Mark is the man to consult. Mark’s contact info follows the article. I highly recommend his services! His contact information follows the article.

Recently I discussed fighter training with former Iron Dragon member Mark Robson. He was very enthusiastic about Kettlebell training for fight preparation. Thanks for you contribution to this months Newsletter Mark!

TOP TEN REASONS TO TRAIN WITH KETTLEBELLS BY MARK ROBSON

Kettlebells are a dynamic training tool long used by professional athletes worldwide. In recent years they have gained mainstream attention. The explosiveness that comes with this unique and effective way of training sculpts hard, lean, fat free bodies.

1. Identifies your Weaknesses: Kettlebell training will work pretty much every muscle in the human body thus identifying where you are your weakest. It will be different for everyone. Kettlebells are also able to target often over looked and under-trained areas like your hip flexors, lower back and shoulder girdle. May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 10

2. Functional Training at its Best: The beauty of kettlebell exercises is that they are designed to mimic regular every day movements and/or movements used in sports. By training these types of moves it will enable you to complete your day to day chores, your activities or your sport with that much more ease and success.

3. Compound Muscle Movements: Compound exercises are those in which you work multiple muscles at various joints in the same exercise. This way of training is much more effective compared to isolated exercises such as knee extensions or bicep curls which only target one muscle group at a time.

4. Sculpts Lean Fat Free Physiques: Kettlebell training will help increase lean muscle on the body which in return will help strip the fat away and turn you into a calorie burning machine.

5. High Output Cardiovascular Element: Explosive and rapid movements in succession such as the kettlebell swing will elevate the heart rate to levels never reached before on common cardio machines.

6. Improves Mental Toughness: Training with a kettlebell is not for the weak at heart. A kettlebell practitioner will develop a strong mind and the determination and discipline needed to sculpt a hard and toned body.

7. Injury Rehab and Prevention: This type of training strengthens muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons while improving the structural integrity of all major joints in the human body. 8. Explosive Movements Develop Power: Kettlebell movements such as swings, snatches and cleans are explosive moves that allow you to recruit more, fast twitch muscle fibres, helping develop the speed at which you lift your weight.

9. A Major Increase in Flexibility: Often overlooked in most exercise routines, kettlebell training promotes a full and healthy range of motion at important joints such as the shoulder girdle, hip and knees.

10. Much Shorter Workouts: Kettlebell workouts are a combination of training elements such as muscular endurance, cardiovascular, flexibility, speed, agility and coordination all in one. Combining these key elements saves you from training each one individually.

Kettlebell training is not only incredibly effective, it’s also tremendously fun and a great compliment to pre existing workout routines or for someone starting from scratch. For more information visit our website and email me for more Kettlebell Training information.

- Mark Robson, Certified Personal Trainer May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 11

One Body, One Mind, One Life, One Choice ME FIRST FITNESS www.mefirstfitness.com CONTACT INFORMATION: Mark Robson Certified Personal Trainer Executive Master Trainer Nutrition/Wellness Specialist MMA Fitness Instructor Kettlebell Instructor Specialist Strength and Conditioning Coach

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MARTIAL ARTS IN THE MEDIA CARL DOUGLAS WRITER AND PERFORMER OF “KUNG FU FIGHTING” Kung Fu Fighting was a hit Disco Dance song of the 1970’s. Martial Arts mania and Disco Dancing swept North America simultaneously in late 1972 and Carl’s song captured that moment brilliantly!!

The man behind the smash hit, disco song “Kung Fu Fighting” was Carl Douglas. He was the first Jamaican born artist to score a number one single in the United States!

Often touted as a “one-hit wonder” due to the success of “Kung Fu Fighting”, Carl Douglas does in fact have a substantial catalogue of music that can stand on its own merits despite never equaling the success of “Kung Fu Fighting”.

Douglas was born in Jamaica and immigrated to the United States. He grew up in California and later moved to England to study sound engineering. While in England, Douglas formed a musical group called the Big Stampede and went on to release a couple of mildly successful singles in the U.K.

Two years later (while living in Spain), he formed another group, “The Explosions“. The group did not go far and Douglas returned to England where he teamed up with a band called “Gonzales”. This gig in turn, led to his becoming a session vocalist for Pye Records.

In 1972 Douglas returned to England and worked with record producer Biddu on the soundtrack to “Embassy”, a film starring Richard Roundtree. Later, Biddu selected Douglas as a vocalist to record the single “I want to give you my everything”. Needing a quick B-side to the record, Biddu put a melody to the lyrics of a song written by Douglas. The song had been inspired by the Kung Fu craze that swept the world after the release of Bruce Lee’s film “Enter the Dragon” and David Carradine’s TV show “Kung Fu”. The song “Kung Fu Fighting” was recorded in just 10 minutes! Later, when the executives at Pye Records smelled a winner, they escalated the song to the A side of the record! It went on May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 12 to top the charts first in the U.K. and then Worldwide, selling over nine million copies! Pye Records hurriedly put together an album anchored by the hit single and entitled it “Kung Fu fighting and other great love songs” LOL!

Here is that great song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0

Man that brings back memories!!! LOL!

Subsequently, Douglas released two more albums, “Love, Peace and Happiness” in 1979 and “Keep Pleasing Me” in 1983. Neither album approached the popularity of “Kung Fu Fighting and other great love songs”.

Douglas has since moved to Hamburg, Germany where he owns a successful production company specializing in supplying music to German films and advertisements.

Incredibly, the man who so popularized Kung Fu in North American pop culture through his song “Kung Fu Fighting” never trained a day in his life!!!!

PROVERBS TO LIVE BY……..

If your strength is small, do not carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, do not give advice.

Chinese Proverb – Author unknown PONDER UPON THIS…..

Chinese wisdom, proverbs, traditions, etiquette and history were as much a part of the art of Kung Fu as the physical fighting techniques that were taught. In keeping with that tradition, it is hoped that this, one of many proverbs to come, will enhance our students’ martial arts experience for many years. In this day and age where many cultures have come together we are fortunate to receive proverbs of wisdom from many different cultures. It is my intention to present proverbs of any culture that are relevant to our training goals. These proverbs are intended to foster a dialogue about some of the less obvious facets of our art. The proverbs are purposely kept simple so students will ponder their significance and relevance in their own lives and experiences. Going forward it is hoped that all students will contribute to our monthly proverb. Short proverbs or wisdom May 2010, Volume 2, Issue 5 13 from any culture that are relevant to the goals of our Martial Arts Community / Club are welcomed. Email: [email protected] to submit your contribution.

IRON DRAGON MEMBER SUBMISSIONS: The intent of this newsletter is to foster and facilitate a dialogue among my students relative to their martial arts training experience. Everybody will experience the benefits of martial arts training in different ways. It is up to me to create a hunger for knowledge in my students. It is up to my students to feed that hunger! When you come across information that may be beneficial to your fellow students, I encourage you to submit it to me for inclusion in our monthly newsletter.

Here is a great inspirational quote submitted by member, Randy Carter: Never look down on anyone unless you’re helping them up . Randy was unsure as to the source of this great quote but it is certainly in keeping with the spirit I like to encourage at our Kwoon!

Randy’s quote brings to mind another great quote: There but for the grace of god, go I. Too often, society smugly looks down its nose upon those who are overcome by drug addiction, illness, homelessness, poverty and family problems. The fact of the matter is that all families (including our Iron Dragon family) will encounter these problems at some time. We must all strive to help, not rush to harsh judgement. We must try to be compassionate!

UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday June 3, 2010 - 7 pm Paradise Banquet and Convention Center Jane and Hwy#7 Twin Dragon Kickboxing Event Come and cheer on Iron Dragons Shawn Nanay 187 lbs and Chris Martin 180 lbs as they take on tough competitors from Twin Dragon Kung Fu Kickboxing Club!! Shawn is the club “banger”. When he connects it will be “lights out” dude! Chris is our finesse fighter and he is going to bedazzle his opponent with quick footwork and kicks!

Shawn and Chris…. Chris wins his last fight Thunder and Lightining!! in Peterborough

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Tickets are available at Iron Dragon. General Admission tickets are $30. Get there early as seating is on a first come, first served basis!

Saturday, June 12/10 CASK Canada Cup Continuous Sparring Competition Come cheer on our Lil’ Dragon and Young Dragon competitors as they take on competition from across Ontario in what has become the premier Continuous Sparring event of the year!!! Our student Paulo Pinzon Jr. won the Gold medal at this event last year!!!

Tomas Marticorena competes at last year’s event

Saturday, June 19/10 Extreme Kickboxing Event Our fighters Chris Martin and Shawn Nanay are in action again as they fight tough competitors in Peterborough on the evening of June 19/10. Tickets will be available at Iron Dragon around May 15/10. Come out to see a great event and help support our guys on the way to victory!

TILL NEXT TIME…… Here we are hurtling towards summer. I truly hope that you will stick around for a great summer of outdoor workouts! Let us look forward to the hot weather and the awesome workouts that we will have, not hide like roaches in our air conditioned crevices! LOL!

Until next time………keep KUNG FU FIGHTIN’! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiSzFp4arg

Karl, Sifu