Waitakere Shaolin Kempo & Tai Chi School
At Waitakere Shaolin Kempo & Tai Chi School you'll find the most complete martial Arts training schedule available in Waitakere.
Shaolin Kempo is a traditional Chinese Martial Arts system that has it's roots in Chinese Gung Fu (Kung Fu). Our system is great for children and adults with separate classes according to age and experience.
The Robert Gemmell Martial Arts organisation are leaders in the field Martial Arts with proven success in New Zealand since 1958.
Robert Gemmell believes that the martial arts are much more than fighting systems. He points out that in its early development the movements were first designed as exercise, stretching and breathing. The fact that the fighting techniques of animals were introduced and expanded to include self defence does not negate its original concept. Too often today, young Instructors as a result of their own self defence emphasis, portray the martial arts for fighting purposes only.
Conversely RGMA places a greater emphasis on martial arts as an exercise for the mind and body, secondly as discipline thirdly for self improvement, then self defence and lastly as a fighting system. However, let it be said that RGMA, through the combination of arts taught does produce a high level of effectiveness in the fighting arena along with, as Robert Gemmell says, "To be the best fighter one must first master the art of non fighting."