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    Derrick SIu
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    Tue, May 19, 2026
    17:00 - 18:00 GMT+8
    (A)Town Hall 集会空间
    阿里中心·上海虹桥(Alicenter · HongQiao) T2-6F

    A one-hour lab in movement, mobility, and Kung Fu.

    What if self-defense started not with throwing a punch, but with learning to listen through your skin? With understanding how your body moves, falls, breathes, and reacts before anyone ever lays a hand on you?

    This is a one-hour session blending principles from a handful of systems I've trained in — Tong Long (Praying Mantis), Wing Chun, Wushu, Shaolin, Muay Thai, and boxing — woven together with parkour, mobility work, strength, breath, and reflex training. Less "learn 5 moves." More "feel what your body already knows, and sharpen it."

    What we'll do

    • Mobility + body conditioning — open the joints, find structure, build the chassis that everything else runs on.

    • Falling + grounding — how to hit the floor without fear. Useful for fighting, parkour, life.

    • Chi Sao (sticky hands) — partner work in slow contact. Train sensitivity, reflex, and reading another body in real time. Beginner-friendly.

    • Breath + reflex drills — short, sharp games that wake up your nervous system.

    • Self-defense philosophy — the principles underneath the techniques. Why softness can beat force. What "energy" actually means once you stop romanticizing it.

    What you'll walk away with

    A felt sense of how usable self-defense actually works — not memorized techniques, but reflexes, structure, and instincts you can keep practicing on your own. Plus a clearer way to feel your own body.

    Who it's for

    • Total beginners who've been curious about martial arts but never knew where to start.

    • Movement people — runners, climbers, parkour folks, lifters, yogis — who want to add a combative dimension to their practice.

    • Anyone drawn to breath, energy, and the mind-body side of training, who wants the practical edge underneath it.

    No experience needed. No uniforms. No egos. Wear something you can move in. Bring water.

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