10 months Octomber 2008--August 2009

Dale Witherudge Britain

Took part in the “2009 Mantis Fist Wine” Cup International Martial Arts Festival Opening Ceremony and received a gold medal in Sanda against a Russian competitor.

I have stayed in the academy for a total of 10 months traning under Wang Shifu. It has been one of the best times of my life and has opened my life to the world of kung fu. It has also been the best martial atrts training I have ever had. During my stay here, I have not only grown physically, but mentaly with a capacity not only to perform at a better standard, but to learn quicker also.
All the improvements I have made is down to Wang Shifu.The Shifus put all their time and energy into training us and are extremely good at their jobs as well as being the best martial artists you have ever seen. Towards the end of my stay here, Wang shifu trained myself and a few other students for an international Sanda competition. It waws less than a month which was very short noticenotice for the fight, but Shifu works every morning at 5, and spent aome late nights as well as weekends training us.We all ended up winning our fights, and we could have not done it without this time and expert trainning Wang shifu gave us.
The academy is very comfortable with an absolutely amazing view of the mountains. The training facilities are good, and have actually got better during my stay. I have often felt guilty of my comfort here knowing that most other schools in China are not that comfortable. The food like the facilities is good, and has recently got better.
The seasons are very hot in the summer, and bitterly cold in the winter. There are less students in the winter, and it is harder to training in the cold winter. The students who stay the winter are usually harder working and more serious than the students who are in the summer, some of with only stay for a few weeks which is not enough to learn anything seriousdly.
All in all, I had a great time and have learnt priceless training and look forward to coming back in the future.

Email:dcwitherudge@hotmail.com