2010 FS karate teaching team

  CLASSES

The following classes are open to the public as from April 2012:

FreedomStyle MMA (Stellenbosch) :

Total Revolution Gym, Electron Street, Technopark 

Mon. and Wednesdays, 19:00 - 20:15

Contact: Christian Louw 084 6800068

Swimming Dragon Study Group (Stellenbosch) :

@ONE Space, 44 Reyneveld St.

Tues and Thurs 08:30 - 09:30

Contact: Dianne Cooke 082 7755585

FreedomStyle Study Group (Somerset West) : 

Mayfair Cottage, Bright St., Somerset West

Mon: 16:30 - 17:30

Contact: Lesley 082 7866151

If you wish to train with Sensei Hans Menck personally in Newlands Forrest, while he is on training retreat, CONTACT him:  074 1826490 (sms preferred)

Here follows a info on some arts that can be taught through Freedom School:

Aikido (the way of harmonious energy) is a Japanese martial art that developed out of various Samurai combat methods. It is a non-violent and aims to pacify an attacker, to remove violence from a situation and to create peace. In aikido practice a student will learn how to use throws, joint locks, immobilizations and weapons techniques as tools for self-defence, health practice and personal development.

Kenjitsu is a group name for the samurai sword fighting arts. Freedom School kenjitsu focuses mainly on the use of the sword (ken) and the walking staff (jo), but as the students progress, various other weapons will be introduced into training. Practice weapons will be provided by the school and a high standard of safety is maintained at all times.

Taiji Quan and Gongfu are martial traditions from China. The tai-chi and kung-fu taught at the Freedom School are known as internal style or soft style martial arts (Neijia). The focus is on skill rather than brute force. Internal martial arts are perfectly suited for self-defence, health and personal development.

The styles of Neijia Gongfu taught at Freedom School are:

Chen- and Yang-style taiji

Swimming Dragon Skill (you long gong taiyi)

Mind Form Boxing (xing yi quan)

Eight Trigram Palm (bagua zhang)

Six Harmonies Praying Mantis (liu he tanglang)

And elements of:

Nature Style (ziranmen)

Shaolin Heart Mind (shaolin xin yi ba).

Capoeira is an acrobatic martial art that was developed by African slaves in Brazil. Capoeira has strong roots in African dance, because the slaves used to dance to disguise their martial art practise. At Freedom School you can learn both the Angola and Regional systems of capoeira and some traditional elements never seen before in South Africa.

Bazillian Jiujitsu (BJJ) is a martial art that specialises in ground fighting (wrestling and grappling). BJJ has become very popular throughout the world over the last ten years because of its proven success in various mixed martial arts (MMA) tournaments. BJJ was created and popularised in Brazil by members of the Gracie family. It was developed out of Japanese judo and jiujitsu. There are two major schools within BJJ: sport and self-defence. At freedom school BJJ is taught with a bias toward the self-defence aspect.

Karate-Do, Way of the Empty Hand, is martial art that developed in the Okinawa islands. It is primarily a striking and kicking art, but the karate training at Freedom School also includes grappling (ura-wasa) and traditional weapons (kobudo). Karate is good for fitness, health and fighting skill- and it is also a DO, a way of life that fosters respect, courtesy, humility and confidence. Freedom school karate classes are mainly of the kyokushin style.