On Sunday July 17th, 2010, Arizona students from all over the state gathered at the Kung Fu Studio in Tucson to test for their next student level. We had 10 successful tests for student level one, and one successful test for student level 2. Many congratulations to all the students of our style of Tai Chi - Kung Fu for your hard work and determination to pursue our wonderful martial art!

Falling Leaves Kung Fu students Will and Jonathan train some "sticky leg" during our martial arts classes from this Sunday at our Tempe, Arizona facility. Sticky leg drills are used to develop both offense and defense within the "shuai" 摔 section of training. Shuai is often tranlated as "wrestling" and can include trips, sweeps, throws and various take downs, similar to Judo or Jiu-Jitsu.

This Sunday's class focused on our basic exercises (jibengong 基本功) 11-15, which is the required content for student level 2, but since we were working on footwork and stepping anyway, I had us train some sticky leg as well.

Avatar: The Last Airbender Special Offer

When we discovered the Nicolodean animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender" in my house, it was a real treat! The whole fmaily loved watching each new episode (we watched them on DVD). Since that time my kids *cough*and me*cough* have enjoyed watching them again and again.

So nauturally we're all very excited for the release of the theatrical, live action version by one of todays great film makers M. Night Shyamalan.

As a Chinese martial artist, one of the coolest things about Avatar is the strong influence Kung Fu plays in the series. It's great inspiration for kids (and adults) to start their own journey into the Chinese martial arts.