Our curriculum is designed to give the student a complete education in Traditional Chinese Martial Arts. Students progress through each level at their own pace.  Kung Fu training is like building a house, first a good foundation must be laid, upon which we can build. Our school does not have a belt ranking system as we believe true Kung Fu lies in the heart, and mind not the waist line. Instead students are ranked based on the family system, the most senior students is the one who joins the school first.  Onces a student completes the required material, they well be tested in formal quarterly exams. Students will be tested on there overall proficency and knowledge of the material they are working on. Students must also show improvments, in conditioning, strength, coordination, speed and power.

BEGINNER LEVEL

At the Beginner Level-students learn the fundamentals of Martial Arts. Students develop a basic foundation or what is typically called ROOT. 

Students are introduced to:

Basic Stances

Basic Footwork

Basic Punching & Kicking Skills

Footwork Drills

Punching Drills

Usage of Punching and Kicking Skills 

Martial Etiquette

BASIC FORMS

Sei Ping Kuen (Four Point Fist)

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 

 At the Intermediate level-students continue developing there fundamentals as well as starting to build the SHAPE of our style of Martial Arts.

Students are introduced to:

INTENT(Applications) 

Body Conditioning(Nei Gung) 

Power Development(Ging)

Punching  & Kicking Combinations

Sparring Techniques and Strategies

Basic Kum Na(Seizing, locking) Trapping, Grappling,

Theory of Mu Ying, Yow Ying

INTERMEDIATE FORMS

Sui Fok Fu (Small Subduing Tiger)

Sern Tao Gwun (Double Headed Staff)

Faa Kuen (Flower Fist)

Miu Faa Chueng (Plum Blossom Spear)

Siu Hung Kuen (Small Red Fist)

Fu Mei Darn Do (Tiger Tail Broadsword)

Dye Fok Fu (Big Subduing Tiger)

Sup Gee Mui Faa Do (10 Pattern Plum Blossom Double Knife)

Chai Jong Kuen (Wooden Stake Fist)

ADVANCED LEVEL

At the Advanced Level training is done on a more individual basis then classroom style. Much more attention to detail emphasized. 

Students are introduced to:

Advanced fighting techniques & strategies

Advanced Punching, Kicking, Throwing, and Locking Combinations

Chi Cultivation

Fighting Techniques w/Weapons

Jow Ga 10 Animal Theory

Theory of Hard & Soft

ADVANCED FORMS

Fu Pow Kuen (Tiger/Cougar Fist)

Sern Bai Sao (Double Daggers)

Man Gee Kuen (10,000 Character Fist)

Siu Ying Jow Kuen (Small Eagle Claw Fist)

Woo Dip Sern Do (Double Butterfly Knife)

Sam Gee Gwun (3 Section Staff)

Gao Wan Dye Do (9 Ring Big Knife)

INSTRUCTOR LEVEL

At the Instructor Level training is done on a one on one basis. At this level practitioners should be developing a much deeper understanding of Jow Ga fighting techniques, theories, and strategies, as well developing their own expression of the art.

At the Instructor Level practitioners are stripping away the unessentials

INSTRUCTOR LEVEL FORMS

Lo Hon Kune

Dai Fu Pa (Tiger Fork)

Kwok Jeet Kuen (Chinese Character Country Fist)

Gim (Swallow Tail Straight Sword)

Mui Faa Sern Bin (Plum Blossom Double Chain Whip)

Kwan Do (General Kwan’s Big Knife)

Bat Gua Gwun (8 Diagram Pole) -Combination 

Students also have the opportunity of learning (2) Person Fighting Sets

Chart Siu Fok Fu

Chart Sern Tao Gwun (Staff  vs. Staff)

Darn Do Chart Cheung (Single Knife vs. Spear)

The Jow Ga Martial Arts Academy  does not believe in a belt ranking system to judge skill level. Martial Arts skill is not determined by the color of a belt. Ranking is based on the traditional family system. The student who first joins the school is senior, regardless of skill level.

Sifu (Father/Head of School)

Si Hing & Si Jia (Older Brothers & Sisters)

Si Dai & Si Moy (Younger Brother & Sister)