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More Than Just Kicks and Punches
The Best Martial Arts Schools in Sydney
Our Martial Art classes for Children and Adults, in four locations across Sydney, are the culmination of decades of training and teaching students of all ages and abilities . We train to develop martial, physical and mental skills that will last a lifetime in our students. Our Kung Fu Classes transform the lives of our students, from young too old, in more ways than you can imagine. Start your journey with us, scroll down for the age group you are interested in.
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The Four Realms of Self
The Physical Realm
Through physical health and fitness we are able to achieve our goals in this life. By maintaining our bodies we ensure our quality of life through mobility and movement. The body thrives on movement. And importantly, when we pursue activities that engage our mind we actually improve the quality of the neural connections in the brain. Making our mind body connection stronger, which leads to better quality of life and a heightened sense of well being.
The Mental Realm
“With our thoughts we create the world”. Through our thoughts and emotions we can experience life as a joy or a burden. Through balancing the mental realm we start to control the creation of our thoughts, we become the director of our own personal movie… which we call life. When we understand that we are in control of the “movie” then we can literally change the script of our lives.
The Emotional Realm
Emotions allow us to experience life to it’s fullest. Yin and Yang… without sadness you cannot experience joy. Having a balanced emotional state allows us to feel both negative and positive emotions, and then move back to our center more quickly. In this way we do not become a slave to our emotions, we become the master of our emotions. We are able to feel and experience life and control our own emotional state.
The Spiritual Realm
The Spiritual realm encompasses things that we perceive as greater than us. Perhaps our connection to something bigger…Community, altruism, nature. These are all things that give us a sense of something more… and a higher purpose than our own basic needs. It also encompasses forming a greater connection with ourselves and developing a sense of self love and development. This is the most overlooked realm, and potentially the most important for true happiness.
Understanding Kung Fu
Kung Fu is not one style of martial arts, it’s actually an umbrella term for hundreds of different styles of Chinese martial arts. The Chinese martial arts are ancient, and the different styles within them are characterised by their different traits. At Head Academy, we teach Jow Gar Kung Fu Sydney. Jow Gar was developed in the late 19th century and utilises muscular movements and fast, complex footwork and kicks, making it an excellent form of self-defence.
Kung Fu Benefits
Self Defence
Confidence
Physical Fitness
Mental Health
Stress Relief
Discipline
Coordination
Life Mastery
“You measure your training in minutes on the mat”
Our Lineage
At Head Academy we teach the Chinese Martial Art known as Jow Gar Kung Fu. All programs and curriculums at Head Academy have been created, developed and refined by Sifu Nathan Head and his team of Senior Instructors over the past 20 years from the traditional forms that were passed down to him by Si Gung Andy Truong. We have constantly strived to create classes and programs that reflect our students goals, while maintaining the traditional focus on martial skill development and self defense.
With it’s roots in Southern China Jow Gar ( Chau Ka, Zhou Jia, Jow Ga), The Jow family style was created by eldest brother Jow Lung and continually refined and developed by his brothers Jow Biu, Jow Hip, Jow Hoy and Jow Tin.
Jow Lung combined the Southern Shaolin Kung Fu Arts of Hung Gar and Choy Gar with Northern Shaolin kung fu. Later developments also show influences and techniques that may be recognised as Wing Chun.
Our lineage is as follows
Jow Lung was teacher to Luu Phu, Luu Phu was teacher to Ly Truong, Ly Truong was teacher to Andy Truong, Andy Truong was teacher to Nathan Head.