Wei Family class, included in tuition
Chinese Boxing
Hands, angles, and footwork from the Wei Family fighting method.
The art
Striking the way the old kung fu fighters actually fought
Chinese boxing is the fighting expression of the Wei Family hand methods. Strip the forms down to what lands: straight punches, hooking and swinging strikes, palms, elbows, low kicks, and the angles and footwork that put you where the other person is not. It looks closer to old bare-knuckle boxing than to a movie.
The class runs on pads, mitts, and controlled partner rounds. You learn to hit hard without telegraphing, to move off the line, and to keep your structure when someone is hitting back.
Where it comes from
The method comes through Tzu Jan Men, Natural Fist Kung Fu, and the Chinese boxing traditions the Wei Family carried south. Sifu Casey Martin, the school's Fist of the School, and Sifu Chris Lyle teach the class, with Assistant Sifu Isaac Stancil on the floor.
What it does for you
An hour of hitting pads and moving under pressure is the most direct self-defense training we offer.
Striking rounds are interval training. The heart rate goes where it needs to go.
Students who train Chinese boxing come back to their forms understanding what every movement is for.
Rounds are light, supervised, and matched by level. You spar when you are ready and never before.
What a class looks like
Shadow rounds to warm up. A combination or angle taught on the mitts, drilled in pairs. Bag rounds. Then partner work: one attacks, one defends and counters, both learn. Finish with conditioning and a bow.
Your first visit
Bring hand wraps if you own them, otherwise we have gloves and pads to borrow. Athletic clothes and a mouthguard if you plan to spar later on.
Questions before you come? Call 336-542-5920 or email support@traincloudforest.com.
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