Davis Square Martial Arts

Huge thank you to Sifu Rick Wong's Chinese Martial Arts Centers Center for a fantastic seminar on Liang Yi Quan over the weekend... We all learned a lot (and have a lot to practice)!

Huge thank you to Rick Wong's Chinese Martial Arts Center for the seminar on 32 Southern Fist yesterday! Lots to chew on, and lots to practice... And it was great practicing with students and instructors from Chapman's Martial Art, as well!

Another Great Kung Fu Day with Master Sun Deyao studying the Hao Family 2 Hand Sword😎

Huge thanks to Sifu Rick Wong (Sifu Rick Wong's Chinese Martial Arts Center) for today's wonderful seminar on Sun Style and Chen Style Tai Chi movements as they show up in the Compulsory 42 Step Tai Chi form. We all learned a lot...and we have a lot to practice!

The official number is in: our wonderful community collected 232 toys for our holiday to drive...and that's not even counting online donations! Huge thank you to everybody who participated! Happy holidays from all of us here at Davis Square Martial Arts.

Huge thanks to everybody who donated to our holiday toy drive! Stay tuned for the official count later this week...

Huge congrats to all the runners out there in the Boston Marathon. Good luck!

Just a reminder: We have no kids classes today or tomorrow, but we have regularly scheduled adult programming tonight and all week.

Great NYT article on the benefits of exercise for all of us - especially those of us getting a bit older! How many of these exercises do you do? (A lot of the core work seems like exercises we do in Kung Fu class!) Here is the article:

5 Exercises to Keep an Aging Body Strong and Fit Declines in muscle and bone strength start earlier than you might think. Build a smart workout habit now.

HUGE thank you to all the students, parents, and instructors for your hard work to make our demonstration last Sunday a success. It was the result of lots of strong practice, positive attitude, and community support. More pictures coming soon!

One of our longtime students practicing the 32-Step Straight Sword Form... Great for balance, strength, and (with the straight sword especially) focus!

What are you grateful for? Mounting research shows that mindfulness and gratitude meditation have proven, quantifiable health benefits. More info here: https://www.cdc.gov/howrightnow/gratitude/index.html

What do you think? Can you carve out a minute in your day to be more mindful?

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