WHAT IS KUNG-FU SAN SOO

Our specialty is working with children. We work with children from ages 4 through 15. Classes are divided in to ages 4 through 5 and ages 6 through 15. Our classes for 4 and 5 year olds focus on developing children’s motor skills, coordination and balance. Their hand to eye coordination develops more quickly. They also participate in short relays and running games that combine fundamental martial arts skills with cardio exercises. These games and exercises promote excitement and enthusiasm among the children. Our classes for ages 6 through 15 helps develop coordination and balance but focus more on the martial arts aspects. They learn the importance of not having to fight with other children and the ability to walk away while feeling good about themselves. There are times when your child might find themselves in a situation that does not provide the opportunity of walking away. They may encounter a psychologically troubled or excessively aggressive individual (e.g., the bully). In this instance your child, being a student of San Soo, learns to diffuse these situations in a nonviolent manner. We also focus on the potential for "stranger danger" and teach them how to be observant of the likelihood for kidnapping or other problems that can exist for children. For example, in those circumstances where someone does grab your child and avoidance was not possible, through San Soo the student learns to "distract and escape." This could mean that the child could inflict temporary pain in a vulnerable area . The pain and surprise can allow enough time for the child to escape.

Kung-Fu San Soo for adults is a dynamic "explosive" fighting art! So dynamic that a person considerably smaller than a larger person can easily seize, gain control and potentially inflict serious damage to a larger person. It is the ideal solution for women wanting to learn how to protect themselves from rape or any other kind of assault. Kung-Fu San Soo does not rely on muscle strength. Rather, an individual learns how to use their complete and total body weight to offset their attacker's balance.

When anyone properly lowers their center of gravity, the use of their body weight becomes their power, making size less relevant. Executing techniques from a lower center of gravity will have a staggering impact on the attacker.

Kung-Fu San Soo is a five-family system representing the different fighting aspects of the art.

With the combination of the five families, San Soo is recognized throughout the martial arts world as one of the most devastating and effective fighting systems today.

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When these five families are combined together we have the art of Tsoi-I,i-Ho-Fut-Hung. Based on these five families the student learns to use combination of punches, kicks, blocks, leverages, throws and sweeps directed to vital points of the human body. Any technique that the student learns does not follow a set pattern. Any of these techniques can change in an instant to fit any situation. By training mind and body to work in synchronous unison, the student learns to control his or her breathing, develop their concentration and then use what is referred to in the art of Kung-Fu San Soo as "total body movement", enabling the execution of any technique with the full weight and power of their body. We also strive to teach our students about human anatomy. The student learns how the organs, organic systems, nerves and skeletal frame are situated in the human body. This makes learning the various strike points easier. As the student becomes more proficient in identifying the many targets on the body, it gives them innumerable choices. It also gives the student the ability and option to end a potentially volatile situation with less moves and reduced effort. As the student learns this knowledge they can at their discretion elect not to seriously injure an attacker. They can diffuse the altercation without causing serious or permanent damage. The student may merely decide to embarrass the aggressor and simply walk away.