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Welcome to Sifu Phil Dandridge’s website, here you’ll stay updated on all the latest goings on in the martial arts school.
Based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and with instructors teaching in Swindon, Walsall, Trowbridge and Melksham, DMAS has become one of the premier martial arts schools in the UK.
Teaching a rare family kung fu system, Elephant Form Fist, as the original core style, and subsequently southern Shaolin kung fu styles, notably Wing Chun and Hung Kuen, the DMAS has now also become an important branch of the Filipino Martial Arts boom in Britain, now teaching a synthesis of skills and techniques acquired from various Filipino martial art systems.
The club provides tuition in the following Chinese and Filipino martial arts:
Hung Kuen Kung Fu
Wing Chun Kung Fu
Eskrima
Hung Kuen Kung Fu
Perhaps the purest form of Southern Shaolin Kung Fu that still exists today. Hung Kuen can trace it’s roots back to one Hung Hee Kwan who lived close to Canton between 1740–1825. The style emphasizes the powerful techniques of the Shaolin Tiger System.
Wing Chun Kung Fu
The Wing Chun Kung Fu System is quite simple in appearance with a distinct lack of acrobatic leaps and extreme looping motions. It is a system built on scientific concepts and is based on the natural motion of the human body. The history of Wing Chun begins in the Ching Dynasty with the Shaolin Temple. One of the 5 Elders who survived the destruction of the temple by Manchu troops is credited with being the founder of Wing Chun. Her name was Ng Mui.
Eskrima
Unang Guro Dandridge has many years experience in a number of Filipino systems including Rapid Arnis, Warrior, Bakbakan Kali Ilustrisimo and Zu’bu Kali Ilustrisimo.
The aim of this class therefore is to teach a synthesis of the drills and techniques from these systems.
New and returning students should download the enrollment pack here. fill it out and bring it with them to class.
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