“Everyone really grows up they watch kung fu movies. Then they think they can do it. So I thought that I will just go out and try it, well, I loved it ever since.”
– Aaron
“I was very unfit and also I was very scared about what happens to me when I stay outside alone.”
– Desmond
“Kung fu is pretty much a life style. It’s not just fighting. Its being courteous, its being everything so I love it”
– Aaron
“It’s a way to stay physically fit and to exercise discipline. Um, and it gives me e where to go for when I come here got a hour and a half.”
– Donald
“Where I come from woman don’t do that and I wasn’t allowed to do it. But when I came to Canada My husband and I, I came with my husband here. Its been like that a dream come true being able to do this stuff.”
– Maria
“When I came here, I sat down at all the classes and saw how I get all these different compactable movements that they do and this one small action, just one small action can let you counter someone else or protect yourself which can do many different things so I really like that.”
– Ralph
“Before I could be a little bit scared of some situations and the dark or I don’t think I can be there for my kids if something happened and I know I know I can be a mom that I can protect the kids. You know that different empowerment.”
– Maria
“I like how tradition and can give something a lot much strength and build up a foundation behind it and I like how Chinese kung fu lots behind it. So the thought of being able to teach someone the future, I mean it sure seems right now it seems very far off. Right now I don’t think I am ready to teach anyone, but the thought it really motivates me.”
– Ralph
“It is more of a philosophy; it’s not anything that you are going to fight against somebody”
– Maria
“A lot of the people just sometimes have this urge to punch something maybe. But me, I just like to do this to calm down and yeah just to lesson some stress off me.”
– Ralph
“When I get to class I might not be that happy, when I leave I feel great.”
– Donald