Golden Leopard Kung Fu

A great time was had by all who attended our long over due Choy Li Fut training weekend in Fargo with Sifu Neil McRitchie and other members of our Kung Fu family from Winnipeg.  There was a tremendous amount of sharing that occurred.  Spear, sword, and pole sets, not to mention all sorts of application, knife defense and more.  We encountered a little rain but not enough to dampen our spirits or stop the kung fu.

I would like to thank all those that attended for their time and kung fu.  This was not only a time to share kung fu but to share ourselves and reconnect with our extended Kung Fu family.

There are all ready thoughts of a bigger and better “training camp” next year.  Hope to see all the familiar faces plus many more.

Another Dragon Boat Festival behind us.  The day started out rather hot and humid.  The sun showing down.  Then about 15 minutes into our demonstration massive down pour.  We only got to show about half of our material, but we ended with a very nice Choy Li Fut set, be it a little soggy performed by Noah Johnson.  after many of us being soaked we decided to stay and play a little in the wet, and some cases the mud.  Over all I think a good time was had by most if not all.

I would like to thank all those who put in the time to train and came out to support Golden Leopard Kung Fu School.  Everyone did a wonderful job!

**Check out all the pictures from the event on our photo page**

Golden Leopard Martial Arts Center and Minneapolis Plum Blossom will be meeting up with Sifu Neil McRitchie from Winnipeg for a weekend of fun and Kung Fu Training in Fargo, ND.  For those a little more adventurous some attending will be camping, but for those wanting more comforts of home there will be hotel rooms reserved.  It’s been a while since this event has been open to all students, so take advantage of this opportunity to meet and train with our Kung Fu brothers and sisters.

Training will taking place on Friday July 23rd and Saturday July 24th.  Both nights weather permitting we will socialize over dinner, fire, and maybe some s’mores for dessert at the camp sites.

Anyone interested please respond ASAP (call or e-mail) so campsite or Hotel rooms can be reserved.  We can then also make arrangements for those that would like to share a ride.

Hope you can come and join in the kung fu and comradeship.

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The 9 week introductory classes schedule starting March 16th for kids, and youth will be:

Tuesdays            4:00 – 4:45

Wednesdays      6:15 – 7:00

Cost is $99 for the 9 week session 1 day/week.  Payment due first day of classes.

Fee includes School T-shirt for training.  No additional cost required for this introductory session.  Follow up classes will be offered for those interested.

There are a few spaces still open.  If interested call or e-mail Sifu Eric Muchowski

We are starting a new page you will find under the blog heading in the side bar titled Q & A.  This page is to share thoughts ideas and information that come from questions that site visitors, students or family have about our school, association, style, history, teaching, or anything else that relates in some way to our System of Kung Fu or Martial Arts, and Health in general.  Not all questions and answers will be displayed on line, but we will try to post all that may be truly informative or thought provoking to others.  Thank you for your thoughts and questions.

e-mail: sifu@goldenleopardkungfu.com

The new space is not exactly complete but it is ready for training to begin.  With any luck by the end of October most of the final touches will be complete.  Grandmaster had give me recommendations for training hall colors and the such.  I would like to thank those who have give of their free time to help with the mess and grunt work portion of the build out.  With out the help we would probably still be a week or two away from getting into the new space.

With our move to the new space in October will come the new schedule for the Childrens Kung Fu classes.  For the three weeks of September we will keep the old schedule of Monday class from 4:15 – 5:00.  Starting October 5th we will begin the new schedule of Monday and Wednesday.  The start time may be shifted back to 4:30.  Final decision on times will be posted in the next couple weeks.  We are looking forward to seeing everyone back to train Kung Fu and have some fun after the late summer break!

Golden Leopards move to a new training hall in South Minneapolis is progressing.  A lease has been agreed on and the date for opening of the new location is October 1st, 2009.

The new location will be at 3920 Nicollet Ave So.  Just a few minutes from our current location.  The new location will give us better training space and the ability to expand our current class schedule.  There is a lot of work that will need to be accomplished before this date but we are very much looking forward to what this move will offer.  We will be working in the next couple weeks to get a new schedule and class list on the website.  We will also try to keep you updated on the progress.

We will be there again this year showing the neighborhood some Choy Li Fut.  Last year was a good time in both presenting our Kung Fu and enjoying some of the other festivities at  Bancroft Meadows Park, 42nd St. and Bloomington Ave So.  We will be holding demo / classes at the park on Wednesday July 29th.  Youth group will be on from 5;30 – 6:30 and the Adults from 6:30 – 8:00.

Other activities include:

*Free ice cream from Grand Old Creamery

*Afro – Caribbean Drumming

*Games and Activities for all and a parade (decorate your bike) at 6:30

*Paper Boats Puppet Show

*And More……

Come and join the neighborhood celebration and enjoy an evening in the park!

Plans are to begin training outdoors on Wednesday nights starting in May. It’s wonderful to be out in the warm weather and is a great time to train weapons. We loose the restrictions of the school and are able to have everyone train and move more freely. I will keep you posted on the exact date we will be starting.

Anyone needing to purchase a Pole please let Sifu know as soon as possible.