SamCourton - Sports Therapist

SamCourton - Sports Therapist I love fitness, movement and helping you to feel your best. I am a trained Sports Therapist. Ready? Sports Massage from £35 (initial consultation (£45)

You went for a stroll.Then the environment invited something from you.Grass → barefoot → walking → stopping → noticing →...
08/08/2026

You went for a stroll.
Then the environment invited something from you.
Grass → barefoot → walking → stopping → noticing → Shuang Yang → a little play with inversion.
There was no agenda to turn the walk into a session.
And the most important line might be:
"Looked to see where my comfort zone was. Enjoyed where it ended and cared for it in that moment."
That's almost the whole thing you've been learning lately.
You found the edge without needing to move the edge.
You didn't ask, "Can I go further?"
You noticed, "This is where I'm comfortable."
And stayed there.

Tonight we will warm up.We will work up a sweat and go straight into a power stretch section. Safely, progressive and fo...
06/08/2026

Tonight we will warm up.

We will work up a sweat and go straight into a power stretch section.

Safely, progressive and focus on prolonged alignment.

After that, we will go into knocking arms, repetition drills and punching techniques on pads/Sticky hands.

Cool down

Photos are Bodhidharma (Yin), Buddhist and Origins of Zen Art.

Guan Yu (Yang) - Greatest military strategist in Chinese Culture.

Last night (in my class) I gave my students a structure containing techniques, then created a situation where they had t...
04/08/2026

Last night (in my class) I gave my students a structure containing techniques, then created a situation where they had to use that vocabulary:
attack
defend
change roles
respond to the partner
feel where the body needs to go
explore how the movement is generated
adapt rather than simply reproduce
And importantly, I told them:
"This isn't a set routine. We're creating an opportunity to play."
That's a lovely teaching distinction.
Because once someone stops trying to remember "What comes next?", they can start asking:
"What's happening now?"
And that is Kung Fu.

This morning We start at 10:15am Please arrive a little before 👊🫷☯️
30/07/2026

This morning

We start at 10:15am

Please arrive a little before

👊🫷☯️

Ah a balance, a compromise - something for me and something for you!! Chocolate and a stretch. Perfect
28/07/2026

Ah a balance, a compromise - something for me and something for you!!

Chocolate and a stretch.

Perfect

Hokey doke (Monday Yin)Tonight will be us going through the 11 tong ling exercises. Well, as many as time will allow.......
27/07/2026

Hokey doke (Monday Yin)

Tonight will be us going through the 11 tong ling exercises. Well, as many as time will allow.......... Again as in not rushing (7 breathes or 14 pairs of)
I want you to react to your body/breath/sensations calmly, subtly.

Towards the end, for those who Shuang Yang, please calmly go into your walking/bow stance meditation (Ma Bu, 3 steps, Ma Bu, 3 steps).

Shuang Yang - I'd like to start with Paul, Ed & Loretta ( then all together, then we break into practice).

Kungfu portion of tonight.

I'd like to continue with our partner contact. Yin knocking arms (keep the energy down), we work with the shaolin punch 👊, inner crane block - into back fist ✊

This allows us to explore drills, we will return to a previous drill first.

👊🫷☯️

Happy Monday all

Hello people.Tonight will begin with YOU going into walking stance. Remembering that this isn't a walking meditation. Th...
23/07/2026

Hello people.

Tonight will begin with YOU going into walking stance.

Remembering that this isn't a walking meditation. This is you grounding your feet, transferring into the stance. 60% weight in the back leg.

10 times

Then Bow Stance - 10 times
60% front leg.

Relaxing into the pelvis. Spine upright.

Chin in. Neck long at the back.

We then warm up together.
Line work. Various styles.

Partner resistance
& Knocking arms.

Back part will look at reaction/timing and applications - into sticky hands.

Cool down and stretch

At 10:15am to 11.05amThursdays for my Qi Gong - walk in £8.00We focus on what we feel, not dismissing what we have brou...
22/07/2026


At 10:15am to 11.05am
Thursdays for my Qi Gong - walk in £8.00

We focus on what we feel, not dismissing what we have brought to the session, but allowing our mind, body and Chi (Qi) to renew, be redirected and allow the eastern traditions to coincide with western progression.

We move to the 11 exercises of Tong Ling
We walk with mindfulness
& we breathe in stillness as well as flow.
Or £28.00 for block of 4

Later on Thursdays @ 1830 The Lantern.
My Yang ☯️ energy Kung Fu class
£8.00

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