Jennifer Beer and Neil Lauber both successfully passed their Purple Sash (6th Kup) in Lau Gar this week. They now move onto their new syllabus, which includes the Wooden Staff. Well done to the both of them!

Hi All,

I thought I'd put a picture of the Northern Dragons Lion Dancing Team on the site.

We have been successful for 2 years running and are looking forward to a busy year performing all over the UK and in Ireland.

I wanted to say Thanks You to all of the people who attended the opening party and saw Master Yau Bless the Lion - this was a very special occasion for us, and hope it will bring good luck to our Lion.

Our red lion symbolises Guang Gong or Kwan Yu - you will all recognise him as General Kwan weilder of the mighty Kwan Dao, one of the characters from the 3 Kingdoms Stories.

Sam and Cedric with their White Sash certificates, alongside Sifu Stuart Agars and some other children from the Little Dragons.

If you have children who would like to try Kung Fu in the Harrogate Little Dragons, come along on a Thursday night (6-7pm) - The first lesson is FREE!. The classes combine light to moderate excersise, with team games, and some kung fu training.

The National Centre for Combat Martial Arts (NCCMA) held its Official Opening night 7th April 2006. The Centre is the home for the Harrogate Lau Gar Kuen Kung Fu Club, Kickboxing and Tai Chi as well as the the Home for 'Lenny' the Lion which won the National Lion Dance competition for the second time in a row earlier this year.
The Opening celebrations were attended by many people associated with the Club, as well as friends and family of Stuart Agars (owner of the Centre and a Lau Gar Guardian) Master Yau the 'keeper' of the Lau Gar Family Style of Kung Fu, which is taught around the country and in the centre, attended the opening night and in a special ceremony Blessed the Lion in the Traditional style.
Stuart and David Eccles preformed the Lion Dance for the opening ceremony accompanied by Master Yau on the Drum - quite an honour! Joe Agars was superb as he played the part of the Buddha, complete with head mask and fan.As well as the Lion Dance, there were plenty of other demonstrations; Pete Hornby performed the Tiger Crane set, Graham Abdulla preformed the Second Sword set, David Eccles performed a Tai Chi Sword set, Stuart Agars showed us Lau Gar Luk Hup Kuin and Nathan Beer demonstrated Lau Gar Soar Hou Kwun. The audience we also asked to become more involved as the matted area was filled as everyone participated in some Chi Gung excersices led by Stuart Hunt, who also preformed the role of compair for the night events.