Classes & personal tuition  

What do we teach ?

Tai Chi for Health - Fitness Wellbeing, including gentle Forms, Exercises and Qi Gong Breathing Techniques.

Tai Chi Martial Arts - including Forms, Push Hands, Self Defence, Sparring, Competition.

Martial Art Weapons - including, Knife, Double Knives, Sabre, Sword, 6ft Pole, 9ft Pole. 

Wing Chun Kung Fu -  including Forms, Sticky Hands, Self Defence, Freestyle.  

Shaolin Kung Fu - including Forms , Bridging Hands, SanDa ( Boxing / Kick Boxing Sparring Rules)

Street Wise Strategies, Tactics, Techniques, Mind-set (SSTTM) - A stand alone, any Style, Risk and Conflict Awareness and Management Scenario Training Program,  Developed to help keep us Safe, based on Real Life Self Defence Situations and Industry Experience from some of the Worlds leading Self Protection Experts. 

Open Mat -  Traditionally we would refer to Open Mat as San Shou Meaning Free Hand, meaning Free Style, early forms of cross style training and mixing Martial Arts. In China,  Mongolian Wrestling, Folk Wrestling, Tai Chi and Kung Fu Styles all share the idea of San Shou and apply certain rule sets for practice.  Wrestling and Tai Chi share a Clinch, Sweep and Throw rule set, Points are mostly scored for remaining standing or landing on top off or falling over or out of the ring / square.

Tai Chi San Shou includes all stand up fighting and soft sparring with no gloves, Wing Chun shares this method calling it Freestyle Sticky Hands. Lei Tai is full contact fighting on a raised platform where falling is a main risk. San Da is the modern version using kick boxing rules, strikes clinching and throws, The difference between San Da and Thai Boxing is San Da Competition does not allow Knees and Elbows although Knees and Elbow Strikes are common in all the Styles. Most styles share History with Shaolin, Many Shaolin and Tai Chi Students compete in Wu Shu Competition performing Forms or San Da, Sanctioned (With Rules) Full Contact Fights. Some have become MMA Fighters.

Tai Chi Push Hands also has a Style of Competition with limited Stance and Footwork allowed, called on the spot Push Hands, this version is the most common in the West. Grappling is often known for on Ground Fighting, BJJ is a good example of on the Ground Fighting. Bruce Lee coined the term JKD for his own method of Training, Kung Fu with other Styles of Striking, Grappling and Modern Training Equipment. MMA is the most modern term for mixing Striking , Wrestling and Ground Fighting ability into a Style that can be directly applied to a universal multi style competition with Gloves and fought in a Cage. MMA is also trained for Self Defence.

Here at MAUK we encourage an Open Mind towards other Martial Arts and People. We are grateful for experience gained training with many great Martial Arts Instructors and include various aspects of Cross Training and MMA basic Ground Fighting / Grappling in some of our Sessions. Although we have learned from many Professional MMA Coaches,  we train at an Amateur level for Self Defence only.