Ting Shen Kung Fu

About Ting Shen Kung Fu

Ting Shen Kung Fu is a martial arts school located on Dearness Drive in the Westminster neighbourhood of London. The temple serves the local community by offering training in Northern Shaolin Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung Fu, a system characterized by rapid movements and a balance of hard and soft energies. The school welcomes new members with no prior experience and focuses on developing strength, flexibility, discipline, and self-awareness through authentic Chinese exercises. The curriculum includes empty hand forms, weaponry, and Chin-Na, which is the art of seizing and grappling involving joint locks, holds, escapes, pressure points, submissions, and throws. Students begin with basic techniques such as stances, blocks, and strikes before progressing to traditional forms and boxing applications. Training sessions start with 30 minutes of static and dynamic warm-up exercises to build coordination and flexibility, followed by kung fu techniques and drills. The school emphasizes the history, philosophies, and principles of Kung Fu while teaching students to attain high virtues. The school is a satellite location of the original academy in Windsor, where Sifu Derek Wu began his training in 2004. Under his instruction, the school provides training in groups, pairs, and individually depending on the specific exercise. Because heavy contact is not part of the classes, students do not need to bring fighting gear like gloves or mouth guards.