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The Rose Li School
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Private tuition
Open access
LINEAGE
The Rose Li School
has its lineage from
one of the greatest
boxers China has
produced.
Read more.
The Rose Li School is the premier Chinese internal martial arts school in the UK. The School is one of the few in the West teaching the whole Chinese Internal Martial Arts system in the same manner, and with the same syllabus, as that taught in the 'golden age' of Chinese martial arts in Ching Dynasty Beijing.
The aim of the Rose Li School is to promote the study of the complete system of Chinese Internal Martial Arts (Nei Jia in Chinese: 'internal family' or 'internal school' in English) and to provide the highest quality tuition possible. The arts we teach are authentic, pure and genuine internal martial arts from Northern China with a direct lineage to some of the most renowned internal boxers. The School provides tuition in the three core arts of Nei Jia, Tai Chi, Ba Gua, and Xing Yi as well as Mizong Chuan/Yue Jia Ba Shou and weapon systems.
The School's lineage is second to none, following from Teng Yun Feng's school at the Temple of the Fire God in Beijing, and having a martial arts ancestry that includes Geng Ji Shan, Sun Lu Tang and Huo Yuan Jia. The Rose Li School of Martial Arts is unique in that students are able to learn all aspects of Chinese Internal Martial Arts in the original way .
The School was created, named and Maurice Passman made its Principal Instructor, at the express wish of Miss Rose Li so that her martial arts lineage be continued after her death. The School is 'traditional' in that it has it's roots, ethos and methods based in the martial art practices of Ching dynasty and Republican era Northern China, rather than the gymnastic and 'educational' practices emphasised in mainland China after WWII or in the Tai Chi/Chi Gung systems popularised in the West over the last fifty years. However, the roots of the Schools system reach back longer in time, for example there is written evidence in Bill Porter's 'Road to Heaven' that Taoist shamans were practicing the School's alchemical methods in the Chungnan mountains over 4000 years ago.
The Rose Li System™
Fundamental to your initial tuition within the School, is the system of learning: the Rose Li System™. This System is distinctive and unique to the School. You will undergo a major shift in your perceptions about learning and practicing martial arts and what defines a 'traditional' martial art. The System was developed by Rose Li as a methodical and integrated way of introducing Westerners to the traditional teaching practices expounded by Teng Yun Feng. In the Rose Li System™, a beginners learning is the responsibility of the instructor; there are no 'bad' students and no preconceptions. Learning is based upon simple, fundamental principles that you consistently apply to a wide number of differing situations. You learn by doing rather than rote copying your instructor. Because, as a beginner, you learn in a relaxed, practical way, you rapidly internalise what you are practicing. You are quickly able to adapt to your own strengths and weaknesses and have a continuous sense of progress. Learning Nei Jia in this way is very much like a child learning a language - once you have a basic syntax and common vocabulary, you can not only engage with your instructor but also with a world that would otherwise not be accessible. Being taught in this way means that what you learn you will never lose. This process is not merely an introduction to the School's methods but it also encapsulates the whole essence of the School's teaching ethos.
What We Provide: Personal, Corporate & Open Access Tuition
The School's philosophy is to provide a holistic, mind-body-breath, life-long training package, founded upon Taoist martial art and alchemical principles, that's a universe away from boring, repetitive exercise regimes and aims to provide you with a healthy, strong and long muscled body that's imbued with a grace that few other systems can provide. An idea of the School's approach can be found by reading a number of student testimonials."
Because tuition is based upon the practice and training of key principles, you ultimately learn to teach yourself, your practice becoming an enduring journey of physical and spiritual discovery. Our instructors design tuition for individuals, groups and teams that adapt to your health and fitness or martial art objectives. All programmes are progressive and are monitored closely by your instructor.
The School provides both corporate and one-to-one tuition as well as weekly open access classes. Corporate services include fight choreography for film and TV, work-life balance/stress-management sessions and tailored events such as conferences.
The School provides both corporate and one-to-one tuition as well as weekly open access classes. Corporate services include fight choreography for film, work-life balance/stress-management sessions and tailored events for advertising agency clients.
The School can provide tuition on mental and physical performance enhancement for actors, athletes, sports-people and those engaged in high stress, high performance, manipulative activities such as surgeons. In addition, the School offers individual and group sessions for cancer rehabilitation, back-pain reduction and post-natal mothers. The School also has a history of teaching Chinese medical practitioners and martial arts instructors.
Please contact the School or register for full details on personal or corporate instruction.
The School has a 10% discount on all classes, both open access and private, for Equity card holders, British Mountaineering Council members and students in full-time education.
Where Are We Based?
The School is based at Pineapple Studios, Langley Street, Covent Garden, in the theatre district of Central London, UK. You can find a map to Pineapple here. Pineapple offers a modern, bright training and learning environment. If required, and suitable space available, our instructors can come to your home or workplace. This option is very popular with post-natal mothers-groups and for 1 to 1 personal training sessions but is only available within the Greater London area.
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