Temple Knights Kung Fu Camp
August 13- 18th, 2012
(Arrival August 12th, Departure August 19)
Temple Knights is a sanctuary in the heart of Muskoka created for peace of mind, strengthening of the body, and nourishment of the spirit.
Located on 170 acres of beautiful Canadian pre-cambrian shield - the oldest exposed bedrock in the world! Our retreat / campground is located 10 kil. east of Hwy. 11 (near Baysville) with a private spring-fed pond and an abundance of wildlife.
Temple Knights offers a unique experience like no other for personal growth in the natural serenity of forest, stone and water. Join us for the adventure this year!
Kung Fu Camp August, 2012
Traditional Kung Fu Training, ninja and stealth training. Featured weapons: sword (Chinese and Japanese styles), shurikens (throwing stars), staff - Bo, Nunchuks, Spear and archery. A challenging obstacle course to test your abilities. Dynamic training methods that will ignite your passion for Kung Fu and teach you effective self defense techniques.
Traditional Kung Fu training for health, fitness and self defense is available at Temple Knights Camp. Developing strength, endurance, speed, courage and power. Learn about the 5 Animal Styles: Dragon cultivates spirit, Crane trains the sinews, Snake cultivates chi, Tiger trains the bones and Leopard develops strength.
The human body is a combination of hard and soft elements and for optimum results your training should reflect that in its practice. As the Yin/Yang symbol demonstrates a synthesis of hard and soft, internal and external, substantial and insubstantial all reveal important lessons. Opportunities for practicing both internal and external forms are available at Temple Knights Camp.
Each day begins with a 30 minute meditation by the beautiful Dragonfly Pond. Listen to the silence and detoxify your mind. Some of the meditation techniques practiced during the week include Microcosmic Circuit and the Nine Gates, all of which help you to focus, direct your energy and cultivate peace of mind.
During the daily lessons or while sitting by the fire, plan on having interesting and mind-opening discussions on a variety of topics such as the Yin/Yang, chi, Fire Element which is in accordance with the Chinese Five Element Health System. Learn about the associated organs, meridians, diet, color, healing sound and exercises that go with the Fire Element for summer. You can also learn some of the movements of the dynamic Dragon form which is the style associated with the Fire Element.
Expert instruction is given by Sigung John Oliver Peel, Sifu Valerie and all our guest instructors during the week. Please refer to Bio's on website for information regarding our teachers.
Visit Sigung John’s Bonsai Nursery, take a nature walk, or canoe / sail on Dragon fly Pond.
Special guest instructor this year Ben Teskey on "Tracking".
What is Tracking? Applications of Tracking
- Awareness Exercise
- Tracking using Primary Vision (shapes, colours, lines, textures)
- Looking at footprints - Tracking using Secondary Vision (layering of knowledge around morphology and behaviour and developing brain patterning – i.e. toes, heals pads, claw marks, trail patterns)
- Characteristics of animal families
- Using a tracking stick (an exercise to find the next track by tracking each other across various substrates, starting with easy, measuring the distance and finding the next print)
- Spoor interpretation (feeding sign, beds, pushdowns, scat, skeletal remains, territorial markings...)
- A track line
wildlife tracking and tracking humans as well. 3 hours.
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