Thanks to city funding we are offering free Kung Fu, Djembe Drumming, Chinese Drumming for DC kids 6-18 years old in our Summer Camp.
Contact Sifu Rahim Muhammad htcmrahim@aol.com for more information.
Our free programs are possible because of generous funding from Learn24, the city of Washington DC, and the volunteer power of parents, students. Dragons are rising. We lift them up.
Come visit us and take a look around. Watch a lion dance. Ask questions about our free programs for DC children and youth. Young students will perform as well as adults. We hold these about twice a year.
Lion dance brings good cheer and wonder to the community, and of course, luck.
Lion dance is an integral part of our school. Students learn lion dance to improve their agility, awareness, endurance, and how to work in a team of two as a part of a larger group. Students learn to prepare for different performance venues, and to expect last minute changes.
We perform on floors, traditional stages, streets, sidewalks--just about anywhere, anytime, but not in the rain. We have a wide range of lions and dragons for special events.
Please consider making a donation.
With low overhead and a small staff, donations go a long way at Hung Tao Choy Mei Leadership Institute. They go to the children's programs.
Each contribution allows us to create and teach programs like the Summer Camp Flight School. In that program, a licensed and experienced pilot taught our Kung Fu summer students how to fly on professional level flight trainers. Experience on those trainers was logged for each student and qualifies as experience for a pilot's license.
Hung Tao Choy Mei teaches children and adults fitness, focus, and self-defense. Kung Fu training requires no equipment, just hard work and a focused mind.
The name of our school is a Cantonese expression meaning Hung Head (Hung Tao) Choy Tail (Choy Mei). The hard-hitting hand techniques of Hung style make up one half of our Kung Fu, while precision kicks and swift footwork of Choy style are the other half.
It is said that there are two things you train in martial arts: the 'seen', and the 'unseen'.
Sometimes it is described as external and internal energy, or strength/power and chi. But let's keep it simple, because it is challenging to train that which you cannot see. The simple answer is that self-defense takes hard work over time.
Adults are invited to come for a free trial class. Come check us out with sport shoes on. Send us an email to let us know to expect you, htcmrahim@aol.com.
We have no contract, no direct debit and monthly tuition is $90. Uniform is $50 (Tshirt, pants, sash). If you decide to study with us then you will sign a waiver form and fill out some contact details on another form. That's it.
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CHILDREN -- Saturday
CHILDREN [Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday] 4:15p to 6:15p Kung Fu, Drumming, Lion Dance.
CHILDREN No-Classes-Friday
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ADULTS No class Saturday. Please email htcmrahim@aol.com if you want to attend on Saturday.