Hip Hop Break Dance Course

Summer is here and Chan Wu Yi is giving everyone the chance to have some fun and learn to dance like a New York Hip Hop Pro.

A course is going to run from July 10th until September every Friday from 7.30pm - 9.30pm. All are welcome to come along and jam.

Learn all the genuine moves like Baby Freeze, Swipe, Windmill, Helicopter, Flare, 1990, Headspin, Square Airflare, Top Rock, Up Rock, Foot Work, Three Step, Five Step, Six Step, Freeze, Back Up, Hopping Handstand, Air Chair, Back Elbow and Air Freeze.

It's gonna be fun. Come down and join in! Check it out at http://www.shaolincwy.com/specialevents.html

3rd Annual Dan Grading Exams

The latest and 3rd Dan Grading Exams to be held by Chinese Wushu Academy UK took place on Sunday 28th June. A record number of students took part and spectators were treated to an outstanding display by all the participants.

The large field of Dan I students showed how far they had come in recent months. The outstanding effort from all Dan I students bodes well for the future and there were some obvious rising stars among the participants.

At Dan II the competitive nature of everyone involved really kicked in and produced some fantastic performances. Ali showed everyone just what dedication and hard work can achieve with some really impressive sets that surprised everyone. The day went to Marc, however, who in a short time of training has really shown that he has what it takes to go all the way. His sanshou set included some superb flourishes including a jumping spinning kick that had everyone applauding.

Dan III was a white knuckle ride for the students and audience alike. A big jump up from Dan II in terms of the standards required results awaited with trepidation by the 5 students. In the end Ludo and Luxi took the honours in Wushu, with Ludo coming out on top, and Longui triumphing in Taiji. In all 3 out 5 students took Dan III showing just how tough it is if you want to compete at international level.

Alongside the exams themselves Chan Wu Yi staff put on a great day for everyone with tombola, video shows and live interval entertainment in the form of a hip hop dance show.

Shifu announced that another grading will take place at the end of the year giving all those who missed out this time the chance to catch up.

Shifu laid out his plans for the next year including the prospect of new centres and the addition of new classes at HQ.

A fantastic day was had by everyone who came and we hope that students and audience were inspired by what they saw to train harder than ever in the coming months.

Watch this space for new pictures and videos coming very soon!

iPhone website

Chan Wu Yi lanches a new website for iPhone users. We wanted to give people on the move a better experience when connecting with the website. The new iPhone site is designed to be easy to see and use without the need to resize the screen or scroll side to side.

The site has unique information, interactive timetables, facebook links and smart contact numbers that allow iPhone users to dial us straight from the website.

Although the site is designed specifically for iPhone users we are currently testing and debugging for use on a variety of other devices. Please give us some feedback on specific bugs if you are a Blackberry or Nokia user to help us speed up the process.

If you are mobile you can access the site at www.m.shaolincwy.com