Training has begun again in 2014, not only in Wing Chun but also for dragon dancing. After a nice Christmas and New Year holiday break, it’s time to prepare for 2014, our annual march in Melbourne’s Australia Day holiday parade, and the upcoming Year of the Horse.

So we met at Albert Park Lake, home of Melbourne’s Grand Prix circuit, for a training BBQ to shake off some dragon “rust”, introduce the newbies to the nuances of dragon dancing, and to do some good old-fashioned club bonding.

The day started cloudy and cool, but by the time our dragons got in the groove, the sun came out and made for pleasant weather for our initial dragon/kung fu practice session. Good training, good people, good food, good place and good weather… what more could we have asked for?

A great day, all-around – click here to share the fun with us! If anyone else is interested in getting involved with our dragons, send us an email or give us a call – the more, the merrier!

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Qian Li Dao Academy –  our heartfelt thanks for your participation and support throughout this, our 10th year of operations; we couldn’t have reached this milestone without you! It’s been a busy and exciting year for the Academy and we hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we have – sharing, training and discovering more about ourselves and our Wing Chun.

We have finished classes for this year, and will resume in the new year as follows:

• Adult classes in Werribee will resume as from Monday, 6 January 2014, and Thursday, 9 January 2014 only.
• Adult classes in Hoppers Crossing will resume as from Tuesday, 14 January 2014 – full schedule resuming this week for the Western suburbs classes.
• Bentleigh classes will resume as from Wednesday, 15 January 2014.
• Children’s classes will resume as from Monday, 3 February 2014.

Whatever your holiday plans, if you travel, please do so safely and may you share good times with good friends making great memories. We look forward to sharing, training and exploring Wing Chun again with you in the coming New Year. May 2014 bring you and yours good health, much happiness and good fortune – Happy New Year to all!!!

    Just returned from another trip to Foshan, to train with Sifu Kwok Wai Jarm, son of our late Master Kwok Fu, and the clan. I must say that it was a most informative and fulfilling visit this time around, with Sifu Kwok spending extensive time alone with me before the guys arrived, and then giving my students who came from Australia (and one from New Zealand) special time and attention as well, when they arrived the following week.

We spent days training with him, and some of his senior students, in the mornings and early afternoons and then returned in the evening to participate in their group classes in the local schoolyard playground across the street from his home.

But the trip wasn’t all work – we took some time to visit the beautiful mountains of Guilin and trekked the mountain paths at the Longji Rice Fields there, too, meeting with some of the Yao tribal people who live there.

Some R&R in Yangshuo and relaxing at the Xinyinzhan hot springs on our way back to Foshan and Guangzhou made for a great ending to a spectacular trip!

For those of you who couldn’t/didn’t make it, you missed out on a trip of a lifetime, filled with heaps of kung fu knowledge, Chinese culture, great cuisine and good times! You’d best be ready to come on the next one!!!

Check it all out here!