Ages 8 to 13
Shou Shu KidsKids Kung Fu
Real self-defense skills, taught to kids who are ready for them.
- Monday and Wednesday 6:00 to 7:00 pm
- Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 to 5:25 pm
By 8, kids can handle real technique, and this is where Shou Shu proper begins. Students start working through the animal styles that give the art its name, learning how a smaller person creates advantage against someone bigger. It is the same curriculum the adults train, scaled to what kids can do safely.
What you will learn
In this class.
Shou Shu animal styles
Bear, tiger, mongoose and beyond. Each animal is a set of movements and a strategy, and each one is a degree students earn as they advance.
Defense against bigger opponents
The core idea of Shou Shu. Leverage, angles and targets that let a child create space and escape rather than trade strength for strength.
Anti-bullying skills
Confidence and posture prevent most problems. For the rest, students learn how to break a grip, get away, and find an adult.
Fitness and discipline
Conditioning built into class, plus the habit of showing up and working even on days they do not feel like it.
A typical class
What to expect.
A full hour. Warm-up and conditioning, then technique work drilled in pairs, then application against pads or a resisting partner. Instructors correct in detail at this age because students can process it. Belt progression gives kids a concrete goal to chase.
Your first two classes are free. Wear comfortable athletic clothes, bring water, and arrive a few minutes early so we can show you around.
Questions
About Shou Shu Kids.
What is Shou Shu, exactly?
A Chinese martial art built on the movements of seven animals: bear, tiger, mongoose, crane, mantis, cobra and dragon. Students earn each animal as a degree of advancement. It is built for self-defense rather than sport competition.
How is this different from taekwondo or karate?
Shou Shu is not a point-fighting sport. There are no rules to fight within, because the goal is stopping a real attack and getting away. Practically, students spend less time on tournament forms and more on what works against a bigger, stronger person.
Does my child need to be athletic?
No. The techniques are built on natural movements, not on being fast or strong. Kids build the fitness by training.
Two classes,
on us.
No pressure and no contract. Come train twice and see if it fits. Tuition starts at $80 a month, and parents train free.
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