On February 28, 2026, SKZ proudly performed at Leland High School during the San Jose Chinese School’s annual Chinese New Year celebration. As returning performers, our team continues to raise the standard each year. This performance reflected not only improved technical skill and stage presence, but also greater student leadership, as members took a more active role in planning and coordination. Through dedication, teamwork, and discipline, our students demonstrated the spir

SKZ families gathered to celebrate Chinese New Year with an afternoon full of culture, connection, and community spirit. Students and parents participated in calligraphy, festive games, dumpling wrapping, and a shared potluck meal. We concluded the celebration with gratitude and red envelopes to honor everyone’s participation. For some students, this was a deeper introduction to Lunar New Year traditions; for others, it was a chance to celebrate their heritage with their SKZ

Happy Chinese New Year! Despite the cold start to spring, our studio was filled with warmth, creativity, and cultural spirit. Throughout the week, students explored traditional Lunar New Year activities: New Year Bookmarks – Creating meaningful designs with Chinese characters to inspire goals for the year ahead. Paper Cutting – Practicing delicate 2D and 3D designs that encouraged focus and patience. Calligraphy – Experiencing the calm and beauty of this traditional Chinese a

On Saturday, February 21, 2026, our team proudly presented a Chinese New Year Lion Dance performance at the Almaden Library. Although it was one of our later performances this season, the team’s spirit and energy were stronger than ever. Our members did an excellent job bringing the lions to life — powerful, expressive, and full of vitality — truly capturing the essence of the traditional Lion Dance. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the library manager, Joann W.,

February 8, 2026 - The festive atmosphere of the Lunar New Year was clearly visible. Cheers, shouts, applause, and shouts of encouragement filled the air for the entire ten minutes, from the lion dance team entrance to the end of the Shaolin Kung Fu performance. Thanks to Jason Li ang, the organizer of this event, for the kind invitation. This performance not only brought a vibrant Lunar New Year atmosphere to the community's Chinese residents, but more importantly, it streng

Justin Lai , a student of SKZ, is currently attending San Jose State University. Before leaving for college, Justin had reached IWSD 3rd Degree Black Belt and was officially instituted as a Kungfu National Team Member. Justin would regularly attend classes in SKZ with his brother Kyle who is now attending UC Merced and had reached IWSD 1st Degree Black Belt. During his days in SJSU he is now playing a balancing act between his academics and maintaining a club. We were all sur

Happy Year of the Horse! Classes open up again on the first week of the year! Coming back to classes, we are helping students acclimated to the new year with wish cards! In these cards students wrote their wishes for the year in Kungfu class. These aren’t just materialistic wishes, but wishes that can be achieved by ones own skill and effort. The wishes could be in relation to Kungfu or in general life. By doing this, we’re encouraging our students to take control of their o

We will be closed from 12/24/2025 to 1/5 2026 for Christmas & New Year holidays break. All Classes will resume from Tuesday January 6, 2025.

The Kids program revolves around developing and honing concentration, focus, flexibility, and agility. While working with kids

We will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday break from November 27th to November 29th. The classes will resume from December 2nd. Happy Thanksgiving and wishing you all a warmest holiday of Thanksgiving!

On Sunday, November 23, 2025, we proudly hosted our final Black Belt Advancement of the year — an incredible milestone marked by skill, discipline, and heart. This round of testing welcomed 12 candidates in total, consisting of: 4 Red/Black Belts, 4 Black Belts, 4 First-Degree Black Belts. Our testers ranged impressively in age — from 12 years old to 63 — showing that Kungfu is a lifelong journey open to all. Some students needed time to settle into the testing rhythm, while

On Friday, November 14th, our School Team participated in their final performance of the year at Guadalupe Elementary School’s International Culture Festival. This was a very grandiose event with food stalls and performances set up all over the venue. People from many different cultural backgrounds were all prepared to have guests experience foods, activities and entertainment from around the world. With only one rehearsal, our team members relied on their past experiences, t