Dragon
Powerful and penetrating. Using the tail, horns and claws in sweeping movements following the spiritual side of the animal. Included in the Dragon techniques are locks, the applications of which are designed to break bones and destroy joints.
Learn Kung Fu in our Martial Arts club in Exeter, Devon
Learn Kung Fu for self defence in Exeter in a friendly club environment. Two-hour classes run at least twice per week. Our instructors will take you through each move step-by-step to help build your understanding and demonstrate the truly incredible capability you will develop within the Five Pattern Hung Kuen Kung Fu system.
Classes are run informally with all participants of different experience levels training together. Students are encouraged to begin teaching newer members at an early stage as we believe this is a good way to cement the knowledge you have and gain further understanding of the system.
Questions and exploratory scenarios are actively encouraged and classes are flexible based on student needs, curiosity and interest. All classes will include some element of the basic building blocks of Five Pattern Hung Kuen Kung Fu: structure, form and application.
Our classes are designed to accommodate practitioners of all levels, from beginners to advanced students. We train at Hybrid House in a welcoming, supportive environment.
First class is free! Regular pricing information available upon request. We believe martial arts should be accessible to everyone.
Comfortable clothing suitable for exercise, a bottle of water, and an open mind. No special equipment required to start.
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Hybrid House
Exeter, Devon
Ready to start your Kung Fu journey? Have questions about our classes? We'd love to hear from you.
The Five Pattern Hung Kuen system is based on the movements and characteristics of five animals: Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, Snake, and Crane.
Powerful and penetrating. Using the tail, horns and claws in sweeping movements following the spiritual side of the animal. Included in the Dragon techniques are locks, the applications of which are designed to break bones and destroy joints.
Powerful, destructive, unyielding. Tearing, ripping and driving. Tiger techniques aim to hit with such ferocity, second assailants will question their intentions on seeing the results on the Tigers first victim.
Cunning, lightning speed, ripping, deceptively powerful. Striking with paws, claws and elbows. Often taking its prey to the ground, strikes are mostly focused on soft vulnerable target areas. Leopard has the ability to draw the opponent into thinking that success is imminent, only to be met with a flurry of fast deep penetrating strikes.
Twisting, evasive and penetrating. Snake techniques include the bite, tail and locks. Strikes are fast finding vital points with pinpoint accuracy, looking to disrupt and poison the assailant's energy.
Deceptive, elegant and graceful. Wings (hands and elbows), beak and kicks used to strike in flowing circular motions that appear to the onlooker as being flowery and faint. However, the Crane techniques to the recipient are fast, heavy and devastating.
The Kung Fu fighting style, Five Pattern Hung Kuen, is a traditional southern Chinese martial art dating back to the Siu Lam Shaolin Monastery and was developed by the famous nun Ng Mui and her counterpart monk Miu Hin.
The knowledge of the system was then passed down through various masters. During the earlier part of the last century, Yeung Shut Fu taught it to Yuen Yik Kai, who was to become one of the most respected Kung Fu Grandmasters in Hong Kong. Sadly, Yuen Yik Kai passed away in 1984 but not before teaching the extremely rigorous training to Master Vic Gnash at Yuen Yik Kai's school in Kowloon.
Following many years of study under the Grandmaster, Vic returned to London where he opened a school and in 1971, Mike Jolliff started learning the system from Master Gnash. Mike attained the level of Master himself in 1982 having traveled to China to meet and train with Yuen Yik Kai. Mike had the privilege of training with the Grandmaster a number of times after the visit to China and, since Vic's death in 1996, has led the British Five Pattern Hung Kuen system.
No, our classes welcome complete beginners. We start with the fundamentals and progress at your own pace.
Our main classes are for adults and teenagers 16+. Please contact us directly regarding younger students.
No, you can begin at any fitness level. Your strength and conditioning will naturally improve as you practice.
Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes suitable for exercise. T-shirt and sweatpants or shorts are fine.