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No pain, no gain

David Simmons is from London but has been in China for three months now.

He studies at Denfeng Kung Fu School. In this interview with

Martial Arts Monthly (MAMA) David talks about life at school.

Mom, tell me about a typical day. When do you get up?

David, Our daily routine is the same every day. We get up at five o'clock and

we immediately start training. We have no time to wash or

have breakfast. If we are late, the teachers beat us with sticks.

Mom, how do you train?

David First we train our legs, arms and stomachs. We run up and down

1000 steps and do push-ups. The workout is very, very hard.

Mom, how do you understand the teachers? Do you speak Chinese?

David Elite, yes. But the teachers speak English, so I don't have

problems.

Mom, when do you have breakfast?

David At half past seven. We have rice and soup. The workout starts again at

nine o'clock. We practice punching. We study

jump high and kick too. At eleven o'clock we take a break for ten

minutes, and then the workout starts again.

David, No, not really, because we don't fight. We study

to defend, not to hurt other people.

Mom, when do you stop for lunch?

David, twelve thirty. But, of course, our arms and legs hurt after everything Mom did, When does the workout end?

education. So we stretch out for ten minutes and then we have lunch.

After lunch we have a long rest.

MOM, do you train during the day too?

David, yes. I like the afternoon because we train with sticks and

David At six o'clock. We take a shower in

at half-past seven we have supper - again rice and soup - and then we go to bed.

Mom, what do you want to do when you get back to Britain?

David, I want to open a kung fu school in London and teach

swords.

Mom, is it dangerous?

Kung Fu people. I also want to do films like

kung fu fighter!