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About FanchentoFanchento Kung Fu and Ju Jitsu is a traditional non classical system of martial arts drawing on Chinese, Japanese and modern holistic philosophies.
Martial arts systems are usually described according to their roots: their philosophy and their history.
PhilosophyA number of ideas infuse and inform all aspects of Fanchento training, the most important of these are:
(a) Cultivation of individuality The overriding principle of Fanchento is:
There are 2 aspects to this: Firstly, training is grounded in the reality of combat but not focused on combat. It is directed, as any true art is towards self cultivation. In the words of Grandmaster Davidow:
Every practitioner is different and as such needs to find the right techniques and way to train for him/ her.
(b) Principle based training A
We are a principle based system and practitioners are always fully aware of the principles behind an exercise or technique, as all exercises are expressions of these underlying principles, practitioners are constantly exploring these ideas in various contexts. In the words of Master Davidow:
By learning the correct way of breathing when I practise one technique, I learn the correct way of breathing when I practise any other technique of that nature.
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Secondly, unlike, classical martial arts which force students to all learn the identical material, making students clones, Fanchento follows the idea of Bruce Lee that:
fter investigating many different martial arts Bruce Lee realised that stripped of their cultural idiosyncrasies there were fundamental principles common to all. 
standing the principles behind every movement, training always takes place on at least 2 levels, the technique level and the "meta" or principle level- this allows students to progress at a geometric rate. Further, this creates an intellectual and emotional enthusiasm for training which further accelerates progress.
n the history of all fields there are giants that stand out as having revolutionised their art. In martial arts such figures include Jigoro Kano (the Japanese educator who founded Judo) and Bruce Lee (who revolutionised and released Chinese martial art from the stifling affects of empty forms).
his private students, Marc Kahn opened the Rhodes University Martial Arts School where his teaching was informed by his study of body orientated psychology. In addition to training directly under Grandmaster Davidow, Marc trained with the Chinese Shao Chiao champion who lived for many years in South Africa (Nicknamed "Merlin" for his incredible healing powers).
