At Nam Yang Brighton, we offer a range of traditional Shaolin Kung Fu classes specially designed for children and teenagers. Each class is tailored to suit the needs of different age groups — and above all, they’re fun, engaging, and confidence-building.
With our community values at the heart of everything we do, we place a strong emphasis on compassion, empathy, and respect for all our students and their families. Through Kung Fu training, young people develop self-discipline, focus, tolerance, and resilience, while enjoying a great full-body workout and constantly learning new skills that support their overall growth and development.
Nam Yang has a proud history of producing junior champions at both national and world championship levels, but our main goal is to instil our core values — helping students become kind, confident, and capable individuals.
All classes are delivered in a relaxed and friendly environment by fully insured and DBS-checked instructors, ensuring a safe and positive experience for every child.
Little Tigers (School age 4-6 )
The Little Tigers class is based on introducing Kung Fu principles to young children. They learn this through martial arts based games and partner exercises. They also learn about Chinese culture and history.
The Little Tigers class usually starts with a warm up which includes running, jumping, dodging, ducking, stretching and breathing techniques. Then the students take part in pad work and partner drills. We normally finish off with meditation. This class is open to school aged children, reception and years one and two.
Junior Kung Fu (Ages 7-11)
The Junior Kung Fu class is where Nam Yang’s Tiger-Crane combination syllabus is introduced. As well as the Shaolin weapons system and Chinese Lion Dance is introduced. The students also begin to learn more progressively complex partner routines, self defense drills and stance and touch sensitivity exercises called pushing and sticking hands. The class finishes with tea and meditation.
Teens Kung Fu (Ages 11-16)
The teens Kung fu class is a natural progression to the adult class. It usually begins with a warm up including strength training, speed training, a cardio vascular work out and stretching. There is a greater emphasis on self defense where students regularly practice pushing and sticking hands as well as San Da (Chinese Kickboxing) techniques and self defense drills.
