Southwest Martial Arts and Wellbeing Show

Hey you guys! Thanks to everyone that came along and said hi at the show last weekend, we had an amazing time and it was really lovely meeting you all!

Big cheers to Martin Gatter of Shi Kon Martial Arts. He put on a brilliant Tai Chi workshop that I enjoyed immensely. I appreciate him letting me take part, appreciate his student Collin helping me (and he was very patient with me indeed) and encourage anyone in the London area to have a look at the Shi Kon Martial Arts website, linked below:

www.shikon-se.com/club-instructor

From left to right: Harry, Richard, Malcolm and Paul

I also want to thank Hakim of Silat Seni Gayong for letting me participate in his workshop. We did some empty handed linework, knife drills and even some locks using the sarong. I've wanted to learn some Silat for years, but this was my first opportunity. Hakim was very kind, and his son did an excellent job of helping demonstrate some of the techniques.

Hakim of Silat Seni Gayong, Bristol

Hakim demonstrating knife defense

You can check out the Bristol club website here:

www.bristolsu.org.uk/groups/silat-seni-gayong-united-kingdom

I was thrown many times, and as painful as it was on my poor, aching wrists, I thoroughly recommend it.

My training partner, Andy, mercilessly crushing me to the floor

As for the Yan Shou Gong workshop itself, I was on camera duties while Malcolm, Richard and Paul instructed the class. We had four wonderful people in attendance from various places in the UK, and they all did very well.

We really appreciate every one of you, and hopefully our paths will cross again at another workshop sometime in the future!

A full video will be up on YouTube soon where I'll give a rambling rundown of how everything went, so if you want to take a look, be sure to subscribe to the West Country Yan Shou Gong channel, here:

www.youtube.com/@WestCountryYanShouGong

Yan Shou Gong workshop attendees, September 20th, 2025

There are multiple workshops lined up over the next few months, so if you want to sign up, either go to the yanshougong.uk/ site, or take a look at the www.yanshougong.org/ page for international events. We'd love to see you at a workshop soon!