Zhong Ding International
Zhong Ding International
Living Tradition - The Martial Way
What exactly is Zhong Ding International about and what does it stand for? Here is what the Founders of the Association Fong and Nigel Sutton have to say:
“Zhong Ding International is a worldwide family founded on kindness, love, generosity, sincerity and a lack of prejudice. These are all the qualities that over the forty plus years of our martial arts career we have encountered in our teachers and seniors. If we start from the last item on that list, without lack of prejudice none of our teachers would have taught us, whether Chinese, Malay or Filipino they have all put aside the negative view of westerners and of women in martial arts that has often been prevalent in their own cultures and societies. Their kindness and love, which manifests in an unselfish generosity, has been shown repeatedly over the years when they invited not only us but our whole family into their homes and lives.
In attempting to honour the legacy of teachings and skills passed on to us, Fong and I have endeavoured to show the same generosity. From the first day of the foundation of Zhong Ding, and even before, we have opened our home and our lives to those who came to us to learn. This has inspired us to promote and preserve the tradition of formal initiation (where culturally required) and the establishment of a martial arts family to continue the fostering of positive human values, allowing individual family members to reach their full potential in a nurturing and supportive environment as well as to preserve the tradition requiring commitment and dedication to really penetrate to the heart of these arts.
When it first started the Association was called the Zhong Ding Taijiquan Research Institute but over the years the number of arts taught and the scope of the organization broadened to the present day where it embraces traditional martial arts from China, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.”
Zhong Ding International strives to create a learning environment that is both positive and professional as well as friendly and inspirational; where the individual is encouraged and guided to find their own “Inner Warrior”.
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Classes
Zhong Ding International hosts classes within the UK, Malaysia, and many locations around the globe.