For a kung fu school

What your school has to keep

Empty-hand and weapon forms, stances, techniques, and sometimes the same forms in lineage variants. On top of that comes the question that returns every class: who is where? A student changing groups, a newcomer arriving with prior training, an old student back after two years: each case calls for quickly finding where the person stood.

• Empty-hand and weapon forms.
• Stances, techniques, applications.
• Students who change groups or return after a break.
• Several lineages in the same school.

What Martialnote does for this style

The program is described in categories — forms, techniques, weapons — and each item is tied to a rank or left free. A student can follow two curricula at once if your school teaches several lineages, and the attendance sheet shows each person's next step. Ranks, sashes or belts, are optional: a school that works without them can follow the program as it is.

• One curriculum per lineage, if needed.
• Categories and items in your order.
• The next step, visible in the class sheet.
• Optional ranks: sashes, belts, or none.

The starting Kung-fu program

When the school is created, Martialnote offers the “Traditional kung-fu, foundations” template. Every item can be renamed, moved or removed; the categories are: {Fs}, Techniques, Weapons.

• {Fs} : {F} 1 — Fundamental footwork
• {Fs} : {F} 2 — Tiger fist
• {Fs} : {F} 3 — Tiger and crane
• {Fs} : {F} 4 — Five animals
• Techniques : Stances: horse, bow, cat
• Techniques : Snap kicks
• Techniques : Sweeps and falls
• Techniques : Locks and escapes
• Weapons : Long staff — sequence 1
• Weapons : Saber — salutes and cuts

Ranks

A rank template is offered as a starting point, with no official character: it describes a common usage, which your school renames and recolours freely. Promotion conditions — age, months of practice, attendance — are set per rank.

• Kung fu sashes — Sashes
• Duan wei — Eagle · beginner, Tiger · intermediate, Dragon · advanced