Our Styles

Yee Kuen Kung Fu (Yi Quan) was rumoured to have been developed by the legendary Chinese general, Yue Fei (1103 - 1142) in the Northern Song Dynasty.  It was developed for his officers to be originally used in battle with weapons.  

Our style was propagated in Taiwan and brought to Australia in the 1970's by Master Ying Li.  It survives in Canberra in our school and also in our father school, the Sydney Self Defence Centre.

Just like its cousin, Hsing I, it concentrates on the 5 traditional elements and 12 animals.  The practitioner uses a barrage of straight direct strikes along the centreline while flanking and avoiding an opponent's attacks

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Ba Gwa Zhang is rumoured to be an even older style but became famous in Chinese history in the Qing Dynasty when Dong Hai Chuan (1797 - 1882) taught it to bodyguards to defend against multiple opponents.  
It concentrates on circular footwork to step around and behind an opponent and learning to fight in positions of disadvantage.  

The version of Ba Gwa taught in our school is Cheng Style as promoted by  Grandmaster Liu Jingru

Black Eagle Eskrima as with all eskrima styles are family based tradtitions passed down in the Philippines as effective self defence systems specialising in stick and knife fighting.  These styles were infamous during World War Two when villages had to fight the invading Japanese army.  Black Eagle was passed down in Australia by Master Carlos Navarro

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