Pa Kua School

NEW CLASSES IN CAMBRIDGE

2012-01-25T20:43:00.001Z

After sorting out days and slots we have two new LUNCH CLASSES in Cambridge, the classes are:

SWORD:
- Wednesday 12:45 - 13:45hs - Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD - Cambridge.

MARTIAL ARTS:
- Friday 12:45 - 13:45hs - Arbury Community Centre, Campkin Road, Cambridge, CB4 2LD - Cambridge.

Archery magazine article - California US

2012-01-12T10:37:00.001Z

International Open Classes - Buenos Aires 2011

2011-12-13T11:33:00.004Z

Last weekend was held the International Open Classes in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Was a great success with many students and masters from all around the world. The meeting started a few days before with special classes for black belts and seminars, finishing sunday afternoon with a huge Martial Arts class followed of the Belt Ceremony with new degrees and Gold Lines....here a few photos from the event....and hopefully next year we have some representatives from the UK !!!!!

Everything ready....and with the UK flag!!!!!

Master from Brazil demonstration.

Sword demonstration.

Shadow movements practice.

Martial art class

Martial Art Class.

Students lining up to receive his belts!.

Students from Brasilia, Brazil, showing the Book of Pa Kua.

Masters with Golden/Platinum Lines.

Getting ready for the Official photo of the event.

Archery as a Discipline

2011-10-23T21:01:00.001+01:00

This weekend was launched the 9th Discipline of our school: "Archery". After the tremendous success of the Archery course the last few years, now anyone will be able to practice on a regular basis as any other discipline. Will be used the same belt system that we all know and for this time only will be considered everyone that had previous taken this course to validate his belt.

The first Archery Instructors at the Pa Kua Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina
with Superior Master Nicolas Moyano

Sportivate update

2011-10-13T13:37:00.003+01:00

Just a quick Sportivate update.

Sportivate Ticketshare

London 2012 Ticketshare is an opportunity that has been recently confirmed by Sport England as a development of the Sportivate programme. This will create an opportunity for projects to offer an added incentive to the participants involved. A national ballot will be drawn in May 2012 where over 2000 free tickets are available to young people and adults involved in Sportivate for the London 2012 Games. Below highlights the eligibility criteria for the participants to be placed in the ballot.

SPORTIVATE Eligibility Criteria

· Tickets are for Sportivate participants only (plus 1 accompanying person who does not have to have completed Sportivate)

· Participants must have completed at least 5 of the 6 week sessions

· Participants must still be participating in sport 3 months after completing the 6 week coaching sessions – we are defining this criterion as met if they ‘complete’ the 3 month online survey.

· Participants must have met the criteria to be eligible by May 2012

Sportivate Programme

2011-10-13T13:11:00.002+01:00

We will be delivering 6 sessions trough the Sportivate programme this autumn in Ely, Cambridshire.

The classes will be held at the Paradise Centre, every session will be one hour and we will be targeting 16 to 25years old participants. Staring the 2nd of November, 4 to 5pm and the same for the next 5 weeks.

"Pa Kua is a non-contact, non-competitive martial arts that encourage a wide range of young people that wants to practice martial arts but avoid to do so because the fear of injuries or the pressure to compete.

We believe that the practice of a non-contact/non-competitive kind of martial arts give the students a deeply knowledge of himself as he is the only opponent to defeat. The regular profile of a Pa Kua Student is someone that looks after his limits and tries to improve achieving an increase of self-steam and the ideal goal to transfer this knowledge to his daily duties."

Sportivate Programme

The Sportivate programme is part of the Play strand of Sport England’s mass participation legacy programme ‘Places, People, Play’. Sportivate is a 4 year programme that will be delivered from 1st April 2011 – 31st March 2015.

The overall aim of the programme is to get 300,000 participants aged 14-25 years to complete weekly coaching sessions over the 4 years, with two in five (120,000) to carry on playing sport regularly.

Pa Kua European Annual Gathering

2011-10-04T16:50:00.001+01:00

The last weekend was held our Annual meeting at the city of Madrid in Spain. Was a wonderful event that reunited more than 50 students, instructors and Masters from all Europe. We share during two days all de disciplines and some exhibitions from our colleagues of Germany and Spain....thank you all!!!

Archery Website

2011-04-20T11:59:00.001+01:00

Finally we have our Archery website in english...http://chinesearchery.eu

Visit our new website and know more about this amazing Art.

British Council for Chinese Martial Arts Membership

2010-09-28T10:59:00.000+01:00

Finally we had received the confirmation of our membership with the BCCMA and from now on they will be our National Government Body. This is one more step forward our commitment to obtain all the possible certification to demonstrate how professional our school work.

Sport Unlimited

2010-09-23T12:43:00.000+01:00

Subsidised Sword training sessions

Teenagers wanting a taste of the cut and thrust of the sporting world can try new Sword training.

Anglia Community Leisure has linked up with Suffolk Sport and Sport Unlimited to offer local youngsters more chances to try out a new way to get active. The latest course will be held at the Dome Leisure Centre in Mildenhall and are aimed at ages 12 – 15.

The PA KUA Sword Training will begin on Thursday 30 September with the resident Master and if numbers are good they will start up a new PA KUA club.

The courses run for 8 weeks and are part funded by Sport Unlimited.

Travel to Florence Italy

2010-06-14T18:21:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone!

I spend some days in the beautiful Tuscany visiting our Pa Kua Centre, training and teaching. Were days of great fun and hard work, from the practice of archery to black belt improvement classes.

Take this opportunity to send a hug to my colleagues who have come from: Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Brazil .... Here you can see some photos ... cheers!

Master Rodolfo Oliva

ARCHERY PRACTICE
From left to right Masters: Ana Maria de Cesaro, Fernando Sandri, Sebastian Galke, myself,....
lower level: Jorgan Menezes, Aron Lobo, Bruno Kotvisky and Lairton Teles

IMPROVEMENT CLASS

ARCHERY PRACTICE

ARCHERY PRACTICE
Master Sandri showing some Fighting Weapons

ARCHERY PRACTICE
Getting some fun

ARCHERY PRACTICE
Master Aron Lobo and Fernando Sandri looking for arrows flying

Pa Kua Knowledge & History

2010-03-23T09:37:00.005Z

The Pakua Knowledge, passed down to us along the centuries, throughout millenniums, has transcended time. The Pakua Symbol has shown to be the source of numerous philosophical, humanitarian, medical and nutritional aspect of ancient Chinese knowledge. Pakua has also proven to be the source of infinite wisdom. Subject such as the I-Ching, Ch'ien Chi Kua, Energy Ways, provide the Pakua student with unequaled tools to deal with what surrounds him. Based on the concept of Energy, these various studies of the ancient Chinese ways cover our daily concerns, our relationships, our health. They are centered around a non-defined monotheistic belief of the worlds existence and direct us toward the fulfillment and betterment of our essence. Be it healing ourself as well as our family, or be it understanding the patterns of happening in the Universe, the study of Pakua will help one reach a clearer understanding of himself and his surroundings.

The study of the Pa-Kua Symbol and of the knowledge that has, over time and history, derived from it, is one of incredible depth, mysticism and intellectual stimulation. It is said that Confucius wished to have 50 years added to his life in order to continue his study the Pa-Kua symbol and the I-Ching. The family formation of the Pa-Kua symbol, arranged by Master I-Chang is the basis of Pa -Kua International School founded by Master R.Magliacano Giordano some 30 years ago. Historically, PaKua had always been taught in a very traditional form, being passed from generation to generation within the family nucleus.

Pa Kua Martial Arts Video NOW WITH SUBTITLES!!!!

2010-03-12T13:21:00.004Z

Pa Kua Archery

2010-03-09T14:51:00.010Z

Pa Kua has continued its expansion by offering Pa Kua Archery. Since the beginning of the school where martial arts was the only discipline, now one of the only schools to teach Traditional Chinese Archery. There are a few Pa Kua Masters traveling the world to teach this almost extinct Art. Pa Kua Archery has many benefits that include but are not limited to: Focus and clarity of mind and body, strength, coordination, balance; stress reduction.

Click here for Pa-Kua Archery Video

Pa Kua Speech Open Classes 2007

2010-03-07T19:25:00.005Z

International League of Pa Kua Articles

Good Morning,
People say life is like a pendulum.
However this just another way of to explaining the universal principle of the Tao: the law of Yin and Yang. They are not opposites, but complementary. One cannot go in one direction without having to turn around and go in the other.

We know that everything around us is forever changing, in fact, the only constant in changes is change itself; all that goes up must come down and vise versa. It is clear to us because Pa-kua teaches us about circles, and about spirals, and about the cyclical movements of the changes. This is how we understand the eternal flow of the mutations.

Today I would like to use the pendulum to tell you a Pakua story.

It is the fourth time that I am here, in this place and at this moment, but each time it is unique. Every year I am invited to give the opening address of these Open Classes, and it is similar to the closure of a circle, to coming once again to the same, yet different, place. That is why I chose the example of the spiral: a 360 degree rotation that does not come back to the same place. It arrives to the same position but in another dimension.

Today, I am closing a circle for the fourth time, speaking once again at the opening of these Classes.

Chinese Archery in Judo Karate Magazine

2010-03-06T17:18:00.003Z

Archery of Pa Kua in the most important magazine of Martial Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Click HERE to see the Magazine

Master Magliacano

2010-03-05T23:45:00.003Z

Master Rogelio Magliacano has dedicated his life to the continued growth of the Pa Kua School system. In doing that, Master Magliacano has been awarded the recognition of the United States Presidential Office for the advancement of martial arts education in the United States.

Master Magliacano was a martial arts practitioner since he was young and was graduate in many others arts...

Please click here to continue reading...

Everything start from an idea...

2010-03-05T21:41:00.003Z

Here we are...from the first time starting a blog of the Pa Kua School in the Uk.

The Pa Kua School was created in 1976 when Master Giordano Magliacano started to teach this magnificent knowledge in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, after he spend a long time with his Master I Chang Ming in Korea. Today the International League of Pa Kua is the main body of our school worldwide and administrate more than 100 schools in 16 different countries.

Pa Kua it's an ancient knowledge taught trough many ways, from short courses to classes in a weekly basis. Anyone can learn here and prepare himself to a open book of knowledge and discoveries. The way of teaching and the knowledge is simple, simple but very strong and deep.