Thank you for your interest in the Ned Kung Fu Club! This program is geared towards Nederland and surrounding areas and consists of bi-weekly classes for ages 5 and up.
What is Kung Fu?
Kung Fu (功夫 - “gong fu” - skill learned through great effort) has come to mean “Chinese martial arts” by popular association all over the world, but the real meaning and practice of Kung Fu goes beyond the martial arts and touches at every sector of life. You can have 功夫 in anything: cooking, carpentry, finance, fishing, medicine, etc but to have 功夫 denotes a special skill that has been cultivated over a long period of time to a deep level of understanding.
About the Teacher
Paolo Carlotti started his study of the martial arts in the year 2000, beginning his training in Pai Lum Tao - Gong Yuen Chuan Fa under Rick Armstrong in League City, Texas. The movements of this martial art took their inspiration from the Shaolin 5 Animal system, Lohan Monk Boxing, and a variety of other influences. Paolo studied this art for 11 years, earning his black belt, competing nationally and internationally in forms, point sparring, and full contact kickboxing (Lei Tai San Da). After this time he began to study the "internal" martial arts of Xing Yi, Bagua, and Taiji with Her Yue Wong, the founder of the Dao Li Jiao (Way of Reason) and Ching Yi (Refined Arts) Gong Fu. Paolo continues to further his martial arts studies through Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo.
