Schedule of Classes
The Vietnamese translation for Tuyê't Tan is "snow melting". In an analogy created by one of our students, each snowflake is an individual, but after the snowflake falls, it unites with the other snowflakes to create a single vision (unity). In time, all the snow melts, transforming into a river of complete oneness to nurture the people. We feel that martial arts training helps to develop in each individual self-confidence, self-control, and a non-defeatist attitude. While providing a safe and supportive environment for men, women, and children (ten years and older), we strive for quality martial arts training, and give lots of individual attention to maximize the student's experience in our school.

Our dojo trains in Cuong Nhu Oriental Martial Arts (pronounced "kung new"), an eclectic blend of "hard" and "soft" martial arts combining the hard-style blocks, punches and kicks of traditional Japanese karate with the softer, more circular movements of arts like aikido, judo, Wing Chun, and vovinam (a Vietnamese art). Our classes are in the evenings on Monday, and Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. til noon.Weapons class is a regular part of Saturday training.

Come see our beautiful dojo at 3398 Adeline in Berkeley! We're one block West of Alcatraz and near UC campus.

Fees:
$50/month, or $10 per individual class. Our family discount is as follows: subtract $10 from the individual monthly fee for each additional family member. For example: two member family pays $90, three member family pays $120, etc.

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Instructors


Allyson Appen, Rokudan, is a sixth degree black belt with over 27 years training in Cuong Nhu. She trained in judo as a child, and started Cuong Nhu while in college. Complementing her Cuong Nhu training with six years of aikido and three years of judo, she stresses technique over strength, and believes in the power of a positive attitude. That and classes should be really fun...

Amy Weiner, Sandan, is a third degree black belt and has been training in the martial arts for 23 years. She was president of the Pacific Association of Women Martial Artists (PAWMA) in 1987-89, and served on the board of directors for Cuong Nhu. Amy feels that her primary goal in training is reflected in the first of the Cuong Nhu code of ethics: Cuong Nhu students should strive to improve themselves and their abilities in the martial arts in order to serve the people.

John Klopf, Shodan, is a first-degree black belt with over 18 years in Cuong Nhu. He is a life member and has served on the board of directors for the style. He also founded the Harvard College Cuong Nhu dojo (now defunct) in 1990. John has benefited from a wide variety of Cuong Nhu instruction -- he has trained in Cleveland, Boston, San Diego, Berkeley, and Oakland! When people ask John if he's ever used his martial arts training, he used to say "no" -- but now he replies "I use it every day!"

Contact dojo@studioa2.com for more information.