So here we are trying to give ourselves a hard time, but it’s not that easy. Drive from Abu Simbel back to Aswan, arriving at lunchtime.
After lunch at the Nubian house, take a boat to a sandy riverbank, locally known as a beach. Read More
Saw the sunrise yesterday so lie in until nearly 7. Into my own clothes (Phew! They still fit) and ready for footwear other than walking boots. Ahh, my lovely Crocs, bought in Singapore on a memorable trip Read More
Up extra early to catch the pre-dawn and sunrise. Stretching, throwing, working it.
As we finish breakfast we dock next to the temple at Kom Ombo. This is a split temple where two triads of gods can be worshipped together. Read More
Wake up…”Where am I? Oh still in paradise”. The water is so still that it looks like oil. Warm-up and patterns.
After breakfast we moor up next to Gebel-el-Silsila. Two cultures for the price of one. This place has both temples and the quarries which were used to provide the stones for other temples . Read More
Wake up in paradise, drifting slowly along a never-changing landscape of palm trees, birds, and green rushes. Up on top deck for pre-breakfast warm-up before the sun gets too warm. Have left Isna en route to Idfu.
Bear-walk, cup-of-tea throwing, thrust and break Just things you can practise in your own room at home, or alternatively in sheer luxury whilst waiting to be called to breakfast. Read More
So it’s time for another training trip! This time to Aswan in southern Egypt. Familiar scenario of turning up at airport blah blah. Overnight flights from Heathrow to Aswan via Cairo. No sleep to be had. Arrive at Aswan in the morning light. Here for the culture, to see the Pharaohs and meet the Nubians, plus the training in the warmth at the end of an Egyptian summer. Read More
Here we go with our published author and instructor at FWC Muswell Hill, Danil Mikhailov. This was how he experienced a week of training at the Red Sea…
“For us instructors, Egypt is an opportunity to tune up our own patterns and abilities Read More
And now it is FWC Cambridge and London North West Instructor, Karim Daoud’s turn to tell you what it was like for him….
“Five and a half hours! An instructor is not meant to sit for five and a half hours. It should be made law that any flight that is over two hours should come with a good Kung Fu film! Read More
Every September the FWC Instructors spend a week training at the Red Sea in Egypt. Why? Read on….
“So here we are at Gatwick, and what a very sensible time to be catching a plane at midday, none of the silly early morning flights. We’re off to a good start. Read More
Hi, my name is Lucas. I train with Karim at the Cambridge University Club with my ten-year-old son, Richie.
In my life I have enjoyed many sports such as football and cycling – these have been physically demanding, particularly on the lower body, but they pale in comparison with the leg-strength I have gained from Kung-fu training. Read More