Chans Martial Arts

14/09/2026

More photos from camp morning activities 🙂 not thanks to Mr Chris Mackenzie!!

13/09/2026

Fun and games to warm up 🤙 thanks to Mr Theuns Verwoerd (Hornby) and Olive Harris (HQ) for the photos!

11/09/2026

Amazing camp dinner at Wither Hills Vineyard! Amazing food, w**e and scenery!!! It will be hard to beat!

08/09/2026

Fight games, Chin Na and Speed, timing, distancing drills at annual camp

07/09/2026

A few students chipping in and volunteering to help serve the food for tea breaks and lunches 🙂

04/09/2026

Having the correct form is not sufficient if your distancing and positioning is not optimized for the correct target. Moving into the correct position needs to be accounted for for each strike, whether it is on pads, body shields, bags, as well as on the human body.

If your distancing and positioning is not correct you will naturally compromise your form and accuracy to strike the target. Practicing on targets is essential as well as correct visualisation when doing techniques in patterns and combinations so that all modes of training result in realistic outcomes.

03/09/2026

Well done to those who stood up and performed the patterns in front of everyone. The demonstration showed the difference in standards expected at different levels of advancement.

True advancement is not learning new things but about honing the basics and getting a deeper understanding of what you have done many times before.

It is sometimes easy to see that there are some differences, but truly understanding the specifics required to perform the forms well is not as simple. Often your perception of the standards are not as clear as it can be.

01/09/2026

Shift-Turn-Punch. We have all been taught this basic concept of Shao Chi Chuan, however many were yet to fully understand the importance of executing these steps with the preciseness and accuracy it truly requires.

Feeling the full weight transfer and completing each stage before the next is important to develope true effortless power. The timing must be perfected through feeling, visualisation and practice. It was great to see the breakthroughs many of the students made at camp just from this segment alone!

31/08/2026

Fantastic to see in the southern region

A nice big class in Winton. Good to see so many keen students.

31/08/2026

Morning warm up exercises 😁 Big thanks to Mr Mackenzie and his team for leading the mornings edification activities 👍