Upcoming events.
Kids Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all students regardless of experience level.
Weapons are not toys. Even practice weapons can be dangerous, and need to be handled with respect and appreciation for the fact that they can cause serious injury. Students who cannot display sufficient self-control for weapon work will not be permitted to train during these classes.
Kids Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Adult Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Kids Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all students regardless of experience level.
Weapons are not toys. Even practice weapons can be dangerous, and need to be handled with respect and appreciation for the fact that they can cause serious injury. Students who cannot display sufficient self-control for weapon work will not be permitted to train during these classes.
Kick Like a Girl with Shifu Cheyenne
Monday June 23rd 2025
6:30-7:30pm
Metrowest Kung Fu
69 Main Street
Maynard, MA 01754
Join us for a femmes-only self-defense class lead by Shifu Eliot’s elder martial sister 師姐 (Shījiě), Shifu Cheyenne.
Shifu Cheyenne trains and teaches at the Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy of New England. She is an avid competitor who is a many-time Grand Champion of both forms and sparring at a wide variety of tournaments, large and small. She is a member of the Association of Women Martial Arts Instructors.
The class is beginner-friendly and open to the public. Ages twelve and older. The class is free but donations are accepted. Minimum of five students required.
Adult Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all teen and adult students.
Tai Chi Ranking
Tai Chi Ranking
Saturday June 28th
10-11am
Metrowest Kung Fu
69 Main Street
Maynard, MA 01754
All students are encouraged to come support their classmates, who will be receiving their next sashes during this formal ceremony with Shifu Gary. This is also an excellent opportunity for students to work with a skilled Tai Chi master.
Friends and family are welcome, pictures and videos are encouraged!
Charting must be completed, and $35 sash fee must be paid by Saturday June 14th. Students may pay online, or in-person at the school via cash, check, or card.
Kids Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
5th Annual Mid Summer Classic Tournament
Maine Sports Arena
15 Lund Road
Saco, ME 04072
Doors open at 7:30am. Competition starts at 8:30am. Tournaments are an all-day event.
For our second tournament of 2025, we’ll be joining our friends from Nine Tigers Kung Fu & Zodiac Combat Sports for their fifth annual Mid Summer Classic Tournament.
Competing is not a mandatory part of the Metrowest Kung Fu curriculum, but it’s an important part of a student’s development in the arts of Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Competition holds a mirror up to the student and the reflection shows where the student’s strengths and weaknesses are in their training.
As with other competitive sports, it’s also a good opportunity for students to test themselves by performing in front of a crowd, to win humbly and lose gracefully.
Importantly, it’s also an opportunity to meet other martial arts practitioners and witness other styles of martial arts.
We hope our school will have a strong representation at this event, both in terms of the number of competitors, as well as the quality of our Kung Fu and Tai Chi!
Adult Kung Fu Test
Kung Fu Test
Saturday July 26th 2025
11am-1pm
Metrowest Kung Fu
69 Main Street
Maynard, MA 01754
Ranking candidates will test for their sashes. In order to qualify, students must complete all charting and/or sign-offs by Saturday July 5th. This includes the $35 sash fee.
All students are encouraged to attend and support their classmates. Attendance is mandatory for black sashes. Photos and videos are welcome.
Kung Fu Ranking
Kung Fu Ranking
Saturday August 2nd
11am-1pm
Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy of New England
4 Jackson Court, Unit C
Oxford, MA 01540
Students who pass the Kung Fu Test July 26th will receive their new sashes during this formal ceremony. All students are encouraged to attend. Participation is mandatory for black sashes.
This is a joyous occasion to celebrate our students’ accomplishments in Kung Fu. As such, family and friends are welcome, photos and videos are encouraged.
Chen 38 Movement Tai Chi Form with Shifu Kwong
We’ll be joining Shifu Kwong Ho Cheuk to learn the Chen 38 Movement Form 陈氏太极拳 三十八式 (Chén Shì Tàijíquán Sānshíbā Shì.) This is a great opportunity for our students to be introduced to Old Frame Chen Tai Chi.
Shifu Kwong is Shifu Eliot’s martial great grandfather 師太公 (Shītàigōng). Shifu Kwong’s extensive traditional Chinese Martial Arts experience began when he was 6 years old in Burma. Three years later, he moved with his family to China where he continued learning Kung Fu from a retired member of the Special Forces for the next nine years. At the age of 19, Sifu Kwong while living in Hong Kong, studied Yang Tai Chi and Southern Praying Mantis.
In 1994 Sifu Kwong expanded his practice in New York City when he began learning Shaolin Kung Fu and Qi Gong from Shifu Shi Guolin. One year later, he began training Chen style Tai Chi under Master Ren Guangyi, one of the foremost practitioners of traditional Chen Tai Chi Chuan.
Sifu Kwong has been teaching Qigong since 1997, and is dedicated to the practice of the internal Kung Fu arts of Qi Kung and Tai Chi. Shifu Kwong is the Co-Founder and Chief Instructor and The Grandmaster of The Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Cultural Center.
This seminar is open to all Tai Chi students. It is beginner-friendly, but experience in any style of Tai Chi or martial arts will be helpful.
Cost: $199
3 Section Staff with Shigong Gregg
The three section staff 三節棍 (sān jié gùn) is a flail weapon made of three wooden sticks connected by a metal chain. It is a relatively recent addition to the historical arsenal of Kung Fu weapons.
It is an advanced weapon. This workshop is not for children or beginners. Students should be familiar with staff at a minimum, and ideally with double sticks as well.
Cost is $200 per student.
Cervizzi's Martial Arts Fall Invitational Karate Tournament
Cervizzi’s Martial Arts Boston Fall Invitational Karate Tournament
Malden Catholic High School
99 Crystal Street
Malden, MA 02148
Schedule is TBD. This is the best-organized tournament we attend, be even so, plan accordingly; tournaments are an all-day event.
We’ll be joining our friends from Cervizzi’s Martial Arts for their biannual tournament.
Competing is not a mandatory part of the Metrowest Kung Fu curriculum, but it’s an important part of a student’s development in the arts of Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Competition holds a mirror up to the student and the reflection shows where the student’s strengths and weaknesses are in their training.
As with other competitive sports, it’s also a good opportunity for students to test themselves by performing in front of a crowd, to win humbly and lose gracefully.
Importantly, it’s also an opportunity to meet other martial arts practitioners and witness other styles of martial arts.
We hope our school will have a strong representation at this event, both in terms of the number of competitors, as well as the quality of our Kung Fu and Tai Chi!
Adult Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all teen and adult students.
Pu Dao Seminar with Grandmaster Raul Ortiz
The “pudao” (朴刀) is often called a “horse cutter” because it was used by infantry to slice the legs of horses in battle. The blade is similar to a saber but with a longer, thicker handle.
Grandmaster Ortiz is Shifu Eliot’s Shitaigong, or martial great grandfather. Grandmaster Ortiz teaches Mantis style Kung Fu in New York.
Students should be familiar with the staff (and preferably have some experience with the saber) before doing this seminar.
$250/student.
Maynard Pride
Summer Street
Maynard, MA 01754
We will have a booth for Maynard Pride Fest, where we’ll have Kung Fu merchandise for sale.
Kids Kung Fu will run as scheduled 9-9:45am, Tai Chi and Adult Kung Fu are cancelled.
We hope you will join us (as well as several of your classmates) in celebrating the resilience of queer people during these difficult times.
Adult Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Kids Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Combined Sparring Class
Metrowest Kung Fu
69 Main Street
Maynard, MA 01754
The Oxford and Maynard schools will be training reaction skills (push hands and sparring) together.
Gear is required for sparring; if you do not have your own, you may borrow it from the school. The class is free, but cash donations to Shifu Gary are welcome.
Our sparring is safe and friendly; beginners are welcome.
Lion Dance Class
We are proud to offer our school’s first lion dance classes.
These classes are open to all Kung Fu students ten-years-old and older, as well as Tiger Team students.
The class will meet every other Wednesday.
There is no fee but students will be expected to commit to the practice consistently in advance of an event.
Adult Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Kids Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Kids Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all students regardless of experience level.
Weapons are not toys. Even practice weapons can be dangerous, and need to be handled with respect and appreciation for the fact that they can cause serious injury. Students who cannot display sufficient self-control for weapon work will not be permitted to train during these classes.
Adult Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all teen and adult students.
Adult Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Kids Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Beginner Kung Fu with Jo Gao Yaron
Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pmStarting May 7th.
For students thirteen years old and older.
This class is designed specifically for beginner students, and will cover basic stances, blocks, punches, and kicks. It will also include strength-building, cardio training, and stretching. Jo Gao Yaron will cover basic Kung Fu forms including Genesis Set, Shaolin Stance Form, Luohan Stance Form, and Connecting Fist.
There is no extra cost!
Read more about Jo Gao Yaron here.
Spring Art Walk
The Spring ArtWalk is an evening of art and music hosted on the first Saturday in May by businesses throughout downtown Maynard. Enjoy activities, exhibits and musical performances as you stroll along the streets in the heart of the Maynard Cultural District.
Metrowest Kung Fu will be hosting DOWSHU, a Sudbury-based jazz ensemble lead by our very own Jo Gao Mark Globerson!
Kick Like a Girl with Shifu Cheyenne
Kick Like a girl with Shifu Cheyenne
New England Kung Fu
4 Jackson Court, Unit C
Oxford, MA 01540
For female/femme/nonbinary students only.
Beginners welcome.
12 and older only.
Under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Cost
$20 per student, cash or Venmo.
Wear workout attire and bring a water bottle.
Kids Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all students regardless of experience level.
Weapons are not toys. Even practice weapons can be dangerous, and need to be handled with respect and appreciation for the fact that they can cause serious injury. Students who cannot display sufficient self-control for weapon work will not be permitted to train during these classes.
Adult Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all teen and adult students.
Lion Dance Class
We are proud to offer our school’s first lion dance classes.
These classes are open to all Kung Fu students ten-years-old and older, as well as Tiger Team students.
The class will meet the final Monday of each month. There is no fee but students will be expected to commit to the practice consistently in advance of an event.
New York Liberty Kung Fu Cup
Yes We Can Community Center
141 Garden Street
Westbury, NY 11590
From our friends at Ortiz Chinese Boxing Association:
Attention all Kung Fu enthusiasts! Get ready for an exhilarating day of martial arts excellence at the New York Liberty Kung Fu Cup Championship on Sunday, April 27, 2025. This event is not just a competition; it’s an invitation to join a community that values skill, sportsmanship, and personal growth.
Whether you’re a seasoned martial artist or just beginning your Kung Fu journey, our championship provides a platform for everyone to shine. Embrace the challenge, showcase your dedication, and connect with like-minded individuals who share a passion for the art of Kung Fu.
This is your chance to be part of something extraordinary – a celebration of skill, discipline, and the spirit of friendly competition. Register now and be a part of the New York Liberty Kung Fu Cup Championship, where warriors come together to push their limits and forge unforgettable memories!
World Tai Chi Day
Joslin Park (Oxford Town Common)
75 East Main Street
Oxford, MA 01540
Be a healing part of history! At 10am local time, communities in over eighty countries come together to breathe together, move together, and provide a healing vision for our world. Our group will be lead by Shifu Gary LaChapelle and Shifu Karim-Ben Saunders. The event is free and open to the public. No Tai Chi experience is necessary. All Kung Fu and Tai Chi classes at Metrowest Kung Fu are canceled.
Adult Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Kids Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!
Combined Sparring Class
New England Kung Fu
4 Jackson Court, Unit C
Oxford, MA 01540
The Oxford and Maynard schools will be training reaction skills (push hands and sparring) together.
Gear is required for sparring; if you do not have your own, you may borrow it from the school. The class is free, but cash donations to Shifu Gary are welcome.
Our sparring is safe and friendly; beginners are welcome.
Adult Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all teen and adult students.
Thai Yoga & Sound Healing with Karen Larsen & Amanda Farr
Back by popular demand!
Thai Yoga is a practice in which practitioners hold postures for an extended period, while an instructor or assistant offers hands-on assistance via deepening the stretch, or gentle massage. Assistance is optional and only to the student’s level of comfort and flexibility - the class is more gentle than strenuous.
During the class, Amanda Farr will be offering sound healing using crystal singing bowls.
Ages 12 and older.
The class is beginner-friendly, but appropriate for all skill levels.
$20 per student, register here.
Kids Staff
We will be working on staff. Students should bring their own staff if they have one. If not, we have extras to borrow from the school. The class is beginner friendly and open to all students regardless of experience level.
Weapons are not toys. Even practice weapons can be dangerous, and need to be handled with respect and appreciation for the fact that they can cause serious injury. Students who cannot display sufficient self-control for weapon work will not be permitted to train during these classes.
Maynard Drum Circle
Join Dave Curry of Drums for One and All for Maynard’s inaugural drum circle.
The MDC is a freestyle drum & dance event. No hand-drum or dance experience is required, and all skill levels are welcome!
Adults: $5.00
Kids 12 and younger (adult supervision required)
Dave will provide extra djembes, frame drums, and other percussive and wind instruments. Students may bring their own intstruments.
Drumming will occur from 2:15-3:45pm, with a short social/snack break in the middle. Arrive and leave anytime.
Water and snacks will be provided, though students may bring snacks to share.
Contact Betsey Gardstein for more information.
Adult Sparring
We will be sparring. Students should bring their own sparring equipment if they have it:
Gloves
Helmets
Boots
Mouthguards
Cups (for male body students)
Shin guards (optional)
Chest protectors (optional)
Wraps (optional)
There are extra helmets, gloves, boots, and shin guards to borrow from the school.
Our sparring is safe and consensual. The best sparring gear is communication with your partner!